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VOL. 21. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FIIIDAY, APRIL 11, 1902. NO. 5.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS,
Some Happenings of the Week
Tersely Told.
Many Items of Interest Concerning
Tarheeiaom Clipped and culled
From the State Press.
Mr. It. I .,ee Wright, of Salisbury,
announces his candidacy for the
State Senate. He was a member
of the House in the last Legis
lature.
The Republican St ite Commit
tee met at Greensboro Saturday
afternooii and voted to hold the
State convention at Greensboro
on August 21.
A big knitting mill for the
manufactuieof high grade under
wear will be established at Win
ston-Salem in a few weeks by
local capitalists.
The Yanceboro Steamboat
Company was incorporated
Wednesday to operate a steam
boat line b( tween Yanceboro and
New Bern. The capital stock is
$5,000.
John Adams, who recently
returned from Illinois, committed
suicide in Yadkin county Monday
by hanging himself to the limb of
a tree. His mind had been affected
for some time.
Tobacco culture, which for five
or six years has been largely
abandoned west of the Blue
Ridge, is this year to ba revived
and at Asherille leaf warehouses
are to be built.
tne tienuersonvuie nustier
expresses a willingness to give
the Senatorial primary another
trial, though it confesses that it
has been "opposed to the idea
since the last one."
James Ransom, nephew of Sen
ator Ransom, committed suicide
at Asheville Saturday afternoon,
by taking chloral. He was em
ploy! d at the Southern freight
depot in the capacity of bill
clerk.
Reliable information at hand
tells of the establishment at
High Point of a refrigerator fac
tory. The gentleman who will
erect the factory is from the
north, and writes to a party that
he will come to iligh Point soon
to perfect plans.
The Mt. Airy Mantel and Table
Company have purchased an ex
cellent site near the depot and
have already begun the erection
of commodious buildings for the
manufacture of mantels, tables,
hall-racks, etc. Thev begin with
a capital stock of $i0,000.
Favetteville has joined the
good roads procession. A mass!
meeting was held at the court!
house Saturday night at which
committees were appointed to
perfect arrangements for good
roads and educational conven- '
lions, to be held there on the
22nd and 23rd of this month.
In a head-on collision between
two freight trains on the Sea
board Air Line S >tu day morn
ing, five miles ves of Raleigh,
the engines and eight cars were
wrecked and the engineers and
firemen sustained slight injuries.
The Southern's tracks, which
run parallel with the Seaboard
at that point, were littered with
wreckage and all trains were de
i.,,..,i
ip > ru ?
The educational conference at
Greensboro last week was an
earnest und enthusiastic gather
ing in favor of better schools.
At the close of the meeting Fri
day night f t,000 was pledged
for better schools in Guilford and
this amount will be duplicated
by f4,000 to be contributed by
the general education board,
which was represented at the
meeting by Kev. Dr. Buttrick.
The liquor dispensary at
Wnynesville, which is the drink
supply depot for Haywood coun
ty and much of the surrounding
territory, does a big business.
The gross receipts for the year
ending March <11 exceed f 10,000
and the net profits were nearly
f7,000. The expense of carrying
on the business, including mana
ger's salary, rent and miscellan
eous items, was only f 1,200 for
the year. 1
C\RNEGIE AS A PROPHET.
He Says Britain Must Form States ot
American Union.
Andrew Carnegie, iu an inter
view, expresses iiis admiration of
the will of Cecil Rhodes, but says
the provisions did not surprise
hiiu greatly, us he was somewhat
acquainted with the ideas of Mr.
Rhodes.
"Green, the historian, tells us,"
declared Mr. Carnegie, "that the
future of our race is to be found
not on the banks of the Thames
or the Clyde, but on the Hudson,"
the Ohio a d the Mississippi.
Loid Rosebery has just stated,
iu his recent address to the stu
dents of Glasgow, that, for the
sake of a united race, he would be
willing that the capital be trans
ferred to Washington. He is one
of Cecil Rhodes' trustees, very
properly. He is also a trustee of
the Carnegie fund, very properly,
and I suspect he does not differ
much from the race imperialists.
"There is no other destiny pos
sible for the l aited Kingdom,
.she must look across the Atlan
tic to the children of her own
blood and finally enter the Union
as six or eight States?Scotland,
Ireland and Wales, each one, and
England divided into two, per
haps three."
"What do you think of Mr.
Rhodes' references to a closer
union of Germany with the
English-speaking nations?" was
n air Mil
"A great man has arisen in
Germany," replied Mr. Carnegie.
"The Emperor. The only trouble
about taking in Germany at
present is that President Roose
velt and the German Emperor
are so much alike, that 1 am
afraid we should have to sacri
fice one of them."?New York
Special to Baltimore Sun.
The Young: Man With the University
Education.
A boy left the University sever
al years ago and went to work
in a cotton mill. He earned
from 75 cents to a dollar a day I
for two years as a common la
borer. At the end of that time
lie had mastered one branch of1
the business. The mill he was in
had never declared a dividend.
The superintendent quit. This
young man with the college
diploma and horny, grimy hands,
was promoted to the place at a
salary of $700. (I like to tell
this story. 1 have told it before )
The mill made a little money un
der the boy's management. The
second year he demanded $1,000.
The stockholders kicked, but
yielded. The mill declared a bet
ter dividend the second year.
The boy demanded $2,100 the
third year. The stockholders
kicked, but yielded. The mill de
clared a still better dividend the
third year. The superintendent
asked for $1,800 the fourth year.
The stockholders cried out, but
finally yielded and the mill made
good dividends. At the end of
that year the man with the Uni
versity sheep skin made a con
tract for five years at $7,000.
Today he is worth over $100,
000. He did it by fiead work.
His education was the oil that
made his path easy. While he
was doing this ten other college
bred boys waited for something
respectable. They are still wait
ing. These numbers must be
turned completely around. The
ten must go down in the grease
and filth and learn how and the
one be left to seek a soft place.
The Southern boy should learn
that work is honorable. The
day of the plantation and ease is
passed. The man who becomes
educated, trained and skilled by
close application and persistent
labor will win. His college course
simply prepares him for an hum
ble tieginning.?H. E. C. Bryant,
in Charlotte Observer.
There was another accident on
the Seaboard Air Line at an early
hour Wednesday morning near
Manson, beyond Henderson. One
colored fireman was hurt, a
locomotive was completely de
stroyed and about ten cars were
smashed. It was a rear end col
lission between local freight No.
\ and extra freight No. 42o. 11
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Brief Summary of the Week's
Happenings.
Some of the Most Important News ot
the World L o n d e n s e d tor the
Readers of the Herald.
Snow fell in Virginia Tuesday.
Near Roanoke it was several
inches deep.
William H. Pope, of Santa Fe,
New Mexico, has been appointed
to a judgeship in the Philippine
Islands.
While his wife was returning
from Church Sunday night,Clyde
Cooper, of St. Mary, <)., snot
and killed her.
General Stewart L. Woodford,
former Minister to Spain, and
his family left New York Satur
day for a tour of the world.
George Rhodes, a janitor in a
bicycle store at Lakewcod, N. J.,
has been bequeathed $50,000 by
Cecil Rhodes, who was his relative.
A contract for 100 lectures has
been made with Miss Ellen A.
Stone, the missionary, now on
her way to America from London.
Last week a negro in Philadel
phia killed a white woman and
her two children and in just three
days was tried, found guilty and
sentenced to death.
A .Nashville dispatch says the
recent damage by Hoods in Ten
nessee aggregates a propr rty
loss of $5,235,000, covering an
area of 17 counties in the State,
and the loss of life is estimated at
25.
Eight hundred hands employed
in the King cotton mills at Au
gusta, Ga., went on strike Men
day for a 10 per cent, increase in
wages. The strike is being con
ducted from Fall River by one of
the National officers of the Tex
tile Workers' Association.
Captain David Jackson, of New
Orleans, former president of the
Jackson Brewing Company and
a man of wealth was found dead
on a couch next to his bath room
Tuesday. A gust of wind is
thought to have blown out the
gas while he was sleeping after a
bath.
Two well developed cases of
smallpox were discovered in Nor
folk jail Monday. There are now
confined in the prison267prison
ers. A rigid quarantine of prison
ers has been ordered and every
prisoner has been vaccinated.
There are now about thirtycases
of smallpox in the city.
Albert T. Patrick.ofNew York,
convicted of the murder of Wil
liam Marsh Rice, was sentenced
Monday by Recorder Goff to be
put to death in the electric chair j
at Sing Sing prison on May 5th.
An appeal to be made to the
Court of Appeals by Patrick's
counsel will act as a stay of exe
cution.
The body of former United
States Senator Joseph Fowler,
who died in Washington, aged
82 years, was buried at Lexing
ton, Ky., Sunday. In the famous
impeachment trial of President
* 1 ? I _ 1 CI - _ A II 1
.luurfiv eunnson, nenaror r owier
voted against impeachment and
for this he was afterward receiv
ed with some disfavor by his
party, before the civil war he
was a professor in Vanderbilt
University, at Nashville. He was
later Comptroller of Tennessee,
and was sent to the Senate from
t hat State.
Twelve hotels burned, twenty
business establishments destroy
ed, Young's f'ier wrecked and a
large section of the famous
broadwalk gone are some of the
effects of the disastrous tire that
visited Atlantic City last Friday.
The fact that the wind did not
blow direct from the ocean is all
that saved the major portion of
the city from destruction. Fire
underwriters at a special meet
ing figured up the total loss at
about .$7.r>0,000, though some 1
place it at a much higher figure.
The insurance is small, as the
district was regarded as extra
hazardous and the rates almost
prohibitive, an average of 5 fier 1
cent. 1
President Roosevelt reached
Charleston Tuesday morning. i
He and his party boarded the
Algouquiu and took a sail around
the harbor. They visited Fort
Sumter. tt night a reception
was given Mrs. Roosevelt at the
St. John's hotel and a banquet
to the President at the Charles
ton hotel.
James Carter, a young negro,
who shot and seriously wounded
Mr. Hon Thomas near New Glas
gow, in Amherst county, Virginia
Tuesday night, was taken from
jail at Amherst Court House!
Saturday night just before mid
night and lynched a short dis
tance from the village. The deed
was very quietly and expeditious
ly done
A destructive storm swept over
Prattville, Texas, Saturday
night, between 8 and 0 o'clock.
No lives were lost but much
property was destroyed. The
storm came from the tlie north
and for 20 minutes there was a
Hood of rain and hail. As far as
known it extended only between
Prattville and l'acio, eight miles
distant. The hail was two inches
deep.
HOUSE PHILIPPINE BILL.
Complete Form ot Government Is
Mapped Out.
Washington, April 8.?The
House bill establishing civil gov
ernment in the Philippines was
perfected today by the Itepubli-;
can members of the Insular Com
mittee and in its complete form
was reintroduced by Chairman
Cooper.
Among other things the bill
provides:
Whenever the existing insur-1
rection in the Philippine Islands
shall have ceased and a condition
of general and complete peace
shall have been established there
in, and the facts shall be certified
to the President by the commis
sion, the President shall author
ize the commission to call a gen-;
eral election for the choice of del
egates to a popular assembly of
the people of the Philippine Is
lands, to be known as the Pnilip
pine Assembly.
It is further provided that all,
the legislative power shall then
be vested in two houses?the
Philippine Commission and the
Philippine Assembly. Provision 1
is made for taking the census
within 30 days after the promul
gation of peace. Thereafter the
Islands are to be divided into
election districts and the regular
machinery for electing the Legis
lature is provided.
For the purchase of the friar
lands the bill makes provision
for t he issuance of insular bonds
at 5 ner cent, interest, payable
ia gold, the total amount not
being specified. The system o?
coinage differs from that in the
Senate bill, as it makes gold the
standard, with Philippine token
money of silver maintained at a
parity with gold. The peso is to
be of silver. It will equal the
American silver dollars in size;
and be worth half as much.
must Pay Poll Tax.
White men who are liable for
poll tax are again reminded that
this tax must be paid by May 1st
on pain of disfranchisement so
far as elections this year are
concerned, it is well to remem
ber also that failure to pay by
May 1st and consequent disfran
chisement does not relieve one of
the duty of paying the tax. The
sheriff or tax collector can and
will collect the tax in any event,
and if not paid by May 1st you
will have to pay after you ore
disfranchised. It is the failure to
pay by Mav 1st that operates
against the exercise of the elec
toral franchise. Every able bodied
male citizen under 50 is liable for
and ought to pay poll tax an 1
one who has any self-respect
ought not, through negligence,
to permit himself to be disfran
chised bv failure to pay. In so
doing lie reflects upon himself by
attempting to avoid his duty to
the State and at the same time
by a flowing himself to bedepri veil
of the right to vote.?Staiesville
Landmark.
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NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Washington News of Interest
to Carolinians.
Mostly Extracts irom the Letters ol
Mr. Thomas J. Pence to the
Raleigh Post.
Senator Simmons presided
over the Senate the greater part
of Friday afternoon. This is the
second time recently that he has
thus been honored by President
pro-tem Frye.
House Election Committee No,
2 has determined the contested
election case of Fowler vs. Thom
as, from the Third North Caroli
na district, in favor of the sitting
member, Thomas, on the ground
that he had a majority of votet
on the facts shown.
In the Senate Saturday morn
ing Senator Simmons secured
the passage of Congressman
Small's bill appropriating ten
thousand dollars for the estab
lishment of a life saving station
at Ocracoke. The bill has al
ready passed the House.
Senator Pritchard is in demand
as a public speaker. In addition
to the half dozen invitations to
deliver addresses, which he has
received recently, he has been in
vited to address the Republican
Club of Philadelphia on Grant
Day. The invitation was a very
cordial one, says Senator Pritch
ard, but he hardly will be able to
accept.
The Indian appropriation bill,
which passed the Senate last
week, carried an appropriation
of $41,050 for the Cherokee In
dians in North Carolina. Oi
this amount $25,000 was for the
support of the 150 pupils attend
ing the Indian training school at
Cherokee, -if 1,500 for the pay oi
the superintendent, $2,000 for
repairs and improvements to the
buildings, $2,500 for a heating
plant and $10,000 for the erec
tion of a girls' dormitory, which
is immediately available.
Congressman Bellamy was no
tified Friday by Surgeon General
Wyman of the Marine Hospital
service that the government in
tends to make numerous im
provements to the Marine Hos
pital reservation at Wilmington
Some time ago the promise was
made that the grounds would bf
beautified. Friday General Wy
man wrote Mr. Bellamy: "Tin
matter of improving thegrounds
adjacent to the hospital build
ings has received consideration,
and It is proposed to build a
brick retaining wall along tin
street front, grade t he areas and
enclose with wood fencing work
Work is to be inaugurated with
out unnecessary delay."
The Democrats of the House
are as badly split up over Cuban
reciprocity as are the Republi
cans. It has been Imped that the
Democrats would get together
with the Republicans so badly
divided, but the Democrats are
really in a worse fix so far as di
? cicjuj vji w|?iiiM>n in uum.-c?rut?u
than the Republicans. Sixty
three Democrats voted to takt
up the Cuban reciprocity bill
Tuesday, while there weie 11
against. The North Caroline
Democrats who were present
voted with the Republican ma
jority to take up the Cuban re
ciprocity bili, and they will record
ttieir votes in favor of the meas
ure when it comes up for final
passu ye. They are in accord
vith Richardson of Tenmsse?,
McClellan of New York, William*
o Mississippi and the leading
Dcnioca .s on the floor T:.e Tar
ifet Is who voted with the major
ity wen I'ou, Small ami kluttz
Moody also cast his votefor com
snl.aai.iou of the measure. The
Democrats who voted to post
pone come largely from Lo j'nia
lia, Te* :s and the Northwesi.
Ti e North Carolina de'egatiou
accept! 1 the view that they
could not afford to deny their
support to a tariff reduction
measure, however unsatisfactory
it might be
Dr. T. DeWitt Talinage is re
ported to l>e dying ut his home
in Washington.
VIEWS OF THE STATE PRESS.
Live Topics ot Interest Discussed by
Carolina Editors.
Sheriff Johnson's attempt to
conceal the names of white men
I j who had not paid their poll tax
has caused more white men to
pay their poll tax than if he had
1 allowed an inspection of his re
ceipt books. His conduct has
created such indignation that
many white men, who might not
have registered, will now pay poll
1 tax in order to vote against nim
and the party that endorses his
action.?I'ittsboro Record.
Epicures in this country are
1 catching on to the true inward
ness of the hind leg of the hop
per. It is estimated that the
j catch last year amounted to 2,
1 000,000 frogs. New Yorkers eat
1 about 500 pounds a day and pay
from 25 to 70 cents a p">und,and
. sometimes as much as a dollar a
I pound. There are some splendid
i frog farms down in these parts,
i; but we do not seem to have
. caught on.?Wilmington Star.
1 Those hair brained misrepre
sentatives in Congress who have
insisted that Congress should in
I vestigate and meddle with elec
i tions in certain Southern Stares,
i got the starch knocked out of
i them by the resolution of Hon.
. E. W. Pou to investigate some
i shady work done in other sec
, tions. Some folks can easily see
the mote that is in their neigh
I Ut n'u OTTO Klif
wui 0 cjc uuu turj uauiiui UIS
cern the beam that is in their
own eye.?Ijexiugton Dispatch.
Sheriff Wooten says a certain
ex-magistrate of this county
once had a woman before him
charged with stealing a peck of
sweet potatoes. Now this mag
, istrate was not very learned in
the law, as this story will show.
The woman stole the potatoes
in Jones county, just across the
line. She was brought before his
, honor, who did not question the
case being brought from another
county, but when he had heard the
evidence, cleared his throat very
loudly and said: The verdict of
this court is that the woman is
guilty, and she will either have
to go to the penitentiary for 40
years or leave the State.?Ki is
ton Free Dress.
The Free Rural Delivery Sys
tem, so lately inaugurated, is
spreading with amazing rapidity
' all over the State. Some States
have been using the system for
some time and the high value of
the same is considered a matter
of course. Vet in North Carolina
there are some communities
where the system is meeting op
position by some people who con
I sider it an innovation involving
the expenditure of money with
out bringing money in. Such
people care little for reading and
measure every thing by the
' money standard. The Free Ru
1 ral Delivery System means a
wonderful spread of intelligence
! among the people. ? Raleigh
>! Christian Advocate.
Congressman i'ou made a "ten
strike" when he introduced a res
olution last \vt*ek to appoint a
special committee to investigate
tne charg< s of the improper use
of money in carrying elections for
1 President and Representatives in
Congress. Of course the Repub
L lican majority in Congress would
not pei mit such a resolution to
he passed, nor allow such charges
, to he investigated. They are
justly afraid that their corrupt
methods of carrying elections
would he exposed. It costs many
Republican Congressmen at the
North thousands of dollars to
buy their elections, and of course
they are not widinv for their
bribery of voters to he exposed
hv an investigating committee.
The distinguished young !!*? >re
sentative from the metropolitan
district deserves the thanks of
the whole country for his patri
otic effort to investigate, anil
possibly stop, the corrupt use (if
money in carrying election s.?
Pittsboro Record.
Milton lteltield.a negro, walked
into a store at Roxobel. Wednes
day. and shot and instantly
killed Thomas Stephenson, a
clerk in the store. Reltield tfr
. caped.