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VOL. 20. SMITIIFIELD, X. ?., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1!H>2. NO. 51.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Some Happenings of the Week
Tersely Told.
Many Items of Interest Concerning
Tarheeldom Clipped and Culled
From the State Press.
The Governor has postponed
the hanging of Andrew Jackson
at Lincolnton until March 20.
Miss Helen Gould, of New
York, visited the State Normal
and Industrial College at Greens
boro Tuesday.
Mrs. Susan McGhee, of Frank
lin county, died Tuesday. If she
had lived till the Hth of April she
would have been 100 years old.
The White Furniture Compa
ny, of Mebane, is authorized by
the State to increase its capital
stock from $25,000 to $100,
000.
Twenty-four thousand dollais
have been subscribed to the stock
of a new national bank to be es
tablished July 1st at Waynes
ville.
The State has chartered the
Atlantic institute at Morehead
City, it is an educational insti
tution and no capital stock is
giveu.
News comes from Greensboro
that in a neighborhood row near
that city Saturday night a white
man by the name of Shaffner,and
a negro named Hubbard, were
killed and five persons were in
jured.
Blanton and L)ick Fleming
have been convicted in Rowan
Superior Court, charged with
criminal assault upon Mrs. Belle
Livingood, a widow, who lives
about fifteen miles from Salisbu
ry. They were sentenced to be
hanged April 11th.
The Mckinley monument com
mittee for the State has issued a
notice to the people of North
Carolina, saying that the S ate
was expectedto contribute $1,000
for the monument and suggest
ing that sub-comuiittees be form
ed at every county seat to raise
the proportion each county ought
to give.
A negro named Joe Smith, of
Wayne county, went to Golds
boro last Thursday in company
with his sister-in-law, Klla Smith,
and wagered that he could drink
more whiskey than she could.
The whiskey was bought and the
two returned home. Friday
morning Ella was found dead in
her bed. Her sister, Joe's wife,
gave him $20 to buy hera coffin.
With this Joe vanished and has
not been seen since.
President Taylor, of Wake
Forest College, will preach the
baccalaureate sermon before the
graduates before the professional
departments of Shaw Fniversit.v.
colored, on Sunday, March 9.
On the 13th President Kilgo, of
Trinity College, will deliver the
annual address before these
graduates in medicine, law,
pharmacy, etc. The trustees will
meet the same day. It will be
the first time they have ever met
at Raleigh.
Gaston A. Kobbins, who lost I
his life in the recent Park Avenue
Hotel tire in New York, was a na
tive of North Carolina, having
been born in (ioldsboroabout 4.'5
years ap a. He graduated at the
I'niversity of North Carolina in
the class with Governor Aycock.
He has spent most of his life in
Seltna, Ala., having represented
his district in Congress. He h?d
been living at tlie Park Avenue
Hotel in New York for the past
It* months.
A charter was Monday granted
to a corporation with a capital of
98.(H)0,(HK); the Penncarden
Lumber and Manufacturing
Company, of Lenoir, Caldwell
county. The incorporators are
John H. Danenhower and Wil
liuin J. Merritt. of Pennsylvania,
and Walter W. Noble, of Is-noir.
The charter confers extensive
privileges?including the manu
facture of lumber, wood pulp,
wood alcohol, etc., the construe- <
tion and operation of factories,
the development and sale of i
electric power, etc. The State's i
fee for the charter is f600. |
A statute is to be placed at
Guilford Battle Grounn. It rep
resents a "North Carolina Colon
ial of 177b." It is 0 feet high
and of elegant finish.
The New Orleans papers an
nounce the engagement of Miss
Nichols, daughter of the Chief
Justice of Louisiana, to James
Richard Young, insurance com
missioner of North Carolina.
The date of the wedding will be
late in April.
Governor Aycoek has commu
te] the death sentences of Rus-'
sell Gates, white, and Harry
Mills, colored, to life imprison
ment. They were two of the
Kmma post office burglars who
stood guard on the outside when
the crime was committed. They
were to have been hanged Wed
nesday.
Mr. R. N. Duke has given an
other one hundred thousand dol
lars to Trinity College. The an
nouncement of this gift was made
at the civic celebration held in
the memorial hall Saturday eve
ning, and came at the close of
the exercises of the evening.
The donation was made in this
way: Mr. Duke has given to the
college the funds to employ four
new professors. These profes
sors will fill the chairs of politi
cal economy, German, romance
language, and applied mathe
matics. In making the announce
ment Dr. Kilgo said that it was
equal to a gift of one hundred
thousand dollars to the endow
ment fund of the college. This
makes more than $700,000 that,
the Duke family has given to
TVinitv
ROSE PAYS THE PENALTY.
Hanged at Wilson For the Murder 01
Thomas Parmer.
A special from Wilson to the
News and Observer, of February
20, says:
The law has been satisfied.
John Henry Hose paid his debt
with his life upon the scaffold here
this morning.
Hose spent the time up to the
execution in prayer with his
spiritual adviser, Hev. A. P.
Iyer, of the Methodist church.
He expressed through him his
message to the world, which was
to the effect that he had made his
peace with God and bore no ill
will for those with whom he had
been associated in crime. There
was no confession on the scaffold,
as this had been given out in his
appeal to the Governor.
At 10:15 Deputy Jesse Mayo
came from the jail, followed by
Hose and Hev. Mr. Tver. On the
scaffold they were joined by
Sheriff Sharpe, Deputy Warren,
of Nash county, and Deputy Wil
liam Mills, of Wilson.
After all were on the scaffold
Hev. Mr. Tver offered prayer.
The prayer being over those with
rhe prisoner bade him a last
farewell. The death cap and
ropes were then adjusted by
Deputy Wells. The drop fell at
10:24 and in ten minutes he was
pronounced dead by Drs. W. S.
Anderson and Crocker. At 10:42
the body was cut down and after
being placed in a coffin was turned
over to his relatives and taken
to Kenly for burial.
i. uc: riiviic | m <n,rruui^n nnc
carried ouc without a hitch.
There had bee n some talk that
there would be trouble and in
order to preserve order the Wilson
military company was ordered
out under command of Lieut. T.
S. Pace.
The crime for which Rose died
was committed last August near
Lucalma. lie shot from ambush
Torn Farmer, a respectable citizen
of that section, while he was
returning home. Kverythingwas
done for Rose as far as legal
practice goes. And as a last
resort an appeal was made to the
Governor for executive clemency
but without effect.
This is the second hanging in
the history of Wilson county.
Over thirty years ago a negro
was hanged here for the murder
of his master.
There has been no undue ex
citement in Wilson today, the]
crowd, which was small, was very
orderly.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS,
Brief Summary of the Week's
Happenings.
Some ol the Most Important News ot
the World Condensed tor the
Readers of The Herald.
Two hundred school teachers
sailed from New York for Manila
Sunday.
Representative Chicago busi
ness men have petitioned Con
gress to take action looking to
more stringent divorce laws.
Prince Henry of Prussia landed
in New York Sunday, and after
ward went on board the German
Imperial yacht Hohenzollern.
Five of the six members of the
Earl family, living near Welsh,
La., were found murdered Mon
day, with no clew to the assailant.
The salary of President W. II.
Tr uesdale,of the 1 tela ware, I .acka
wanna and Western Railroad,
has been iucreased to $45,000 a
year.
The body of Miss Lena Pren
dergast, aged 17 years, missing
since December 23, was found
Tuesday, at Ronham,Tex., forced
into a hollow stump.
Disappointed in his love affair
with Miss Eva Wiseman, at
Camargo, 111., Fletcher Harnett
killed her, Tuesday, and then
drowned himself in a well.
Andrew Carnegie wires the Sec
retary of the American Telegra
phers' Tournament to offer a
gold medal in his name for the
speediest work at the contest on
Saturday in Atlanta.
All railroads south of the Ohio
and l'otomac rivers and east of
the Mississippi announce a rate
of one cent per mile each way to
the reunion of Confederate vete
rans in Dallas, Texas, in April.
Four men lost their lives and a
dozen others were injured, three
probably fatally, in a fire of un
known origin which destroyed
the boarding and bunk houses of
the Standard Mine, at Mace, Ida
ho, Tuesday.
The Populists of Kansas, who
met Friday in Topeka for the
purpose of deciding upon the
future of their party, determined
that there would be no affiliation
between the Populist and Demo
cratic forces in Kansas.
A Virginian and Southwestern
passenger train was held up by
unknown parties Saturday morn
ing near Dig Stone Gap, about
six miles northwest of Bristol,
Tenn. The men took $7(5 from a
box in the baggage car.
The Corsicana, Texas, cotton
oil mill, one of the largest in the
State, was destroyed by fire
Wednesday night, together with
six freight cars 011 the Cotton
Belt railroad tracks The loss is
estimated at $125,000, fully
covered by insurance.
Lord Kitchener reports that
six hundred Boers,drivingcattle,
rushed the outpost line, Botha's
berg, Transvaal colony, during
the night of February 2.*5rd, and
that some of them got through.
The Boers left fifteen dead and
six wounded on the field.
At last- it h positively known
that Miss Stone, the missionary,
has been released. A dispatch
from Constantinople says: Miss
Stone, the American mis ionarv
who, with Mme. Tsilka, was
captured by brigands in the dis
trict of Salonica, on September
3, has been released and arrived
at Strunmitza, Macedonia, at 3
o'clock Sunday morning.
For the third time since New
Year's Day, Dark avenue. New
York has been the scene of loss of
human life. First wasthecollison
in the New York Central tunnel,
at Fifty sixth street and Dark
avenue: second, came the dyna
mite explosion in the rapid tran
sit subway at Forty first street,
a id the third Saturday was a
fire which started in the Seventy
first Regiment Armory at Thirty
thin! street, and then spread to
the Dark \venue hotel, where lb
persons were killed and many
injured. It, was the worst hotel
fin* since the Windsor was de
stroyed.
TOIAL VALUE OF LIVE SIOCK.
The Census Bureau's Report on Do
mestic Animals on Farms in the
United States.
Washington, Feb. 24.? The
Census Bureau, in h report on do
mestic animals, fowls, and bees
in the United States on June 1.
1900, announces that all the
domestic animals in the United
States have a probable value of
at least $3,200,000,000. The
total value of all domestic ani
mals on farms and ranges was
$2,980,054.115, against $2,
208,707,513 in 1890
There was a gain in all partsof
the country, except in the Nort h
Atlantic States, where there was
i a decrease of horses, sheep and
swine, making a total decrease
of 3 per cent in value
The live stock on farms in the
United States follows: Calves,
15,330,333; steers, 15,253.182;
bulls, 1,315,100; heifers, 7,182,
014; cows kept forinilk, 17,139,
073; cows and heifers not kept
for milk, 11,583,253; colts, 1,
I 313,470; horses, 10,952,004;
mules, 3,271,007; asses and bur
ros, 95.002: sheep, 01,005,811;
swine, 02,870,108; goats, 1,871.
252.
In the South Atlantic division
the value of domestic animals in
creased 14 per cent., to $184,
152,273 in 1900. In the North
Central division the value in
creased 27 per cent., to $1,529,
306,487. In the South Central
division the increase was 70 per
cent., to $598,255,087, and in
the Western division, 93 per cent,
to $01,452,353.
Iowa leads all the States in the
total value of its live stock, while
Texas ranks second.
AGAINST ADMIRAL SCHLEY.
President Roosevelt's Decision Ad
verse to Victor ot Santiago.
The text of the President's cfe
| cision in the Schley case was
made public last week. The Haiti
more Sun summarizes the decision
as follows:
Technically it is adverse to
both Admiral Schley and Admiral
W. T. Sampson, but it is hostile
to Admiral Schley and friendly to
Admiral Sampson, who is given
credit for the whole campaign,
though not alleged to have been
in command at the battle ol
? Santiago.
Its most conspicuous charac
teristics are inconsilstency, ab
sence of judicial analysis, and a
disregard for the rules of justice,
which discriminate between testi
mony under oath and that which
is a mere expression of opinion
subject to the coloring of preju
dice and self-interest.
The citations in the reply are
not taken from the testimony be
fore the Court of Inquiry, but
from the subsequent "state
ments" made by commanders in
the squadron after being relieved
of the obligation of an oath and
the check of cross-examination 1
Captains were called upon for
expressions of their opinion, and
these expressions are availed of
by the President as citations to
justitv bis decision or comment.
There is a marked similiarity of
expression and opinion in the :
statements quoted by the Presi
dent from the captains, with the >
exception of that by Captain
Charles E. Clark, who command
ed the Oregon. i
Captain Clark's statement cor- i
responds with Ids testimony be
fore the Court of Inquiry, except,
that it is made somewhat strong
er, in that he states specifically
rather than by inference, that he
recognize 1 Admiral Schley r.s be- 1
ing in command and repeated his
signaled orders.
The other captains quoted bv '
the President say that they re- <
ceived no orders .from Adt oral i
Schley, and "would not have ]
heeded" them if they had re
ceived them. i
The insubordination of these I
declarations by junior officers is <
ignored by the President.
The President also ignores, the 1
statement of Captain Clark, and
renders his decision irtaccordance I
with the opinion of the officers
who declare that they would not
have heeded the orders of their
superior officers had they received
them.
The President introduces his
coniment upon the appeal with a
statement that he has read the
testimony taken by the court
and the logs of theships. and has
heard the statements of five cap
tains commanding tfie vessels in
the tight. Ilis only citations,
however, are from the "state
ments" of the captains.
In effect lie says that these cap
tains (who in their statements
court that conclusion) and other
captains in the tight are entitled
to whatever credit is due for the
Santiago victory. He implies
that Admiral Sampson was tech
nically not in command, and de
nies that Admiral Schley was in
command actually or technically,
and implies that Admiral Schley
was actually carried into the
tight by thecaptainof the Brook
lyn.
The decision, reply or opinion,
under whatever, designation it
may be identified, when stepped
of its verbiage, actually accuses
Admiral Schley of cowardice. In
referring to the "loop" made by
the Brooklyn, the President
makes use of this sentence full of
venom:
"This kind of danger must not
be too nicely weighed by those
whose trade it is to dare greatly
for the honor of the flag."
The danger referred to is that
involving the probable loss of the
Brooklyn had she been turned
toward instead of away from tne
shore in making the "loop."
'i'k? .i...? ,i... ,:.i?
i lic iatu nidi tiie avuiuautc
this unnecessary danger enabled
the-Brooklyn to prevent the es
cape of the Colon. If not other
of the Spanish ships, is ignored
by the President in this connec
tion, though the fact unavoida
bly appears in the further discus
sion of the battle.
The President approves the
"unanimous" finding oftlieeourt
with a comment that it "should
have specifically condemned the
failure to enforce an effective
night blockade at Santiago while
Admiral Schley was in com
mand."
NOT SUPPORTED BY THE EVIDENCE.
No evidence in support of this
assumption of inefficiency of
blockade at night while Admiral
Schley was in command is cited
by the President. If he were as
familiar with the testimony as
reading it should have made him
he should know that the charge
of inefficiency of blockade at night
was distinctly and specifically
disproved and was abandoned by
the prosecution.
Another reference made by the
President is one that even the
hostile members of the court did
not appear to have found war
rant for. This is the expression
(referring to Schlev:) "His diso
bedience of orders and misstate
ment of fact in relation there
to."
The basis for this comment
must have come from a source of
comment availed of by the Pres
ident rather than from the testi
mony taken by thecourt, or even
the "statements" of captains
quoted in the opinion.
1 he suggestion is made that
had the Brooklyn turned in, in
stead of turning out, in making
the "loop," stie might have de
st royed the Spanish ships at the
mouth of the harbor. This ig
nores the fact that theotherships
did make directly for the mouth
of the harbor, _>etdidnol destroy
the Spanish ships; while tie
Brooklyn, after making the
"loop," did actually destroy
these ships when they had dis
tanced the rest of the American
Meet except the < )regon.
The Spaniards are spoken of as
having been already disabled
when the Brooklyn and Oregon
drove them ashore; but this does
not appear in any testimony that
has been made public.
Perhaps the most extraordina
rv thing about theopinion. aside
from its inability to hang togeth
er, is the cheap attempt to rtrng
in the name of President. McKiu
lev and make it appear that Ad
miral Schley's nppea! was not
front the Court of Inquiry to the
President, but from the dead
President to his successor.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Items of Interest from Wash
ington City.
Some ot the Week's Happenings
m and out or the Halls ot
Congress.
First Assistant Postmaster
! General William .\1. Johnson has
resigned, and Capt. Harry 8.
New, of Indianapolis, has been
offered the place.
The House refused to concur in
the Senate amendments to the
Philippine Tariff bill Wednesday
and ordered the bill sent back to
conference. Various amendments
proposed by the Democrats were
rejected.
Tin' need of a sub-treasury in
the South was presented to the
Ways and Means Committee,
by Mayor Myers and a delega
tion ol business men from Sa
vannah, who asked for the estab
lishment of such a treasury
branch at that place.
Justice Horace Gray, of the
1'nited States Supreme Court, has
suffered an attack of paralysis.
His mind is clear, but he has lost
the muscular control of a part of
his body. Justice Gray's ad
vanced age, 74 years, gives rise
to some apprehension as to the
outcome.
It has been practically decided
that the formal ceremonies of
taking over the Danish West In
dies by the United States shall
be performed by the army, and it
is probable that a detachment of
troops from Porto Ilico will be
sent to the islands soon after the
exchange of ratifications of the
treaty to raise theflag and form
ally take possession of the new
territory.
An ent liusiastic meeting of Boer
sympathizers was held in Wash
ington Sunday afternoon, and
resolutions were adopted calling
on President Roosevelt and Con
gress to use all their power to
prevent the further exportation
of horses and mules to the Eng
lish in South Africa. In addition
to this, a collection was taken up
for the benefit of the Boer widows
and orphans.
The House Com mi tt.ee on Terri
tories has unanimously voted to
report bills for the admission of
the territories of New Mexico,
Arizona and Oklahoma. The
vote was taken on a motion
made by Mr. Moon, of Tennessee,
declaring it to be tlv- sense of the
committee that the three territo
ries were entitled to statehood
and that sub-committees be ap
pointed to prepare the bills.
A bill has been introduced in
the Senate bv Senator Eugene
Hale, of Maine, for the construc
tion of a building in Washington
for file accommodation of the
Unittd States Supreme Court, the
Department of Justice, etc. The
bill provides for the location of
the building east of the Capitol
and opposite the Congressional
Library Building, of which it is
to be a counterpart. To begin
the work $500,000 is provided
for in the bill.
\\ lien the Philippine Farm bill
came up in the House Wednesday
Congressman W. VV. Kitchin in
troduced an amendment enlarg
ing that section which protects
mothers and fathers for failure to
testify against their kin, who are
charged with treason. Mr. Fbt-t .
in sought to have the provisions
of the section apply to all per
sons. lie pointed out the dan
gers of the law where there is no
evidence of an overt act and the
opportunities it gives for prose
cution.
An Unusual Record.
Constable.!. A. Dunn, of this
city, was married July 24th,
1X01. His first child was born
Inl.v 24th, 1X03; his e?cond
child, July 24th, ISO."; and the
third and youngest child was
born on July 24. 1X07. So on
the same day every year Mr. and
Mrs. Ihinn celebrate their wed
ding anniversary and the birth
days of their three children.?
Charlotte Observer.