VOL. 11.
A GENERAL STRIKE.
; Httsbery Sled Hortcrs Ga Oct la
.' Larft Nccbers.
PKS. SHAFFER'S QZtel IS OKYET
TtetMfoattteg of fee Painter .Hiß if
aiMtoßeOacot tbeOfcfects of tli*
Strike.
Pittsburg. Spe is Fr- ai r .« r.t j->
dicatloas It looks pro bible that Preal
dent Shaffer's (trite order, is-ied Sit
urday night Cie the As
ft socUtion awmUra in tie employ of thi
/ American Steel Hjop tf»
American She-t S.e?i Ccanur aad tfc«
American Jia Plate Capur j. will It
obeyed, and tie great s:ragg> b*:w*?z
the Acaigama; i Aoctjtlci an J it,
at eel companies *lll b> ca in eanes;
In the union mills of the tiree cnipA
aies a strike baa been dtc'irfd, and
is predicted that no: a wheel will turn
An effort will be mad? also ta elas?
down some of the non-union mills it
the companies and to cr.pp e the rest
The Ankllgamau>d people aie Tory m
guine of success.
"The strike was not of oar «*•»'»-
In*." said PrtiH.lL ShaEer. -it WJI
forced upon us. We were aot contend
Ins for wages but far principle. ft*
self-preservation. The tin and she*
' people will not be able to mm * s.a.U
wheel. We hare our fcrres thorough
ly organized and there will be saint
surprises in sio.e *t hare not heir;
from a. single lodre in answer ta my
strike order, hut an answer Is nat a»>
eesary Theor-W Win he promptly
obeyed by all oar men. But there w 4
be no trouble. Labor' \>rganlut an I
hare changed. The Ama.gamatel As
sociation is no: the association It wai
20 years ago. not,eTen fire years a; >
The men are more readi.y coatrollea;
In fact, we have our men under on
trol."
Developments Indicate that Pltts
burg is going to be a pretty l.velj
strike centre. The m-«t interested al
taches to the Painter's Mill, on th!
southslde. and to that of L'ndsay £
McCutcheon. In Allegheny. Both mills
are controlled by the American Sheet
Hoop Company, and have hlUertc
been aggressively nan-onion and much
depends upon the men in these plants.
The employes o? bath mills ie:d ojea
meetings Sunday and both derided to
strike Monday. The Painter Mill em
ployes about 400 men and the L.nCsjj
£ Mc Cutcheon Mill about 390,
I. W. Jenka. manager of the Amer.-
can Steel Hoop Camplny. sa:d that t«
had heard of the attempt to he mad!
to tie up the two mills, but he hid
heard such strike talk far s*»era'
months post Mr. Jeaks said bath
mills would resume as ns-jsl.
The light at the Painter Mill.ls tab
made the flgbt of the strike. Both s:!»*
will make stubborn resistance. If the
Amalgamated people can close this mil
they believe they will have won the
greater pgrt of the strike. The mill if
not only an Important one. but tb :
Steel Hoop Company has for year?
succeeded In thwarting the eff.trU
made to unionise it. '
It may be satd. however, on the
strength of reliable information that
the atrike Mjthia Its present limits if
Intended merely as a show of streagih.
At the conference. Isst week, the rep
resentatives of the steel corporation
were repeatedly warned that the asso
ciation waa much stronger than they
knew. They were even told of the or
ganisation of mills of wfc'ch they had
no knowledge. Bat the steel men woult"
not betiere that the association wu
as strong as It was claimed to be
Thus It Is believed to he the first parr
pose of the asssclatios to show Its
strength by contain* the strike to th«
~~ three companies. When that show o!
strength has beea made what It may
be. the ascociatioa eipeati
the companies to ash tor another con
ference. If the companies show ao ls
cllnation to aanhs a settlement th(
strike will he extended to three more
companies. If the trust win not ylefc!
than, the strike will be extended tc
a Independent companies as asll
finished prodoc.s or raw mats
rials to com pastes against which s
strike has been declared. Shoald tat
atrike attaia sack proportions it wwua
be likely to go still farther. The Amal
gamated Association and ths Ffcders
tion of Labor two years ago formed s
secret alllaac*. It Is claimed, when It
waa agreed that the association wheq
oa atrike could call oat the sieei men
of the Federation. The latter has its
orgaaiaations la many mills wbos;
workmen are not eligible to member
■hip In the association.
- »
Fire ia Drowght-Strichee Tswa.
Bald. O. T, Special.'—Ftaw blocks
st business hoaaei oa the public
.aqaare were deatroyed la less than
throe hours by a ire that stsrted af
ter midnight Moaday moraiag. The
water supply waa inadequate aad It
was aewaaary to Mow ap baildlags
with dynamite to check the flames.
Owing to the continued drought ev
erything horned Hhe matchwood. A
light wind blowing from the soath
east saved the eastern part of the
town. The total lass Is aatlamted at
■an thaa 91M.0M; lasaraace llsUt-
The paatoHce arid the kai olLcs
warn aawsd ostr after a hard flflhc
Eagle" Pasa, Tex, BpeciaL—The en
glaMu aad flismiw oa the laterna
- ' Quae I Hfliiail have ieagui aad
buslneas oa that rood la saspeaded-
The trainmen demanded an advance !n
wa«es aad It waa refused, which is
the cause of their resignation. Teert !
is ao concerted strike, bat al the men ;
are oat. The road ia a Southern Pa-,
rifle property, hat the BM are pal."
[ la Mexicaa money, aad this had de
1 predated ia value, catting down their
L «£*• • 1
THE ENTERPRISE.
EJIOtIAL MHHNTIM.
ProfltaMs fleeting af the QuM Driv
ers at Oresasboro.
Qreeosboro. Speclla.—Ths sesataa
of the North Carol'na Press Associa
tion Thursday morning was moat In
teresting. Three important subjects—
free schools, rural free mail delivery
and rural free libraries—were discuss
ed. Many facts were hreoght eat i* the
general discussion.
Just before the noon adjournment of
ficers were elected for the ensuing year
. as follows: —— £—
President —J. 0. Br>ylin. : of th«
Wadesboro Messeug?r-lntellin?encer.
First VJee-president—J. A. Thomas
of the Loulsburg limes.
S®cond Vice-prei iient —H. C. Martin
of the Lo-alsburg T'incs. *
Third Vlcs-presSdeot—W. S. Herbart.
of the Klnston Free Press. >r-
SecretaTy-Treaaurer—J. B. Sherrill
of the Concord Times.
History—Rev. P. R. Law. of the
Lumber Bridge News.
Ontor—Clyde R. Hoey. of the Cleve
land Star.
Poet —Mark Squires, of the Lenoir
Topic.
Executive Committee —J. G. Boylin.
J. B. Ph err 111. H, A London. Thad R.
Manning. J. B. Wh:taker. R. B. Clark
and R. A. DeaL
The follow'ng were elected delegate!
and aletrnates to the next session ot
the National Sditor'.al Ass k.atun
which meets in Hot Sprlnsrs. Ark., nest
summer: W. C. Dowd. J. B. Sherrill. H
A. London. W. I. Caderwood. Geo. L 1
Hhfkney. E. C. Hackney. W. F. Mar
shall. Alternates: Joseph us Daniels J.
B. Whltaker. J. W. Jenkins. J. G. Boy
lin. W. K. Johnson, Archibald John
son and Rev. J. O. Atkinson.' i
The session was tui interesting and
valuable one throughout. The attend
ance was large and the addresses lend
papers were all of a high order. Ihe
association was Invited tc meet next
year at Blowing Rock. The matter WJI
left in the hands ot the executive ojm
mlttee.
The Appalachian Park.
As a result of Secretary Wilson's re
cent visit to North Carolina, he wl'l
recommend .to Congress the pun-hss*
of about 2,000.000 seres of forest 'a-.d
In the Appalachian mountains within
the States of North Carolina.
aee. South Carolina, Georgia and Ala
bama. for the purpose of forming aa
Immense reserve park to protect ths
forests and prevent ths wholesale cat-,
ting of treea. which. If not so n check
ed. will result In IncalculaHe evil to
the farming Interests la that part of
the South dependent upon these moan
tains for its streams. The secreta-y
found that the mountains are beta;
denuded of forest growth at aa alarm
ing rats—with far more rapidity than
be had believed possible, and unlees
Congress ia willing to appropriate a
sufficient sum. perhaps $*.000,000. 11
buy this land outright. It will only be
a matter of a comparatively few years
he believes, before the effects of fore t
destruction will be plainly noticeable
In the agricultural lands and manufac
turing sections fed by the Ohio. Ten
nessee. Yadkin. Savannah and Roa
noke rivers, not to mention ths hun
dreds of smaller streams relied upon
by the agricultural community.
Fire a* Laurinharg.
Lsurlnburg. Special.—A Are broki
oat here Thursday In the M'-Dsural-l
Furniture Store at 2 o'clock, p. m . ar.d
raged until 4 o'clock. At one time it
looked as If the town was doomed.
Elever stores and a barber shop werj
consumed. The losses are: W. A. Mc-
Dougald, two stores, 18.000. stock ot
furniture. insurance not known.
R. E. Lee. two stores and stock. sll.-1
000, Insurance ft.ooo W. D. Jam**,
three stores and stock, loss very
heavy. J. C. Morgan, stock. 112.000
Insurance SI,OOO J. S. McDaffle. stock.
$2,000, Insurance SI,OOO. Merchants-
Hotel. 'furniture, $2,000. lasaraace,
SSOO. A. A. James, a large stock of
gooda. H. O. Covington. t*o stores,
$2,000. Insurance. SI.OO. J. B. Cowan.
91.000. lasaraace. S6OO Other I asset
were Southerland aad Morgaa. G. M.
Wright. D. a McNeill. W. P. Evans
colored, aad Scotland Times. The le
tal loss was $75,000 with Insurance of
910,000.
New Factories at Fayette*llle.
Pmyettevflle, Special.—The lados
trles of oar town are constantly bring
augmented by the estabUshmeat of
new enterprises, while thoae already
here are bsing Improved. The large
building known as the flour warehouse
oa Pwson street that was recently l-u: -
chased from the town by Messrs. Holt
aad Morgaa la now being re-node'.led
and pat In condition for the manufac
ture of shirts, shirtwaists, etc.. from
madras, a fine grade of wh'tb la now
produced at the Holt-Morgan Mllla.
The LaFhyette Knitting Mill has
greatly Improved Its owtput saJ is
producing a high grade of lisle lush
ed hosiery for which rsady sale if
found at satisfactory prices.
Win Moet st Jlonrawtoa
Principal Jno. K. Ray has re'erned
from Buffalo, where, he attended the
tri annual meeting of the Americas
Instructors of the Deaf In season
there. Prof. I. McK. Goodwin respon
ded to the address of weleoaae. The as
sociation will meet la Morgaataa st
Its next 1 ess lon. having arcejrted the
Invitation of the Morgaaton Sta*»
Board, extended throagu Pro! E
McK. Goodwin.
Tar Heel Notes. ,
1* ■
A bridge aad two trestles oaths
Murphy branch of the Southern were
washed, away la* Tharaday by heavy
ralna. _
Ground has been broken for Scot
bad county's new court house, and
work la rapidly going ahead oa a
Ths Newborn News says the Aloaao
Thomas DUI is to sucsssd the late Wat.
Thomas DSI ia to suoc.ee, the late Wnu
E. darks aa eoUector ot customs at
Newbsra, \
* True to OWMIM*, Our Neighbor*, Our Country and Our OotL
WILLIAMSTON, N. C 5 FRIDAY, JULY 19,1901.
ANOTHER HOT WAVE
Plays Havoc Witt Crops in Southern
States.
AIL PREVIOUS RECORDS BROKEN.
Cora Drying l'p Under the Torrid
Blasts That Come With Furnace-
Like Heat;
Memphis. Special.— Friday was the
warmest day of the year In the cen
tral Southern states. Many places lit
west Tennessee. Arkansas, north Mis
sissippi. Louisiana Alabama and
Texas, report all heat records broken
during, the afternoon. t In Memphis
the official report was it)!' degrees at
S> o'clock. This Is the highest tern
perature ever recorded here. Hoi ma
Ala., was thf warmest place In the
South. 11: degrees being recorded.
Montgomery report 105 and Mobile
102. At Little Kock, Ark., the high
est temperature ever recorded was
officially reported 10i. Pine Bluff, Ark.,
reports the warmest day on record
with one fatality.
In Mississippi the heat was intense.
At Jackson. Vlckaburg. and Natchez,
ail records were broken. Crops, es
pecially corn, all through north and
east Mississippi are drying up. I-ouU
iana is also in the throes of the hot
wares. Shrrteport reports the hot
test day in lis history, the govern
ment thermometer registering 99 in
the afternoon. The intense heat has
been broken somewbst in a few coun
ties in west Texas. San Angelo, Colo.,
Midland and Bid Springs, all in the
extreme western part of the State, re
port a rainfall varying from 1 to 3
Inches. These points are in a section
devoted almost exclusively to stock
raising. " The agricultural part of
north and northwest -Texas Is still
unrelieved from the drought. In some
places rain has not fallen in some
months. Austin'had.good rains that
broke the long drought in that vi
cinity. San Antonio also reports a
rainfall of 1.17 inches. The crops In
the southwestern section of the State
are in fair condition. Showers fell
at Richmond and Sequin, and Houston
and Galveston report gooii rains irt
the last few days. At Dallas fain has
been aa unknown quantity for nearly
six weeks, while the temperature has
been Jlpvering around tho 100 mark
for several days.
Mills to Shut Down.
Charlotte. N. C.. Special—A called
meeting of the Southern Hosiery Yarn
Spinners' Association convened In this
city Thursday afternoon. The object of
the meeting was to arrive at some
agreement as to the best methods to
employ to raise the price of hosiery
yarn. The manufacturers claim that
at the present price of cotton and the
aiarketable value of yarns, the mills
are run at a loss and. as a matter of
protection, something has to be done
at once. After a lengthy discussion
It was decided that a curtailment of
products was about the only means by
which a better condition of the yarn
market could be brought about. While
many of the manufai turera dislike
very much to close down their mills,
they asi- that the association, of
which they are metal ers, think this
the only way out of the trouble. A
prominent hosiery manufacturer said
that the mills were short on.
and If they .continued to ruu they
would of noce/slty have to purchase
the raw material at the present high
prices and be forced to dispose of the
manufactured products at the present
low price of yarns. >n the whole, the
aiseting was a most Important one and
the decision reached will effecr many
mills In North Carolina as well an
other Southern State*.
Flurry la Corn.
New York, Special—There was a
sceae of great excitement In both the
wheat and corn markets at New York
Friday, trade aggregating one of the
largest day's totals In a year or more,
aad specially as to corn. Prices Jump
•dlM during the day in corn, mak
ing 6 1-2 advance for the week. Or
ders poured into the market so fast
that brokers could scarcely execute
them at the prices desired and the us
ually small crowd around the corn
riag was increased to such an extent
that at times It almost rivalled that
la the wheat pit.
Negro Industrial Convention.
Jackson. Miss.. Special.—The Na
tlcnal Negro Industrial Convention
met here, many prominent negroes
from different parts of the South being
present. 8. P. Mitchell, waa elected
president, and C. H- Andrews, secre
tary. The object of the convention
Is to encourage industrial education,
commercial development, organize
farmera. elevate morr.ls, encourage
negroes to keep out of the courts
save money and buy homes. Resolu
tions expressing grief at tile death of
H. H. Hargrove, president of the
Southern Industrial Convnetlon, were
adopted. W. H. Council, president of
the Alabama Agricultural and Me
chanical College, of Normal, Ala,
spoke at night.
Newspaper W lters Strike.
Coluafbus, 0.. Special.—Troubles of
The Press-Post culminated in a fo- k
out of the writing force, all of whom
are memt-ers of the News Wrlte.'s'
V'rlon. The. - were ta'jrsscd In tao
morning that their fervlcea were no-,
needed, s'udcnis from ;he State Uni
versity SchcU of Joarca-iacn
tut la ttelr place*. The union prin
ters to set trpy the new men
preiarod and walked out, followed by
the aterto.yptrs and pe ;si.>« n. (
' Prel])l:tKildi Kiftwed^
Chicago. Special —A complete and
anreserved restoration of freight rates
was formally agreed upon at the meet
lag of ths Western trunl: line com
mittee here. A plan for a physlc.l,
division of tratfc aiso was adopted by
ail roads but the Chicago Great West
ern. This road agreed to maintain
rates, but declared Its Intention at
LUTUUNS' KEUNIOM.
A Highly Profitable Meeting Held
Near China Qrove.
The second annual reunion of tho
Lutherans in North Carolina will be
held at Lutheran Chapel noar China
Grove. N. C., on'Trursday, the, first
day of AugusL
This Reunion promises to be moro
largely attended thaa the previous
one, last year. This Is a grand oc
casion for the Lutherans of ! North
Carolina, both socially and ecclesias
tically. It not only brings the Luth
erans of the State in nearer touch
with each other.and orders socially,
brotherly love and church pride, but
U is a stimulus to church progress,
for It shows to the assemblage what
sach and individual congregation has
been accomplishing during the year.
Besides these advantages, the var
ious addressed, delivered by leading
pastors, are a mental recreation to
the hearers, and of great benefit to
the entire membership. Highly inter
esting addresses, especially on the
subject of Education, will be de
livered by prominent divines and
Presidents of various colleges.
Everybody is invited to come and
bring baskets well filled with pro
visions. ' , .
Strike Declared Off.
Cincinnati, Special.—The machinists
•triko In this city, which began May
SO. and involved from 5,000 to 7.000 em
ployes, practically has been declared
oil. A secret mass-meeting of strlliers
was held at which a formal (report \ias
made that it had been found Impossible
to procure assistance In money from
the headquarters In Washington. As
the strike benefit fund Is exhausted
the strikers were advised to return to
work.] Already about 600 have appHeJ
for re-lnstatement and many more will
do so Saturday and Monday. The strik
ers, failing to receive funds from
Washington, sent an agent to that city
to secure money. His report was pre
sented to the meeting and the action
which virtually ends the strike, Waa
taken. It la said, however, that the de
cision to return to work was not unan
imous and that some men still hold
out
Dewey la Virginia.
Newport News, Va.. Special.—Ad
miral and Mrs. Dewey were informal
visitors to this city Friday afternoon,
arriving on the light house tendor
Holly. They Inspected the Washing
ton-McLran tract above the ship yard,
In which Mrs. Dewey Is lnt«reste(i.
They also visited the battleship Illi
nois, which the admiral praised in
glowing, terras. They returned to tho
Holly In the afternoon and will be
hack In Washington Monday, after
cruising around in these waters.
Telegraphic Briefs.
The Comptrollrr of the Curency has
levied an assessment of 100 per cent,
on the $500,000 stock of the Seventh
National Bank of New York.
Mylex B. McDonnell was acquitted 1
tlte charge of murdering tleorge Price
In New York December 27 last.
Itls said Jacob 8. Rogers prepared a
letter some time before bis death Indl;
eating, that his fortune was soon to
have gone to the Metropolitan Muse
um of Art.
Mrs. Josephine W. Brake,of Buffali,
N. Y.. has found "Calamity Jane," a
noted plalnswoiusn, In Montana and
provided her with a home for life.
In consequence of the scorchln*
weather In the West the prices of all
cereals advanced 3 cents or over In
Chicago and New York.
The new battleship Maine will be
launched at Cramps' Saturday, July 27.
Maneuvers of the North Atlantic
Squadron were prevented by thick
weather and high winds.
R. H. Newell, once a noted war cor
respondent, was found dead In Brook
lyn. .
Ths National Educational Associa
tion adjourned at Detroit.
Another conference In Pittsburg fail
ed to end the steel atrike.
M. Santos-Dumont made a succes.
ful trip across Paris In a steerable
balloon. ,
Noisy debate took place in the
House of Commons over the qureiion
of whether the British wounded wero ■
left In the hands of. the Boers at V.ak
fonteln.
Soundings by a British war vessel
near the Channel Islands are declared
by a section of the French press to
tnean a menace to Prance.
Lord Kitchener reports that the Boars
raptured a seven-pound cannon from
the British at HotUkop, in the Trans
vaal.
The hot wave In I«ondon continues
with still higher temperature.
Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark
visited the United States training ship
Hartford at Copenhagen
Prince Chun left Pekln on his way
to Berlin to apologize for the murd.-r
of Baron von Ketteler.
United States Consul Bagsdale,* at
Tientsin, sentenced three American
looters to Imprisonment.
Two Successive Crop Failures.
Jackson, Miss.. Special.—From all
ever the State come reports that corn,
cotton and other form crops
seriously Injured because oy. -jTons
continued drought rain
has fallen since April
vored spots since the Ist of June.
Mississippi made no corn last year,
because of continued -» rains during
June and July and to fail two years
in succession is a serious matter to
thousands of farmers. The weather
has been bliaterlngly hot tor a week.
ARP ON MYTHOLOGY
Bartow's Philosopher Draws Morals
From Ancient Stories.
AND WRITES VERY INTERESTINGLY
He Read* Up on Old Lines and Traces
HlsConctualons In Latter Pay Style
Entertainingly.
ID all ages mankind ha; felt th»
need of a God. There Is a feeling cf
helplessness ;in our nature and If man
can't And a God he will mi>ke oa>\
It Is cunioua how strangely similar aro
all the heathen mythologies to fie Bi
ble religion. St. John says. "And there
waa wu'ln heaven and Mlehnl aud hi«
angnis fought agiin*t the dragon and
his angels and hurlol thotu down.
That old dt*a?oa, which Is the devil,
was cast down unto to eartii." .lint
so in Grecian and Roman and Scandi
navian mythology; there wss war la
their heaven anl the good deities pr >
vailed and th* evil were cast out. but
not destroyed. Juplttr had war with
the Titans aud dethroned them. Odon,
or Woden, as he was called, had war
with Lokl and dethroned him and gave
him Hels, or Hell, for his kingdom.
The Scandinavians had a serpent to
flgure In the dawn of their creation,
and that serpent was even gnawing ot
the roots of the tree of life—a tren
that grew by a spring and was kept ! n
perpetual bloom by the watef of the
spring. This spring was at one end
of the rainbow and the home of Woden
aud the gods at the other end ar.d n.i
oft as the rainbow appeared Woden
and his retinue made use cf It as «
beautiful bridge over which they pa s
ed to the spring to drink and renew
their youth and hold their hkh court
and sit in judgment upon offenders.
Just so our religion tells us of tllo
tree of life and the water of life a:id
the loaves of the tree which a:e for
the hcsJing of the nations.
This Scandinavian mythology was a
boautifu! and fascinating religion and
the Norsemen, including the Danes ami
Swedes, believed In It as piously a ta
believe in our Hlble and Christian!'y.
Indeed 14 took centuries to overthrow
It and plant Christianity there. For
centuries It held sway orer all Oerma
ny and even to this day all Christen
dom uses the names of the days of tho
week that came down from the Norse
men. for Wednesday waa Wpdensday
and Thursday was Thorsday. Thbr
was' Woden'R son and was the god 'of
ths clouds. When he wished to ma'«o
it thunder and shake the rein out i f
the heavens .he took two groat moan
tains, one In eauh hand, and clapped
them together. Friday was Frygi
day. Pryga was Woden's wife. Just
so wo got the names of the inonthi
from the Roman mythology anil w«
got the constellations in the heavens
from the Egyptian mythology and It
remains unchanged to this day. But
I wish the young piopie to know and
remember that In ail mythologies their
rnllglcn was founded upon a faith that
truth and justice and virtue must pre
vail over QVII. The good were rewar
ded and the evil ware punished, not
only In this world, but in the world ti
come. The difference Its thai cur re
ligion Is founded upon !ove and racp'y
rath or than justice and w» have bu.
one God Instead of a. hundred.
Now It isems that Jupiter and h's
brothers, Pluto and Neptune, after
they had whipped the Titans proceed
ed at once to divide their gri-a; do
main. Jupiter was the eldest and
smartest and so be gave the cess to
Neptune and hades to Pluto and kept
heaven for himself. Smart, wasn't
he! Hades was not hell'at that tim».
Ths spirits of the dead, both g >oil and
bad, mingled together In the hades un
til Pluto concluded to eeparate the un
repentant and Incurable ones for fear
they would usurp his kingdom and si
he established a hell and called It
Tartarus and shut up all the hardrst
casos therein.
Now Pluto married a daughter of
Cere* and she had a son named Plu
tus. He wss ths god of Wealth and
that Is where ths word plutocracy came
from. Our millionaire* belong to IV
Fo i» Hems that 'be crod of -noney Is
brother in-law to thi god or hell. Prei.
ty close kin and dangeroiis, but it Is
according to acripture, for It rays that
"the love of money Is the root of a.l
evil," and "K Is easier for a camel t3
go through the eye of a needle than
for a rich man to go to hfeavi-n." Now
this Phitus his rlehra to
the .good only, but Jupiter didn't like
that and struck him blind so that he
oouldnt tell one man from another
and ao be gropes his way about slowly
till he finds a man. Then he gives
him a pile or money and suddenly
crperos his wings and (lies away.
Thai, too, Is symbolic of what scrip
ture ssys, "Riches take wings and "fly
away."
The love of money seems to have
been accursed In all ages. The wedge
of. fcold not only cursed Achan, but af
flicted all Israel. Milton says that
Mammon was one of heaven's g ds —
"one of the spirits that fell. His looks
and thoughts were slways downward
bent, while he admired the golden
pavements In heaven's streets and
never looked up to aught divine. Then
let no one wonder that riches grow in
hell. It Is the soil that best deserves
the precious bans."
No wonder, then, that Mr. Carnegie
became alarmed and hurried to dis
gorge. What a world of care he Is
now going through in distributing h s
wealth. He receives thousands of
pletrtMng letters, I know, for many
have been sent to me to be forvard
ed to him—many piteous appeals .or
a little charily: 0f c6Ufftg, T fßl'wtrtT
them and tbat Is tho Ust.of 1L They
are perhaps read by proxy and then
destroyed. Dr. Samuel Johnston
wrote truly when he said, "Riches
fortify a man against but one of the
Ills of life, and that is poverty:"
Creosus had no monuthent. I know of
one that was erected to a very rich
bad man—an old bachelor—and hi* :
executor, a man ot unflinching id 1
tegrity, had chiseled in the marbto
these words: "He began the work a
poor boy and died a citizen of large
estate. This is his best eulogy."
He might as.well have never lived
and doubtless would be better off now.
How tnany of the rich deserve a
similar eulogy on their tombstones.
Old Agur's prayer was a safe one
"Give me neither poverty nor riches. "
These great accumulations impoverish
somebodv. They generally come from
the sweat and toll or the poor. Car
negie. The New York Herald says, was
worth not less than $500,000,000. and
no doubt Is the richest man living or
that ever lived. According to human
laws and human morula. his wealth
was nonestly earned, more honestly,
than that of most millionaires, but In
the sight of heaven he wronged hiß
fellow men. No good Christian man
can ever become a millionaire except
by inheritance. Ho can't earn It, and
comply with the scripture which says
"Do Justly, love mercy and obey the
lx>rd Thy God."
Hut the poets aiid preachers and
philosophers have from time immem
orial written and spoken enough on
this subject to encourage the liberal
and alarm the greedy, and yet most all
of our rich men are .struggling for
moro. Jhe Peabodys and Peter
Coopers aro rare exceptions in philan
thropy.
Yesterday I received from a friend
a late copy of The New York Bun, In
which a whole page was devoted to a
review of "Maclay's History of the
United States Navy," which has just
been published In three volumes by
tho Appletons. 1 read with deep In
terest all about the destruction of the
Maine and the fight at Santiago, when
suddenly I came upon a merciless
scathing criticism of Commodore
Schley, which made me hot and fati
gued my indignation. I had thought
that whole controversy was settled
and partially hkrraonlzed, but this will
cause it to break out a fresh, for The
Sun lavishly Indorses all that tfaclay
writes. He tells what Admiral Philip
told him about Schley's disgraceful
conduct (Philip Is dead now), and that
he actually turned tall and ran away
from tho fight, and that his contribu
tion to naval strategy throughout tho
campaign was "Avoid your .enemy as
long as possible, and If he makes for
yon, run!" Hobson is not mentioned
In this review. Who Is this Maelay,
anyhow? But today I am comforted,
for I have been eagerly perusing Dr.
Curry's lost and best book. "The Civil
History of the Confederate States,"
published by B. F. Johnson and Co.,
Richmond. It it a small book; a
calm, considerate roview of the past
and full of his personal reminiscences
—his contact and communion with
our noble men—Davie, Toombs, Ste
phens. Ben Hill, Howell Cobb, Long
street. Jtidah Benjamin and others,
it la almost an autobiography. It does
not seem to be a schooibook, but I
wish that every young man In the
land would read It. I would take but
a few hours and would establish him
in the faith —the true faith —the falih
of our fathers. Dr. Curry is now al
most alone. All his contemporaries
who figured In the scenes he has nar
rated aro dead. All but one—Judge
Cabell still lives. How fortunate W9
are that the good doctor lived to writo
this book, for what he writes la re
spected at home and abroad. He has
long moved In an atmosphere far
above envy or malice or distraction.
I»ni? mav he vet live. —Bill Arp In
Atlanta Constitution,
Tni-RCiKAI'HIC TKRSITIBSr,
Tho first importation of cane sujrar
fver received from Egypt has arrived
it New Orleans,
Governor Herrled, of South Dakota,
f.-ill appoint A. B. Kltlredge to succeed
;he late United States Senator Kyle.
The International Longshoremen's
Union opened Its annual session In
Toledo, 0., with 400 delegate* present.
The American Society of Religious
Education, in session at Detroit, ur
lst normal schools for the trratfuctlon
X Sunday school teachers and p*ld
salaries.
LABOR WORLD.
Tlie pnper-innkers of Hoi yoke, Mnss.,
hare decided not to strike.
, Only one-tenth of the wage-earners
of the United States are organized.
Five hundred striking teamsters
have returned to work at St Louis,
Mo. • • -
The Bates plant nt .Toilet, 111., has
been reopened, the striking machinists
having won.
The International Ixincrshorcrnen's
Union has held its annual session In
Toledo, Ohio.
Brewery wagon drivers nt Washing
ton. D. C„ have won recognition for
their union by a strike.
Cnrpenters In Boston, Mass., have
demanded an eight-hour day, which
lias been generally conceded.
Six hundred striking machinists at
Seneca Falls, N. Y„ iiave returned to
work, their demands having been
granted.
A bulletin has been Issued by the
New York State Department of i,abor
Which gives useful statistics regarding
strikes, employment nnd immigration.
The blacksmiths' strike at Sharon
(I*enn.) StgpJ Works, which was inau
gurated several weeks ago, lias been
settled by the companies acceding to
the demands of the men.
Over 2,000,000 miners arc required to
produce the world's supply of coal. Of
this number IKKJ.IKJO are employed in
Great Britain and 401,220 are
employed In the United Statcg.
The leaders of "the cloak iilskcrs in
New York City say that us soon us
the season for making cloaks begins,
they will order 15,000 men and women
on strike to enforce a shorter work day
and to abolish Hie sweating system.
All the flint glass factories of the
"country operated under the scales of
the American Flint Glass Workers'
Union have closed; for periods ranging
from fourVwcL-kaJo.t\yo luuiil lis, Ful
ly -10,000 men and boys will enjoy tho
'"customary summer vacation.
The product of honey in Ireland ii
valued at about sfio.ooo a year. This,
however, docs not include that gathered
by the gallant Irish swains from the lips
ojf the sweef Irish lassies. That is be
ydnd price.
NO. 43.
lIiEOHIO DEMOCRATS
Nominate Kilbourne For Governor aid
ttowells For Lieut. Governor.
BRYAN'S NAME NOT" POPULAR.
The Two Last National Platforms Ig
nored By the Convention—i Icket
Nominated.
Columbus, 0., Special.—The Demo
crats of Ohio named the following
.tlekfet: Governor, James Kilbourne;
Ueutenant Governor, Anthony How
ells; Judge of Supreme Court, Joasph
Hldy; clerk of Supreme Court, Harry,
B. Young; Attorney General, M. B.
McCarthy; State Treasurer, K. P.
Alshlre; member of hoard of public
works, James B. Holmes. Tha conten
tion today here had more prominent
men as delegates than any convention
of Democrats of Ohio In many years.
The nomination of Colonel Kilbourne
was appropriately called one of " spon
taneous combustion." Howell, Hidy,
Alshlre and Hoiman "were favorites
from the start. Young wa3 sprung as
a surprise and nominated over S moots,
who bad been such a favorite that
qjlwra had not previously entered the
.ace for clerk of the Supreme CpurL
None of the delegates, outside of Cleve
land, knew Young and he was named
because Cuyahoga wanted him. Cuy- ••
alioga could get anything It wanted,
except the head of the State ticket.
After tho Jonhson amendments were
engrafted Into the McLean platform
that document as amended was
adopted.
The most striking turn of the con- '
ventlon was on Bryan. The most bit
ter things were said of his leadership
in the committee on resolutions, where
It was Insisted his name should not
be mentioned and that there should bej
no referenoe to either of the national
platforms on which ho made his cam
paigns. After the plan had been agreed
upon, one of tho 21 members of tha
committee offered a minority report,
re-affirming the Kansas City platform
and expressing confidence In Bryan.
He received only six votes from the 950
delegates on his substitute for the pre
amble. A few moments after the plat
form was adopted, one of these six
delegates called attention to the fact
that pictures of other Democrats were
displayed In the hall and none q/ Bry
an, as heretofore. He started to carry
a small banner with Bryan's picture on
It to the platform. The aisles were or
dered cleared, but' the picture did not
reach Its destination. It was trampled
under foot and spoiled during the wild
demonstration when Kilbourne was es
corted into the hall, ft Is generally be
lieved. however, that the marching
Ing club did not know they were walk
ing over Bryan's picture,
The members of the committee on
resolutions said over one hour wag
spent after last midnight in efforts to
strike the word "salable" out of tha
plank on railway taxation and several „
hours in denouncing the Chicago and
Kansas City platforms and the leader
who stood on them. The platform
caused Milch comment f.nlght over
what It does not say as well as ,vit
what It does say.
Big War Taxes.
Washington. D. C., Special.—A state*
fflent at the Internal Revenue Bureau
shows that the total receipts from the
war revenue act from July 13, 1898,
the date the act went into effect, to
May 31, 1901, amounted to $310,003,-
363, as follows; Schedule A (docu
mentary stamps); $108,722,674; sched
ule B (proprietary stamps), $13,922,-
138; beer, $97,717,971; special taxes,
tobacco. $47,274,780;
snuff. $2,607,818; cigars, $9,180,027;
cigarettes. $3,818,991; legacies, SB,-
966.420; excise tax. $2,652,982* mixed
flour. $21,536; additional taxes on
beer and tobacco, $982,385.
Sixteen Killed In a Collision.
Kansas City, Special.—Sixteen per
sons are dead, two others probably fa
tally injured.and more than a score of
others less seriously hurt as thA result
of a collision between a pas
senger and fast live stock train on the
Chicago & Alton, near Norton, Mo.,
Wednesday morning. Six were killed
outright, four died on a train conyay
ing them to. Kansas City and four died
at a hospital in this «lt*.
Visit Jackson's Tomb.
Lexington, Va„ Special.—At the see
tnd day's session of the Sunday School
Convention, Baltimore Conference. M.
K. Church, South, the principal speaker
was Rev. Dr. H. M. Hamill, the inter
national field secretary, who made ad
dresses at the morning and afternoon
sessions. He had for his subjects, "How
to Teach," and "Sunday School Man
igement." The convention visited the
tomb of General Robert K. Lee, the
trave of General Thomas J. Jackson
("Stonewall"), th«j Washington aad
l.««.4jui¥ersity and the Virginia MiiV
tary Institute. _
Philippine Postal Alta rs. .
Washington, D. C„ Special.—ln a re
port to the Secretary of 'War in refer
ence to the confusion of nfflp «!«
noted some months ago A. L. Lawshe,
tuditor for the Philippine Islands,
says: "I am now of the opinion that
the postal affairs of the teandi from
the beginning until the present time
have been honestly and economically
administered and that the audit now in
progress will confirm that view." _ ,
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