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VOL. 22. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1903. NO. 7.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
i
Republican Rottenness In the Post j
Office Department Being Inves- (
tlgated. t
Special Correspondence of The Herald. '
Washington, I). C., April 20.?
Some of the rottenness of the
Republican administration of the
Post Office Department is at last
coming to light. The investiga
tion has only just begun, but it i
has gone far enough to let us see 1
that this will be the biggest scan- (
dal ever unearthed in any de- j
partment of the national govern
ment until the Democrats get in
control and take a look at the
bookB in the War and N avy de- i
partments, and the things that
were done there during the war
with Spain in connection with the i
purchase of supplies for the army
and the purchase of vessels for
colliers and for the transporta
tion of troops.
Win n this investigation into
the doings of several bureaux of
the Post Office Department was
ordered by the Postmaster Gen
eral, he- did not expect to find
anything worse than a few irreg
ularities, and which could be easi
ly remedied, but he comes back
here from a pleasure trip and
finds an enormous scandal being
turned up to the gaze of the pub
lie, and he is badly scared. He |
talks very bravely about coutin- \
uing the investigation and allow
ing no guilty man to escape, but
he would be glad to shut it off
right now. If he does not and
goes the full limit, then we may
expect to see some of the pets of
the administration wearing
stripes.
This game of graft and pecula-j
tion has been going on for sev
eral years. When Senator Han
na inaugurated the most stupen
dous campaign of bribery and
corruption in 1896 ever before
attempted, one of his most ac
tive lieutenants was Perry Heath.
He was rewarded for his peculiar
services by being appointed First
Assistant Postmaster General.
He, in turn, selected others who j
had been active in the debauch j
of the voters, amongst whom:
were Neely and Rathbone, who!
were sent to Cuba and were con
victed of robbingthegovernment
there of thousands of dollars.
The same game was inaugurated
here, only iu different ways, and
so that it could be covered up for j
a loncrer time.
All sorts of schemes were start-1
ed for making money out of the
government jobs held by certain
people. Two of these people have
already been forced to resign,
viz.: Assistant Attorney General
Tyner, who had charge of the
law department of the Post Office
Department, and Mr. Beavers,
superintendent of the salary and
allowance division. It was dis
covered that Fyner had been:
rendering decisions that gave
the get-i ich quick swindling con
cerns of the country the benefit
of the use of the mails in order to
rob the people of t he country.
We do not vet know all that
Beavers has bi en doing, but we
do know that he got out as soon
as the fire was siarted in his
rear. It is believed t hat one of
the charges against him will be
that lie was at the head of a syn
dicate that was selling inerea-es
iu salaries. When a man desig
nated as entitled to an increase
in his salary was sent in to Bea
vers it is charged that he was no
tified that he must plank down
not less than $'J5 or the increase
didnotgo. We all know that
Beavers latelv built a residence
in the City of Brooklyn that cost
not less than $.'15,000, and on a
salary of $4,500 a year.
Other things are now coming
to light. Fiue furniture was al
lowed or sometimes forced on
postmasters all over the coun
try, and all of it. was made by
one concern. Typewriting ma
chines have been distributed lav
ishly. anil all of tliemof the same
make. The olu-fashioned good
iron mail boxes, and all of them
painted alike and with the same
firm's paint, and painted by men
sent out from the department
when it could have been done
much cheaper at home by some
firm in the city where the paint
ing was done.
The farmers along the rural I
ree delivery routes were not al
owed to furnish theirown boxes,
aut were compelled to pay for |
the kind of box prescribed and
tent out by the superintendent
af the free delivery service.
Whenever a new rural free deliv
?ry route was to be inaugurated
iome firm that furnished wagons
and other things to the depart
ment or to the carriers was given
the tip and got into thegame be
fore any other firm knew any
thing about it. And out of this
somes g ;od graft for the men be
hind the scenes.
The chances are that the ttiing
will be so stupendous that the!
Republican party will refuse to
allow the facts to be given to the
public, and the people will know
uothing of it until a Democratic
Congress compels publicity. The
people cau get the facts about j
how many thousands of dollars i
have been wasted and stolen
from them only by electing a!
Democratic Congress.
Whenever the people of this
country elect a Democratic Con
gress and a Democratic adminis
tration there will come forth rev
elations of rottenness and cor
ruption in the departments of
this government that will stag
ger the nation. The truth is
that every department of this
government in this city is honey
combed with rottenness and all
of it has grown up since McKin
ley was inaugurated 1897.
The Post Uttice Department
seems to have been conducted by i
and in the interest of the graft
ers, the Treasury Department in
the interest of Wall Street, the
Navy Department in the interest
of the Steel Trust, the War De
partment in the interest of Gen
eral Wood, the Interior Depart
ment in the interest of ttie Glass
Trust, that wants to grab the
gilsonite beds in theUnco&pagre
Cte Indian Reservation, and the
Department of Justice in the in
terest of the trusts in general.
The new Department of Com
merce and Labor has no,tgot into
thegame. llow lougdo the peo
ple intend to stand it?
This administration is hitting
the Civil Service with an axe.
The Washington Post is author
ity for the statement that, "since
President Roosevelt came into
office a large portion of the im
portant offices in the United
States Treasurv Denartmer.t
have been tilled with new men, or
will be tilled before a long while.
Something like a clean sweep has
been gradually put iuto effect,
but it has been done quietly, and
as a rule with little publicity."
That is a pretty serious charge
for a newspaper with strong Re
publican leanings to make
against the President, who boasts
of his Civil Service Reform ante
cedents and who was supposed
to be still ardent disciple of the
same cult.
It is also stated that more
postmasters haVe been removed
and appointed during the last
two years than ever before in the
?history of the department. The
fact is, the President is building
up his own little machine and he
is going after the nomination
without losing a trick.
Chahlks A. Edwauds.
Luther Harl er, of Car.v, Wake
county, was instantly killed and
several other men seriously
injured by the collapsing of an
immense derrick near Minefield,
\V. Va.. Saturday night. The
main mast struck Barber on the
head, crushing his skull.
Rofcbcd The Grave.
A star; ling incident, isnarrated
by John Oliver of Philadelphia,
as follows: "1 was in an awful
condition. My skin was almost
yellow, eves sunken, tongue
coated, pain continually in hack
and sides, 110 appetite, growing
weaker day by day. Three phy
sicians had given me up. Then
1 was advised to use Electric
Bitters; to my great jov, the
first bottle made a decided im
provement. I continued their use
tor three weeks, and am now a
well man. I know they robbed
the grave of another victim."
No one should fail to trv them.
Only 50 cents, guaranteed, at
j Hood Bros., drug store.
M/EA'I HER CONDITIONS UNFAVOR
ABLE.
Farm Work Retarded and Crops
Damaged by Continued Rain?
Winter Wheat Much Injured.
The weekly crop bulletin for the
week ending Monday, April 20, is
as follows:
The reports of crop correspond
ents for the past week indicate
that the weatnerconditions have
been decidedly unfavorable both
for farm work and for the growth
of crops. The temperature aver
aged from 2 to 3 degrees daily
below the normal, ranging from
a maximum of 74 degrees to a
minimum of 34 degrees, the lat
ter temperature occurring at
Asheville the morning of April
18th, with killing frost; light to
heavy frosts also occurred in the
central and eastern portions of
the state on Saturday morning
with slight damage to vegeta
tion. The most unfavorable
feature for the week was the fre
quent precipitation. Though
not excessive in amount, rain
fell on five days of the week, with
snow in the mountains on the
ir?th.. Tee rainfall was least in
the southeast portion of the
state, and in that section plowing
and planting made some pro
gress. On the 14th severe local
storms with hail occurred in sev
eral western and eastern coun
ties, with much damage to truck
and strawberries in limited locali
ties, chiefly in Ileaufort, Craven,
Sampson. Cumberland and Co
lumbus counties. The lack of
sunshine, the cold northerly
winds and soaked condition of
the soil prevented much work of
any kind, and farming opera
tions are now very backward;
moreover, the cold, wet soil is
very unfavorable for the rapid
germination of seeds.
A few farmers have finished
planting corn on uplands in the
east, but very little corn has been
planted elsewhere, and what was
planted early is coming up very
slowly. Some cotton has been
planted in the south portion.
Tobacco plants are well advanced
and many plants have been set,
though most of the land is hard
ly ready yet. While a majority
of reports indicate that winter
wheat is still in fair condition,
many correspondents state that
the crop has received much dam
age from the hessian ff v. Chinch
bugs are injuring wheat in many
fields. The cold, wet weather has
caused much yellowing, and rust
is spreading. Irish potatoes are
coming up fairly well. Gardens
have made very little progress.
Fruit in the west was further in
jured by frost this week, but
there will be plenty of peaches,
plums and a good crop of apples.
Inspiteof unfavorableconditions
for ripening of berries and ma
turing of truck, shipments of
these crops were large during +he
week.
Rains reported : llaleigh, 1.32
inches; Wilmington, 0 17; Char
lotte, 1.91; "Greensboro, 1.32:
Weldon. 2.f?9; Moncure, 1.1 (J:
Asheville, 1.30; Morgan ton, 1.(57;
Henrietta, 2 32.
GATTIS-KILGO SUIT.
This Famous Case to be Tried This
Week For Fourth Time.
Oxford, N. C., April 20.?The
| Gattis-Kilgo case has been set
for tiial here on Thursday of this
week.
This famous suit, for slander
I brought by ltev. T. 1. Gattis. ??|
Oxford, against Itev. -lohuC. Kil
iro, president of Triuity College.
! Durham, has been tried before a
jury twice lie to re this, and has
j been in the Supreme Court three
times. This will be actually the
fourth time it will have been in
j the Granville county court.
Hen; is a brief history of the
litigation in the widely known
suit.
The case first came up in the
Granville county court at the
April term, 1899, and the judge
sustained the defendant's demur
rer. The plaintiff appealed, and
at the fall term. 185)9, the Su
preme Court reversed that action
and sent the case back lor trial
(before a jury.
At the November term, 11)00,
the cuse came up for trial before
a jury in the (Iranville court, and
the plaintiff obtained a verdict!
of $20,000.
The defendant appealed this
time, and at the spring term,
1901, the SupreineCourtgranted
a new trial.
Then the case again came be- j
fore a jury at the November term (
of crmrt, 1901, and Mr. (iattis
obtained a verdict of $15,000.
The defendant again apfiealed.
At the spring term, 1902, the
Supreme Court carried the cast
over till the fall term without
deciding it. At the fall term,
1902, a new trial was granted by
the Supreme Court, and the case
now come- up before a jury this
week for the third time.
Judge W. R Allen, of Golds
boro, will be the presiding judge.
The counsel in the case are:
For the plaintiff Mr. Gattis:
Messrs. Boone, Bryant & Biggs,
of Durham; Maj. W. A. Guthrie,
Durham; Judge A. W. Graham,
of Oxford; Hon S. M. Gattis, of
Hillsboro; Hon. C. B. Watson,
of Winston-Salem, and Senator
A. A. Hicks, of Oxford.
For the defendant President
Kilgo: Messrs. Winston Fuller,
of Durham; Uoysttt & Hobgood,
j of Oxford, and T. T. Hicks, of
Henderson.
Dropped Dead in Raleigh.
Mr. Joseph Young, who lives
near Angier, in Harnett county,
dropped dead in this city yester
day morning about ten o'clock
at the home of a colored woman
on East Davie street. He came
to Raleigh yesterday to find
hands to work on his farm.
While on Davie street he went to
the home of a colored woman
and said he was very sick and
asked her if she had a place he
could lie down for a few minutes.
As he started to lie down he fell,
and after giving a few groans he
expired.
Mr. Young was one of the best
known men in his section of the
county and was a prosperous
and well-to-do farmer. He was
a consistent member of the Primi
: tive Baptist cliurc i and lived up
to that faith in all his paths of
life. He was upright, honest and
conscientious in ail his dealings
with his fellow man.
He was a man about seventy
five years old and leaves a wife
and several children.?News and
Observer 2Brd.
Married.
On the 19th inst. at -t o'clock
p. m., at the home of the bride's
father, Mr. John G. Allen, Miss
Leac.y Allen was led to the hy
meneal altar by Mr. James God
win, where they were united in
the holy bonds of wedlock, Elder
L. P. Adams officiating.
The attendants weie Mr. Ira
Allen with Miss Bertha Godwin,
Junius Godwin with Miss Gillie
I VVoodall, J. H. Wheeler with Miss
Gucy Allen, Albert Suiles with
Miss Mattie Alien. Willie M.
Woodall with Miss Bethany Gee,
Clarence Woodall with Miss Gillie
Turlington.
After the ceremony the bridal
party returned to the most hand
somely decorated parlor and
: with excellent music rendered I>y
Miss Edith Parker, a short while
was spent with congratulation
I and conversation by the young
1 people in general.
'! The bride tv groom with the
1 preceding parties then returned
! to the home of the groom's
lather, Mr. Benjamin Godwin,
ulieic a sumptuous supper
awaited them. Afte. the it fresh
intents and good rations ot all
kinds were served, a few hours of
: talking among the toys and
'Igirlswas the conclusion of this
' i grand occasion. All bade them
good-bye hoping them a long
and happy life.
The bride has for the past
three years been one of Johnston
county's most successful tea hers,
while Mr. Godwin is an industri
ous young farmer of Elevation
township.
May the blessings of the Al
mighty lest upon them and give
them a successful future.
W.
| O K Stoves anu Ranges.
STATE NEWS.
/
A postoffice called Pinelog has!
been established in Clay county. I'
George E. Hood has been re- '
nominated for Mayor of Golds
boro. i
Last Saturday John Iiobinson |
fell between the cars at Hot
Springs and had both legs cut
off.
Miss Alice Roosevelt has re-r
turned to Washington after
spending a week M rs. George Van
derbilt at Biltmore.
The board of aldermen of Fay-1
etteville have decreed that cigars
cannot be sold or [riven away in j
that town on Sunday.
The statements of the Raleigh
banks just issued show that trie
total deposits subject to check
April bth were $2,50(5,051.73.
The contest ov^r the postoftice
at Hillsboro has been settled by
Judge Robinson, who acted as
arbitrator. He decided in favor*
of C. G. Rosemond.
A cotton mill warehouse and
250 bales of cotton were burned
at Spray, Rockingham county.
Saturday morning. The loss is
estimated at $12,000.
In the second mayoralty pri- i
I mary held in Wilmington Thurs
day Mr. W. E. Springer was j
nominated for mayor, defeating
Mayor Waddell by 404 votes.
Twelve convicts made a break
for liberty at Castle Hayne Mon
day morning. One was instantly
| killed by the guard. Five were
caught later and six made good
their escape.
The ejection to decide on a
bond issue for Graded Schools
for Swan Quarter was carried by
a comfortable majority of the
qualified vote. Only one vote
was cast against the issue.
Thirty eight new rural mail
| routes began in this State April
1st, making a total of 312 now
in operation in the State. The
salaries of the rural carriers now
amount to $180,000 yearly. .
Mr. Archie Parker, an aged
and respected white man, was
killed on the premises of the Er
win cotton mills at Dunn, Har
nett county, last week, by the fall
of a shelter. Owen David was
also injured, but not fatally.
The [Trading: of the Raleich &
Cape Fear Railroad has been
completed to the Cape Fear river
at Lillington. Six miles of the
extension has been completed
and laid with rail, and the rails
for t he other eight miles are on
the way.
The three young white men of
Raleigh who were arrested last
week Vharged with criminally
assaulting a 14 year-old white
girl, were discharged after a
hearing before a magistrate.
The girl's character was shown
, to be very bad.
Married.
Tuesday night at 9 o'clock.
April 14t h, 190,'?. at the residence
of the bride's mother, Mrs. Emily
Peucock, in Meadow township,
her daughter. Miss Pennie. was
married to Mr. Richard Jones,
L. P. Johnson, J. P., performing
the ceremony.
The attendants were Mr. Joel
G. Hudson with Miss Betsy John
son; Mr. N. W. McLaui with Miss
Louie Johnson; Mr. Dempsx
Luwhon with .Miss Emmie Pea
cock, and Mr. Bud Hudsou with
Mrs Sophronie Hudson.
After the ceremony the entire
wedding pnrtv returned to the
home the bride's mother where
a sumptuous supper" awaited
thi tn. X.
The State Debt.
The total debt of the State, in
terest. and nnn-int-rest-beuring
securities, is $0 ">27.770.
If tlie State should pay ?100,
000 every year, it would then re
quire more than 65 years to pay
this deht?two generations of
people.?Raleigh Visitor.
o.OOO new cut herrings now for
sale at The Austin-Stephenson
| Co.
General News Items.
Mrs. Carrie Nation has opened
ler home at Tojieka to wives of
lestitute drunkards.
The total abstinence advocates
are in majority at international
anti-alcohol congress at Bre
men.
Justice Gilgerich, in New York,
has granted an order permitting
William K. Vanderbilt, nead of
that family, tg marry again.
Stoc-{holders of the United
States St< el Corporation have
chose directors who, it is said,
will re-elect President Charles M.
Schwab.
Wallace Putnam Reed, a writer
and newspaper man well known
throughout the South, died at
his home in Atlanta Saturday,
aged 53 years.
Coal operators have locked out
about 30,000 miners at 32 col
leries in the anthracite region be
cause they refused to work nine
hours on Saturday.
Right persons were killed and
10 injured in a collision near
Jamestown. N. Y., Monday be
tween a iimited express train on
the Frie railroad and a freight
train.
Fifty years'betrothal of "Tom"
Miller, member of New York Man
hattan club, and Miss Joanna
Mills ended last week by the for- ?
mer's death at age of 70; reason
for delayed wedding unknown.
President Roosevelt, with John
Burroughs, naturalist, and Uni
ted States cavalry detachment
entered Yellowstone park Wed
nesday for sixteen days' stay; his
special train to remain at Cinna
bar.
A mob took Tom Gillyard, a
negro tramp, from the Joplin,
Mo., jail last week and hanged
him to a telegraph pole in the
heart of the city. The negro was
cltarged with the murder of a
policeman.
Three men were killed and five
badly injured by premature ex
plosion of shell in forward twelve
inch gun on battleship Iowa while
at target practice off Pensacola,
Fla.; eun and deck were wrecked
by fragments.
A careless workman kicked
over a lantern at oneof the Beau
mont oil Wells last week and
started a fire that resulted in the
lossofipropertv valued at$1.000.
000 and the bankruptcy of twen
ty or more smaller companies.
In a row that followed a drink
ing bout, Frank Redmond was
shot and instmtly killed Mon
day morning at Gainesville, Ga.,
by Policeman Parks. Jennie
Redmond. Rollin Peeler and
Stephen Wiley were also shot
and slightly injured. The coro
ner's jury exonerated the police
man.
The new steamship Minnesota,
the largest vessel ever built in
America and the greatest cargo
carrier in the world, was launch
ed Friday. The Minnesota is
owned by the Great Northern
Steamship Company. She can
carry a cargo that would fill a
train several miles long, or 125
trains of 25 cars each. She and
her sister vessel, the Dakota, will
carry 28,000 long tons of coal
and 280,000 barrels of flour.
About 25,000 persons witnt ssed
the launching of the armored
cruiser. West Virginia, at New
port News, Ya., Saturday. A
distinguished party attended the
event, headed by Go\ ernor White,
of West Virginia, and his official
stuif, and including the West Vir
ginia Senators and Representa
tives and prominent oflicers of
the nnnv and navy who eunie
[from Wnshihgton. Thechristen
ing ceremony was performed l>y
Miss Katherine White, daughter
of the Governor.
Makes A Clean Sweep.
There's nothing like doing
thing thoroughly. Of all th?
Salves you ever heard of, Iluck
len's Arnica Salve is the best. It
sweeps away and cures Rums,
Sores, Rruises.Cute, Roils, Ulcer*,
Skin Eruptions and Piles. It.'?
only 25c, and guarHnt<>ed to
give satisfaction by Hood Rros.,
| Druggists.