VOL. 11.
THH) IT (JONG AGO.
tariTonfhntlqrt rfH
Affl ,
■wit mm re h a faiuhe
Bqr*C«MNMllibpitf tea Ptow
•r wak Ike Hn —The OM Mm*
,
Maaaal traiaing la ao aew thing
; T iw «o we bora had it
* Manual Labor school ia old
W« had to work with our
*• «»tod
""i tjilha 0 * " flowed corn
teVanaThJ?' tfcree
*° L Par tegp hoard. Bat that was a
MlhfW art; they frollicked Captala
Oarmaay. the old hero of Sbaphsrdr
plaatalloa dariag the Creek war. wai
tea trmiu aad ha aaid ha had
nthar flght ladiaaa thaa watch (hoc
*va. Ha was a gooEheartedL heart
■Ha. hot ha coaldal a haa
**d bora who hadat boea raised tc
week aad ahuaa tethers wera rich
aad had auun to work their farata
"•* ®* theae boy* had beea wild at
My M 4 |yi beea newt to this school
tala Oaiaaar. He pleaded wltT team
■ad took the lomoat row aad show
ad then how to hold the plow or spilt
rails or triad the as. hat whea ha was
watrUac aad tralalac oae squad t>
aae held another aqaad ia aaothst
■eld woald slip off aad p>iaa wash
lag. The old farh lowed wagoaa had
bach pias to hold the wheels oa aad
aoaaetteMo the boys won Id loaa s
lynch ptn oa the war to the woods aad
the wheel woald com of aad the»
woald go hack to the blacksmith shot
to get another pia aad fool away the
ttase aatU the threw hoars wore oat
aad km a load of wood haalod. Cap
• tala Garmaay (are apia despair bo
Core the year waa oat aad they tried
■Bothit with ao bettor saccess Am a
gcaeral rale a rich au's soa is aoi
goiag to work with his haads. Wo bad
a eery flae lot at boys from the best
temlliew. sarh as the Coaldlnga aad
Holts, at Cohnabas: the Uatnaa. at
A thews. the Ai'.eas. at Clarheavtlle:
the Hcadrtcka. of Butts. aad a lot ol
Harrises aad Hoyles aad Vofort* sad
Johasoas. bet they eat More thaa they
earned aad ao the espertaMat proved
a failarr aad the manaal labor featore
waa abaadowod aad ay father whe
had lasa>seated it aad ass presides!
at the board, had to foot the bill nf
$3,000 for Its failarr. Stare that day tt
has been set dowa as a ataxia -thai
three ■*oors of work at a rich man's
soa woa't feed him. Bat these boys
dlda't tara oat bad. Moat at them
asde pod arholara aad pnd cltlceas
Thm me Allen became romptrollei
g« aeral of the state. Ned OoaMlag
was coloaef of the Ninth Georgia and
William T. Wofford a brigadier Ken
eraL aad Dr. Jim Alexander aad Dr
Headrlcka stand high ia their pro
fesaioa. Gib Wrlcbt aad BIU Wright
aad Ramsar A lex aad er and Jamet
Mnttbie became Judge* of the rirrait
courts.
I vis ramiaatiag about good oW
Dr. Patterson. oar principal- how fal
he waa aad how faithful aad iadal
geat aad aoaaetlmea of a hot saltry af
teraooa. while we were blunderiag
a'oag throagh Caesar's commeatarles
he waaid go fast asleep ia his chait
aad we woald akip a whole paragraph
aad keep oa readlag and shipping an
til his book woald fell oa the floor mnf
wake him ap Then he woald haat at
a boat to flad oat where we ursrw at
hat he aerer conplalaed or made ant
siga of sasptdos I remember oat
debatiag society aad bow oace s
mcath oa Friday ereaiag we had to
take ridea aad dlscass some great
—A gaestloa. About a doxen of the oWet
boys were 1 ags|i il in tt xsd thoagh I
„ ) wss the smalltst. I was right smart
.HfMod my tether helped me aad I held
■ay oara with the big boys. I retaem
ter whea the gaeatloa was who WS»
the greatest man that erer tired aac
each boy had to rhooae a dlffereat mar
aad ad roe-ate his claims. If two a
more waa ted the same man Dr. Pat
tenon had to settle It- My father told
. Me to chooae Bea PTaaklia aad I hare
. acrer changed isy optahm slaca. fot
I ccariacad myself that ho waa the
heal aO rawad saa that history taila
of He waa the flftaeath of asveatoea
rhOdrea. acrer wet to school after
he waa 1* years old. was apprenticed
to who waa a printer. raa
. away baas him Wham he was 17. hired
to a priatcr Ja Philadelphia: ant
year was aeat to Lowdoa to bay stock
" tar a'aew prtatlag oflce, bat the
tnahsd moaoy waa ant mat. ao ht
hired to saatkrr priatcr: after twe
years letarwed to Philadelphia, la
*eated a rappee plate press—the flrst
la America—married Miss Deborah
Read la IHH whea he waa M yean
aid; iarnM The taairiiaah Ga
xette aad raae to competence aad re
awwa. Ptaaadt I the Philadelphia li
brary ia 1»3I: pahUahed Poor Mich
ard's slmaaac for twenty-ire years;
/li 17M waa chasea postmaater of
/ rilhH 111 hi fa 1943 foaadod the Cai
rersitp of Pteaaaylvaaia; ia 1744 teas
ded the Amcrieaa Philosophical 80
clety aad the Academy of Scieacas
iarestigated electricity aad took raab
with the great dtocoreears aad war
. elected P.~R S. af Loadca aad Bdia
turgh. la 1753 waa appstated post
nartrr seaeral of the cohrries. Ha war
the defeader at aH rsksUal IntcresU
was seat to England to here the stomi
set repealed: labored hard to prerca
war. bat iaßed: cane borne aad
dpe4 the Declaration of ladepea
Ceate: waa seat to Pre nee to secar*
aid aad rcragalttoa aad cacceeded;
Ehcsed the rn*at~ cf reace at Parts !r
1753; died la IftO; ca oolisa el
Mlrabeaa the aattoaal assembly ol
tVrace pat aa moaraiag for hta. Ia
the ~ oahmtltstional cocsreatlaa at 17C1
his lait mate* waa that Towgresc
sheaM opea Ma seastoas
tBH Ihia is dose to thht day.
What a record ia that for a poor
- -Ii fliii mssdarstwd hoy to aalk.!
hare recorded It ia this letter as it,
example for poor boys everywhere.
The tertltaly at Teaaesee hetoage,
origfaally to North CaroHaa aad was
sstoai r n r j - - -
THE ENTERPRISE.
, Praaklia aad tor thewe years n bore
'flTS*, after Xaeth CtoaUaa had ceded
jit Cattod fllini. nagiin get
rtvsr. Wtmt that a shams" It
showld he Pkaahtta asw.
; Wdll gatasd mycaa h ha! de
trained ml I p-a.l It srer Na
poVon sad Washtaglon ami Jstfersoa
proa 1 to rscaM the rlctaey.
Bat the tert rusaatea that there is
ao greatest —— Thai 1 la the gisal
sarh of*tor tfTi his
owa prnfesslna OataUa af that moot
of great mem were waak aad childish '
aad aseas af thsm rarrapt Lard Ba •
rati waa perhapa the graateat writer >
oa podtical sraaaaty aad pahHc anxh 1
bat ha accepted MtasUb ca the ,
aml'flaad IMN pouads
aad aeat to prtaca. Pttpe says of him
that ha aaa the 11 tent, brightest sad .
I msaaest of ssaaklal Sir Issac New
r 11m appear lidlialaaa Whea the flra
inraad him ht called hla aarraat aad
1 old him to more It back. It dU sot !
1 wear to M» that he caald ssoea hark
ilmseif. Hla tevorttc cat cams iav> .
1 Us room throagh a hole la tee bo: ,
I -aas of the «oar. Whew aha had Are
ktftaas he uadmsd flsw smaller holes
1 fat fnr them to pass la aad oat. Zerah
Col bum waa ao doabt the greatest
1 aataral math aaaatli iaa who erer liTed.
1 Whea he was l»ycars old ha roaU
1 -nalttply say aamber of saaerals ia
Ua head aad gin the aaawer Is
etaatly. bat he was ateoat aa Idiot
abowt other things aad whsa 23
rears old hmt his tecalty la ftgaraa.
The aduirahle CrVbtoa whsa 14
-ears aid was the moat loaraed classi
cal scholar la Europe aad could coa
>erse flseatly to twenty laaguagea. bat
coaM aot do a aam la the simple rale
ot three. Goldamlth had ao saperior
xa a writer of pars English. botlTls
praae sad poetry, bat he eaaKst atur
a ras pec table seateac* la coa»«aa
tloa Dr. Johasca said of him: "lie
wrote like aa aagsl aad talked like a
parrot. - Joha Wesley was a eery
great preacher aad a writer at sacred
kymas. bat be was aot wise enough
So choose a good wife aor great eaough
to sahdue aad keep her aft* he bad
choaea. Whea she left him be said:
T did aot forsake her. I did aat dis
mtsa her I will aot recall her."
Patrarklo did aot tafee Rate that
way. Lord Bhyoa was aa uaprtaci
pled rake. Napoieoa left a date cloud
orer kia fame by dteorrtag josepaine.
In fact ahaoat  very great goal-is had
aoeac delect or sosse foal blot ia the
cake np of his character. Oar Heaven
iy Father dM aot chooae to create oas
perfect aaaa or wuaaaa. aot oae. Ja it
tbtah what facwltiea tt would require
la a mas to be as great or orator as
Demostheaea or Wehater. as great a
post aa Miltoa or Shaheapeare. as
great a pkiiosonher aa Plato or Socra
tes aa great a preacher aa Wesley or
lamafhaa Edwards, aa gruad a com
poaer aa Moaart or Beethorua. aa great
a painter aa Raphael or Michael Aa
gelo. aa great aa aaliuanaair ao New
ton or Galllleo or as grant a geasral
aad patriot aa Washtagtoa—woaldat
be be a woadurfai maa? If there was
sarh a saaa aad he could lire oa aad
oa the world wouMnl aaad kiags or
armies for ho would rale ft wisely aad
well and all the people would say
anew—Bill Arp ia Atlaata CoasUta
tloa
A New Orala C 1 mpssj  - '
Chicago, gpsclal —iauoi po; atloa pa
pers for a grate csaepany hssdrl by
Geo. H. Phillips, whoa- eoacera re
ceatly saapsmflsd bostaess. bar- brca
aeat to the Secretary of atat? st *
Sprtngkeld. The some af the aew .or
poratioa sitt he the Geo H. Pt-il
tell 11 d at af which the
tallied at ISM.M or which the CTi '
ttore of Phillips' deteaet loapia; ».11
hold tmjtm. Mr. Phil I: pa Ufa he
ssporia to hagte bastessa withta twa
Lrachcr Cecvlctcd *4 fWder
Wetampka. Ala.. Hparisl —George
Howard, a araW at the mob which
lynched Robert White, a negro, la this
county noma moaths ago. waa convic
ted of mnrder ia tbs flrst degree aad
-waa aeatea-sd to Ufa Imprtssameat.
The cWre was relied ia the Ctrrul-
Cosrt After the Stato'a evidence waa
sabmittcd the attoraey flar the defease
saaoaared that Hoaaid teind to
make a statemeat lo the court ('poa
bciag swora Howard admitted his par
tlripatloa ia the lyarbiag aai gave
the games af tbs aialsa of the aok,
which ssmbacod 13.
Ohseri rd ha PMaiflpkH
Philadelphia. Special-—Labor Day
mm geaerglly cheei »ad la this city.
Baslaess «iipendel
aad the sterfl'' exrhaage. toaaarnl
latitat!ens aad maaidpal departments
wars closed. There was a big demoa
sirai.oa by the traW anlsas at Waai
lagtoa Park, oa the Delaware river,
where sports, spcerh asd jolli
flcntioa wera the «♦* during the en
tire day. Amoag the apiakfi a was
Maa 8. Hayes, at Clcvelxai- I* la es
tlmatsd that INtN aate urtrfcflea
participated la the eatebratiooL
LyaAwi Ort ao Year*. >
Wetumpka. Ala.. Special-Priday
sight the Jary hearing the class af
Jcha. Stiragth and Martla Puller,
charged with hariag participated !a
the lyarbiag at Oohert White, a astro,
returned a rerfllet of galhy at marjer
ia the mcoad egree sad aeafsarfd the
deft ad 1 sis to tea years la tbs poUtcn
ttsry. The caw af Jsha Thomas, the
w&ite aaa with whom Robsr? Whits
•catty, which 1 mailed to tbs lymck'ag
at Rak aet. to sow oa kriaL
Kiog hCward is so imhirrkHtd by
iie multiplicity cf his titles teat kt>_
sinks of havicg ht* v tili ig cmds pnst
d oa posters.
•-" C _
S •* •
Trmm tm Ounelmem, Omr Jfrigkbors, Omr Oraafrf mmd Omr Cod.
WILLIAMSTON, N.C„ FRIDAY,SEPTEMBER 6.1901.
I A (SEAT CORN CMP
Mdrtcfs Pfwts fw the Cvmf
Scum.
ATFFUOF I.4MJNJM BUSKLS
ass.sss There W ill Ba - Bread la
Now Tork. BperiaL—BrsJstrset
says: Lata advices aa to tea prob
able earn crop yield and aa to the tn
aalllag sflect apaa the .gtaeiai basl
; acss af the caaatry have made tar a
. rather asnrr slew af the sah|e»l thaa
saald have been takea same six weeks
1 or two maaths ago. With tea Idea of
' gettiag a tltarst view of the artaal
' attaatioa la the doateg waak of Aa
gast Bradstraet asat laqairles to aU its
SALSI aad aot only
la tea sarptas corn gtoulag Stales,
hat la the leading Middle tad Soath
era Statea aa wall.
{ A coaaoUdatloa of the replies froa
the seven sarplas States of Icrwa. Kan
aaa. Nebraska. UHaoU. Mlsauuii. la
diaaa aad Ohio, perrsatagea of in
trsasii or dwrerso by Statea being
based uroa the irported yields ss la
dlcated by the Departmeat of Agrlcsl
tarw. point to s redaction In the yield
of those Statea of aot Bar from B*.-
000.000 bash els ftuwi a year ago
■mailer dttremei are likewise indi
cated la tee samDer corn producing
States. Hhe Texas. Tennessee and
Eentncky. saEceat to swell the short
ag* by perhaps 25.000.000 bashls
*g-«—« this is to be noted larger pro
darts reported ia sarh Statea aa New
Tork. Marylaad. Virgiaia aad Sojr.h
Dakota, which, vrhile aot suOrient to
aEset thene decrensea. still llmH the
telliag -M so that a shortage of sot lo
exceed C7k.ooo.aao bwsbels ia thecoaa
try's crop la to be looked for. A yirU
of aot leas tbs a I 40ajp00.0« busheU
la ladlmted for I*9l. a drop of aboa: '
M par ceat- from a year ago.
Replies to the gnestloa of fsrm
prices being out the fact that the
preaeat prices per basbel are fully IS
per ceat. higher thaa a year ago. The
term price for the eatlre Catted Ststee
a year ago mm reported by the Depart
ment of Agriculture wns la the neigh
borbood of 30 reata. and a 40 per
rent larrease to price woald poiat to
at least SI rests per basbel being rr- 1
altxed this year, wblrh. applied 10 a ;
total yield of I.fOO Oto.OflO bushels. I
woald art a total return of shout 171- j
000.01* tela year against |7Si.M.»*l .
a year ago. a decrease at «Olt -I*.
111.110 or lesa this S per >«at
Special iatereat of coarse attaches!
to the aaswets as to the probable «f :
feet upon geaeeal business the com
tog maana of the shortage la cava. ;
aad It Is la a high degree encouraging
to learn that Bradatreet'a ageals the 1
roaatry over >a the majority of In- j
atsncea look for Rule that Is hurt !
fnl to flow from the corn shortage this j
year. The fact seems to he that the :
agricultural Interests are ia pretty
good shape at preneat. The wheat 
yield Is large, sad prices received bare
heea very good. Theme scetloa* scad
tog the poorest corn rr-ports ia fret,
send the brut s 1". ires ss to vlttl ,
yield and returns. The resnlis of the
Inquiry are. therefore, to Indicate that
far from bring the failure earlier '.a
dtested, a fair crop of corn wiil lei
gathered aad that, thaaks to the goo. ,
wheat aad other crop yields, an.l to .
the proaprocs rondltloa of the fsrw |
lag Interest, what woald to years •* j
lepmiion be regarded as a »err good i
rm P outlook ex arrises little adverse
aflcri
Extension of S.shoarfl Air Lhae RaE
wxv scrvlc-\
ECMCce Argu* 2Hb. train s rr!re|
: was commenced oa tee Bnaasuick A j
Birmingham Railroad, operating from j
Thalmann. Ga.. oa the Seaboiri Air.
1 IM to Brunswick. Ga.; oa September j
IT through traißS win be
betweaa Braaswlck aad Savaaaxh. Ga.
This gives the Seaboard Air Uae aa
entrance to .Brunswick. 8t- S.moa Is
laad Camberlsad lalaad aad Jehyl
«.IM aad forma the short liae be
tween flavaaaah aad teaaswick aad
IHMia Brunswick aad Jscixoor.lie
Pin. : ' '
Del.'aia Case Reviewed.
Wash lag: oa. D. C . Special.—Mr.
Tracewell. the comptroler of the Treas
ary. hss rendered a derision which d m
peses of the Camoaa Do Lima ease. He
holds that aader the rsceat derision of
the Cnlted States Saprvasa Cos it the
jadgswat obtained by Da Lima A Cam
posy for $14£07 from the Cai ted Statea
aa sccoaat of datias paid by them oa
goods shipped from Fssto Mica to the
United Statea. betweaa tee date af the
rmtlflcatloa of the treaty af Paris aad
that of tea approval at the Ffeoker
act. Amy be paid oeet of the general ap
propriate of the Treasury
meat wlthoat farther action by Coa
graas. '~ v ' i.
* *-
Fawr Eflted to Tcaemrwt Rrc
New Tart. fl»nclal —Poor persons
were killed aad seven serioaaly I ajar j
ed ia s Incut Are ia Broohlya Prl- J
day night. The dead Are: Mrs RosTu
Eillkglsu 37 years af age. Jsmpad j
ftem fourth story wladow; Aamie Beck ]
It years; Tlllle Beck. I years; Prank ,
fad. infant. Tha exptoatoj of a
keroarne ofl stove started the flra. Era
Rothglaer missed tha aat atratchad la
catte her aad diwk tha sldawals. .
Pa.. Special.—Tha miners'
rocvealloa gathortoed the ngi asmta
tlndialilfttatitlwlirt^ifctoi
tom"bma violated hy tea campaalea. I
Pteunratems wU ha ataaatesd at oara
2SJS ZJStSZAZSZ
aura. 1
II PERSONS KILLED,
HafMExyfcsfci 6a Baa* a Kim
Stema
A KAIVtECI NEAK PDLAKLMA
fcf Are lajaerd aad Smnl (tot
AfcJUMias.
rUUdfkii Special.—While the
■tnabott City et Tmtsa. erf ItoWH
mingtoa nMßtoit Co mpaay. waa oa
fc*r war tim Ikb city to Treatoa. JL
J- Thursday •fteraooa her fort boiler
siphili il. killing tlm« pecaoae u4
N«U( orer a mn of others. Flour
——■— are missing. bat as nan;
aaetslai it alight injuries. It la tkovht
tbe alailai may be amoag those who
4M aat ted It HraaaiT to go to tbe
hospital.
The dead are: J. IX Chew, assist
aat engineer; Miss Elisabeth Green.
Philadelphia: two Ireaca. BUM IB
knowa. one deck haad. name aa
kaoara; tare paaaeagers. aiari aa
kaova.
Waste*: Mrs. J oka Matthews.
Mrs Matilda Croas. of Philadelphia,
two childrea. who were area to Jaar
overboard.
Injured; Scalded aad burned.
Theresa Rhcia. Philadelphia, fatally;
Ixmtaa Paacbok-k. Philadelphia, fa
tally: J. 8. Smitk. Camdea. N. J.; Mra.
Barrett. Camdea; N. J.; Mra Aaaa
Hoover. Camdea. N. J ; Cecilia Mur*
.gaa. Pklladrlpkla; Heary Magrogaa.
Philadelphia: 8 E Kepbart. Phlla
delphta. Alice E Matthews. Phlladel
pbla: Mra. O. E. Smith. Philadelphia:
Beaaie Browa. Philadelphia; Bdaa
Taa Schach. Hlchtatowa. S. J.;
Jeaaette Read. Philadelphia: Lflalaa
KoMaaoa. Camdea. N. J.; Wilson
Mecke. Philadelphia: W. C. Mer»
haaa. Mearviarllle. Pa.; J. W. Haat
lags. Philadelphia: White Uaalan.
Treatoa. N. J.: P. A. Ueiacer. Phlla
| delpbla. Mrs. Camialde. Philadelphia;
! Mlaa Carrie faralnlde. Philadelphia:
Albert Lee. Philadelphia.
After the explosion the boat took
' Ore aad ran aground, she Ilea a wreck
ed aad blackened hulk la the marshes
opposite Torreadale. It miles above
thia city. Her bold la llled with water
aad It la feared more erf her passen
gets aad crew amy be found la tbe
bottom of the boat, whea the watet
• la pemped ml A boat belonging to
j the police department la anchored a
I afeal IMW* from the stranded ex
cwralon steamer, pumping the water
from the 111 fated vessel.
The Cite of Trenton makes dail»
trt.s between Philadelphia aad Trea
toa. She left the compaa;"a wharf
at 1:IS o'c lock Thursday afteraooa.
IS mlaatea behind her schedule time
Her paaei ar.T llat waa llgh.er tbaa
aaaal ««* ahe carried very little
freight The vessel waa la charge
of (-apt W. A. Worrell. The other of
goers were: Edward ourry. 1
W. Vani«eeeer. mate; Edward Mnr
nhy. chief engineer; J. D. Chew aa
alstaat engineer, and Clayton
beaki. parser. There were about twelve
Irteen aad deck kaada aboard.
, film JUI Operatives Strike.
Colombia. S. C-. Special.—Textile
Cnloa No. Ml. at Ita meeting declared
• atrike against the Oiympla. Qraaby
: Richland aad Capital City Mllla until
; (he authorities rerrladed their action
! taxing operatives to objure the oaion.
j The lest of the anion'a rt length will
ke made whej the mills opea for
work. The atrik.ng operatives dee are
that they hare no fear of being idle
Indefinitely, but will not accept the po
ai lions that hare been offered them
! antil they have made Jheir fight
| -«•» »«« the mill*. It la uaderst ol
i that the textile union will have tba
1 axmpathy of the FNede ration of U!mr
;In Ike atrike no* aa. Coaaerratlre
1 ertima'es place tke aamber oi atrike a
at Mar MM. It is expected thai
this number will be considerably aug
mented daring tke next week. Tke
mill oßriala today began the swear
lag out of wamnta to eject the etrik
lag teaaats from tke dwelling koaaea
which are owaed by the mllla aad
leased to the operatives for two week*
at a timet
Mrs Yeaag Dead.
Salt Lake. UUk, gperiaL—Mra. Zlaa
D. H. Y0«...g. died Thursday aged b»
yeaia She ana bora la WaiwaioaJi.
V.. la 1«1. aad waa oaa of tke pi-meesu
la the Mormon movement She waa
Married to Jeoeph Smith at Naavoo
111. aad after his death became one of
the wive* of Brighata Young There
aire now bat four widows of the famo*
Mormon loader surviving.
Otalgia Post office Robbed.
IrwiaeMe. Oa.
broke Into tba poatoMoe at Kratic. a
aaaall atattoa em the Tlftoa * Sorth
e-sstrraJptflrcad Tknraiay night, rl
Iwf ihecaah drawer and stole twa
money order books. When they left
they att«aapted to ire the building by
I taking tke chimney from a lamp and
aettlng the flame against a pile of pj
pers The papera ware packed tight
and when the postmaster opeaed the
j ate early this laarulag thiy wers
. still smoldering, bat had not broken
! Into flgmn There la ao e!ue la the
Ideality at the thieves
■ •
Filipinos (ylanl.
Manila. By Cable. —Owiag to the
beary rates active operatlona against
the Insurgents la the lalaad at Samar
have been temporarily suspended
Captate Harry C. Hato. wttk a »'jtk
> meat of tba Tweatlntb lafastry. has
| beea engaged with (lianlw. la Bntaa
-1 gas proTlace. It waa at And thought
that Malvar. the iaaaigaat lead-r la
that diaMct. waa pa—tat. The lasnr
gents ML A few priaoaera were ra>
, tared aad two iiarlnasa were waaad
1 ad
I
t ——
Steal Beets.
A Relragh Wpe  'i! mya: lbs State
•npevfatealent mt Public lastractioa la
aat a little angry. The cause waa a
letter tedoalag a little btaak neat oat
by oaa af the rampaalia which waa
hl*tr awarded a coatract liar faraiab
lag teat-hooks, la the Mask which la
ao arraacd aa to give the auuae at tba
palpit aad arbod. etc, a flxed aad
harsb rale b laid dnwa as to the ex
cbaag* aladd book for Ike new
eae; wkat shall be tba naditU>a of tba
•M book, that It akall have beta ased
by tba papfl te penm the flrat baif
af tba preseat pear, etc, aal the a gjr
lag tba addltlimal na to be paid for
the aew book. Tba Saperiateadeat laid
the aeatter promptly before the Attor
ney Ceartal and aaM he woaU block
tkta little game or know tke reaaoa
why. He aaid two o> the Are baok com
paalen awarded tke conlsarta were try
lag to work tMa game.
Tba faOoutag reply was made by tba
Attorney Ceaesal to the Saprr ntend
eat'n lagalij:
Replying to yesr oamxaini'on of
this date with ra k-nre of Mr. Street
Brewer, roomty saperiateadent of
Bempeoo roaaty. rrltlite to the ex
change at skjjl hub aader the pro
viatoaa of the act to establish a text
book comntssSoa parsed by the Oner
al Assembly at Its last seaslpa. I have
the baa or to nabmil Ike Mbvlng:
Section I*. of the said a t provides:
"That the roatmrtor or eoatraciorn
shall take np a bopl kooka a»« in use
la thin Stale nnd receive the ease la
eacbaage ed new books, alios :ng a
prtre for sreb old boils not l-ca
M per real, of the contract prize of tha
aew kwtx~ I"ar?graph i at ibis coa
tract ealerel Isto between the State
of Koctk Caiollaa and ibe .book c: a
trnrtarn is as fallow*
"That the said party of the second
part farther cuaveaaats aad agrees to
supply esch aa-i ail of the Inoia or
' pabHratwna embraced, in ibis ■ mtrx t
at the exchaeie pricr or paices here'a
named ja these «aan where there in of
fered Sa part royaect na o!l book
wkirk was te nar in the Stale of North
, Carolina oa the ith day of Kfbronry,
, IJ#I. or tfhirh was ia aae em July Ist
I*l. or which waa ia nee Mxr n said
datea. aad nkirh t r ft tibe era-!e and
apem the mar aabje ts aa the one for
which It Is takea ia pert payment p: o
vtded that the time la which oil book a
1 heretofore te are la Ike Stele of North
Caroliaa can be exchanged far new
hooka, he limited to Jnly Ist. A. D.,
1WI." The text book lawn xbirh is
, made a pert of the coatract dc-lares
that the eubaagra'Je !>ooks shall l e
"books aew la ase in this StMe.'* the
dale February ttk. IMI. mecti in
the coatract. being |je date of the rati
•cattoa of the act. In yoar letetr vo-j
' my **lf only the- pupils erf H hwli
tnnght since February ;st. 1901. are al
lowed to exchaaape. then the ruhnnz*
at books wemld bead: bat s mill part
, af the peblar school pat roar ' aloi.l.u-;
| to the date meaticaed In' tk s tester of
Mr. Breaer. Aoe-rdiag to my c;B
atrwetioa of Ibe law aal the coatract
made with the (oatn tora. the cia'ss*
"srbeaeal books &«a ia us- In tbit
Stale" deiermiacs nhat booka caa U
ilihaari I aad Ibese words as lueei
la the art neaa tfcosr books tiiiih t IB
prevlows sessions of the sch j.il an 4
1 such books aa woald be eased ty pat
roan ia the nchocds erf this Sta'e if tba
Oeaeral Aaaemfcly bad not enacted the
preaeat law for the alopti an
of aew hnnfca
I da ami thlak the cert iScale a copy
at which yoe eacloae. aad prepare ! by
the coatractear. to be signed l.y the
Icarber of the public school, ani orr
dertaklag to de3n~ the coai't'oas npis
Which nn eacbaage erf books can U
effected by a public achaed patron la
authortoed aader the text-bsok law.
The at state does not eeaafer the
contractors aatharlty to Issue instruc
tloas to the managers of s~ho3l oak
depositories, ga-cigaed as their own in
terpretatloa of tbe eoaditioaa in ter
which na exchnage of S'boal books can
be effected, these qaeatiems be nr. in
my opinion, watbte the jurisdiction erf
the State text-beaok commisalm to bo
determined ia arccrbace with ihe law
and the contract catered latta irati tbe
publiafcera. Seetioa It of the ie:t-c oui
LaW dedans: "Thai tke said .-ommis
aioa may. from tiaae to timej make roa
nc.-esaxiy regalatlons neat ranlrary tc
the preavisiems of this art io aerure tL?
prompt distribution erf a book herein
piortded for aad tbe prompt aal faith
ful performance erf all eeantrar:-" and
fir thin purpoae it b eiprea'f provid
ed la the said act that th; iMkbjri
rommteakKi sball maintain >s orsaii
xattoa during tbe |ve years vhit-h u
the period ffxed for the exniration oT
nil roatrncts entered into br'.seea the
State and the book pabl^sbera.
ia nay opanioa lb- exet-it.oa erf the
law with reference to t>e excaange o!
acheaol hooks sbemld not be attend • I «■/
any difficult)'. The law e learly c m tem
plates that any book of a irrtaia
grade nnd oa a certain aibjf ". which
has been used te Ihe publh a hoola.
aad which is ia s enlitiaa I > bf as-J
aad wonld hare beea t;s-J but (ar the
paraage erf tbe text-book laar. caa be
exchanged for a book of a similar
grade aad aa a mnailnr subject at the
ceaatrart aksotatrly witbont any coadi
t*taaa impaaed by the eoatractora.
, db
CMacsc Aadberized ts Sign
1 imfiT- By Cable/— -Ll Hong Cbaag
has aotMsd tbe of the pow
ers that the rtSngpe plenipotentiaries
m now stebuslstd to alga the proto
col." says a danpstck to Tke Times,
from Pekia. dated yesterday, "aad has
msialit them to flx a date for tbe
algaiag. Aa edict coacerwiag the laa
portatiem of arms was circulated
amoag the mlainters today. Two other
edicts are still itguirud to sompieU
tba fa eta aal."
ILABOR DAY SPEECfII
hn. Vflai Jcsiii's Pryai Sakfs
Cfcrrxteristk Speech.
i LABOI MY 6EKEIALLY OBSERVED
Mr. Brvaa Advocates Close Orgaal
utioa aad Opposa* Strikes -Mrkrs
Vigorous Speech.
Kansas City. Special-Labor l?ay
, "*» marked by tif luicm aaJ most
Imposing parade ef hkjr aa. oat ever
here sad by tee participation
of Wm. J. Bnn in the prwr.-iiri aad
• nrrcU-j. Eight Ihoaud much
• ed through the streets grouped ia
| 'Wr wioii sad each oaica weir : ng
. a distinguished uniform Mr. Bryan
occupied a carriage at ibe head of the
lire and *u cheered as he was r?rog
i nlt-d. A striking feature of the rar-de
was the ha l -jrrjm' cnica. arg. o> i
Z2i Ees. l_-d |.y a nerro baa J.
The orator of the afternoon nj
Wm. J. Bryan. who was pre»eiel by
Mayor Reed. The pavilioa at tie par*
■ rss crowded to ajffacatiaa. Mr. B-yan
took for his text the Bible Terse. -Mux
t lie not the ox that trradeth oct the
j corn."
I *" r - Brysn ssld "Dfh deid* of ocr
history shorn, greater prjJartioa of
wealth. and ibe men who prolcir it
■ have less to ahow for It. Is this a good
- condition—a right c onJitor * Tie to
. lull >n of the problems that cafr>nf
, M I* In legislation. not ia legislation
for or arainst classes. hot for eqc&l
| Justice before the law. Tie strike is to
; | dsy the only weapon th- Jahorer baa.
I f but it is weak aaJ in«(«cteal. If the
! [ laboring men were half as artlr: i a
, election day as they are ia eaforre
k meat of their strikes. Ibey would
wield a force that would right the (T Is
1 j which beset them.
•; "The grc-_t danger of today is pri
- sale monopoly. Not that soy B. nop -
l ly Is worse than others, bit - Ibe pMn
. clple ia bsd whirl tolerates any pr.vate
I monopoly. I has- heard- that the tree
.' solution of th» probl-s> is far the la
boring man to divide prolt* with the
' lrists. That has been giTea as an ar
gum -ut for the .trusts. Su h a thin*;
would fce immoral aad impolitic. It
would he like dividing llir ■?).! if the
* highwayman. It would be pernitliag a
nun to rifle your pntetj and liea of
fer, to diride the proeeeli with pi.
* Today the only people who syrapithirc
I with you are the ctla* who toil *n
1 other parts of the l/)rf % vineyard. la
the present great steel strike, where
did the (r>> expressions of sympathy
" come from? Kiun Texas. Tfcey have
. no steel mills therr; Ihcy are fanners:
r Ihcy are tillers of the soil aad labor
ess. like yourself. I want to wara V.JJ
J to res'st the overtures of toe trast.
a Beware when rarporatioas ask y;u to
r Join then? Tfce farmers can Stan I the
# encroachmen!.*? of the trusts longer
B than you can. The farmer* live off
, their farms Whea trust prict get si
t high that the farmers anhot bey. they
t *lll eat the produ* ts of their own In
!_ dug try Their wives can «vea go bark
a lo the primitive m-:hol of matin;
I cloth;s l>y weavine. B:t when the
, farmer can no longer pay trust prices,
j thanthere will be no more drain) for
the products of your toll, and you *as
' make an mcie wag s.
i The offer of the trusts to divide with
( the laboring man is a pitfall. Can y>u
( • trust the corporations to divide hon
ij eslly? No. How many of yon would
to try a lawsuit, whea the jedge
t on the bench Is the opposing party to
the s-.-it * There are giol /jd;ei. gioJ
' i Jurors, yet do yan wan: Judges an t
f | Jurors lo try yoer eases whea they are
( ! interest el in th«- otttcame theuue v s*
I When you permit private monopoly to
_ I dictate terms of division, then ym
place ynureelrcs wholly at their m. r
J ry. You allow thrtn to wa er their
stock and then, expect theru to,divide
1 with labor en a Jnst b:se» Voa are
f witn' a battle Uftween lahjr in I
t the great steel trust. This trust wa*
willing to unionize same of its mill's
j but would bare others open ,*» na-ta
ion labor. Why? Because the trust
, wants some mills thst it can drpeai oa
in the event of a strike. It Is an m
r equal struggle, for the trust can f!«>
, down ita mills for years, bat labarihs
. men cannot live a year witho-it work.
. It ia your duty to crush monopolies
with the best resoar ej at yoar eoa:
mand. the ballot.
"fiovrmmrnt by injun-tOn is an in
( iqultons system, and one of the ques
tions demanding attention at the
, hands of the American people. The
courts are the *?rvanta of the peipie.
c and for a court to rule by iajrn-tion
■ Is for a court to dispense with a jury
1 and to condemn a man for violatiog
J a law that the eonrt itse'.f made. I'nder
the procesa of government by tajunc
tion the court eoaatitates itaelf ibe
1 power to make the laws, exe-ute thrca
and pass judgment on the offender.
I The whole thing is wrong, fnder the
' system a number of employers can or
: ganixex themselves, gn into court and
get an order prohibiting others from
s organising for the same pai-p-ase. They
' can get an order prohibiting working
' men from getting other working nsca
" to refrain from forking. The emplr.y
--1 ers ran organiae to crush labor, bat
1 others are forbillen to organise. I am
• opposed to government by injun- tion.
not that it is derected espt- ialfy
' against the laboring man. bat thst i.
' does away with trial by jury. It ia
r menace, mfofily to one class, but to
1 *ll. it is within the power of the !a
--' boring man to do away with the sys
tem "
Osaerally Observed in Tm».
1 Housjca. Tea.. SpetiaL—Labor Dav
| was observed by nearly every city ia
. Terna and ta a manner nraeh mora
. elaborate than has been the ease ia the
1 past. At Houston the parade iadaded J
1 about 3.00 Fort Worth surpassed that '
| number. At Aoatia Governor Say ers
. was the orator of the day. Gaivastoa
has a picnic at Dickinson with seve
ral thousand people from Galrestoa
aad Hwaba
NO. 50.
I KNIGHTS GO HOME. I
Trcaci J Ctacbre a! Iffiisvfle C3HC4
T. itb the Eircfar df Officers.
US A P2OriTABLE ISIDHL
The rkctlsai Be—Ked la Placing
Pro ulai at Men High Up la dto M
Odil "—•—
liahrSle. Ky. SperiaL—After
elertiag officers aad Saa
Francisco as the gtare of mcetiag the
Crat Tuesday la September. IW. the
twea'y-clzhth triennial rsarlava at
Knights Templar, which baa ham Is
prcg.fts here siace Taenday. ad
jooreed Thnrsday. Th* festivities
nne t» :a ead ia a magalhceat hall
he! 1 at night at the horse show bartd
Ing. The election of offcos ocofM
the greater part of the day's asaataa.
la tie »-:-tiOQ of the grand Jaatsr
wniMcs orrnrrM the only enataft.
lit nry Bstes Stoddard, at Brjpa.
Texas, was elected gi aad rnmmsndw
to inrceed Ken bra H- Lloyd, of OnM
f-rn.v Geo. H. Monltoa. of flliw
was elected to succeed Mr. Stoddard
as lepnty graad master. Bev. 1L W.
llod».e. of Rhode slaad: was ad
vaci -J one rank to the office of pad
t! •'a'liflso. nnle vacaat by the etoc
He n cf Colonel Moaltoa. Wa B.
ileliib. oT CciariaaatL waa elected to
satieed Rate as captain general white
Jcnior Graad Warden Jan. A. Lacfer.
of fortlsn f. He. wan nude saalor
graad wnrdea. These oßerrn nrnra
elected without oppoaitloa.
The only rarest cnaae la th* atoe
tioa of jsbior graad wardea. Thar*
were 1 Frank H. ThMaas.
of Washington. D. C, srns thctad aa
the t'coß-l ba!">t- H Wales Uasa.
of roanertlrat. waa re-elected graad
treasurer oa the Crat ballot. Joha A_
Gi-row. of Detroit waa elerted graad
recorder, defeatiag W. H. Mayon.
presnt inramfcent. oa the ifth hai
ku.
When the elections were taishai the
committer on tine aad piare of a sat
■nkilag retorted. Saa Frsariaco waa
tfce only bidder and carried off th*
honor without n strngle. Uiaaeapolls
put In a bid for the conclave of I*l.
The Installation of the aew iff l ers
followed. Sir Knight Stoddnrd. tfce
new grand master, waa givea aa en
thusiastic reception.
The close of the conclave began to
day and l-erame mnrked after the
grand ball. By KHdav morning M|
of the Knights and their wives win
bnve left, either for their home* or
for places ef Interest contingent to
l.oulsrille. Mammoth Cave being the
point of greatest interest The ton
at night wa* a magaiheent show. The
crowd vas too pwt to mllow of Ltjm
fortable daw ing. bat the Knights and
th* ir wives pronounced the event a
scceess. It is estimated that ».to*
pco;iie were preseat. Receptions and
e»« -irsions on the river were otherTaa
tares of the evening's entcrtainmeaa
Three: Soacs Drowned.
Washington. D, C-.
Ssvi ftsortieat received a ■-
grant for Captain Craig, ef the *•]***;
datd at Adea. ar.coancing that Frank
Sch'.U an 1 T.m«hy McCarthy white
sleeping on the poop •'eck of the Alba
nv. cn la.it Sunday night. Hid over
board daring an exceptionally leawy
roll of the vejgel. Cap'xln '*j^
gram stated that be rema3ii«4 n «h»
locality where the accident or-arved
all Sunday night, and until after day
-I'ght Monday, bo! the men were a*
a-a:n r-en. aad their holies could not
be recovered. On the following Mon
tay. George Pcrkeas went ovsrhoard
aad was drowned, but his-body was re
corercl and will be buned ashore «
Aden. _ . ■ -.
Boy Killed By tightateg
leaarkana. Ark.. Special.
ksna wis visited by a m«t severe eiee
trical an 1 rainstorm Tueslay. Frof.
Gashy's sin was s-raci by l.ghtai*
aad killed, his aeck V»ing brofcea. Ha
was under aa umbrella w.th a t"*
panion. who was hadly ihockeA Two
colored chur.-bes were struck aad haff
ly damaged. On* rtstdaoce was d»
strcyed ead others damaged. _ _
Ei-Ooreraor ■arid Dead.
lacuna. X. H.. Special Chaa
Bnriel. f >r«n> !y Governor of New
lla-apshire died at hi* bo "*_h'T'
Thursday. The cx Goveraor reuredla
h i usual health Wednesday aight
Whea Mr? Buri-I called him h- forsad
him breathing heavily. d*«h oocarr
lng a tew miautw afterward- He was
59 years cf age. la politics ha was a
Reputlicaa.
Chattanooga. Teao. Special. Th*
advance guard aad delegates of th*
National tetter Carriers' Assoemth-g
has arrived for the na'ioaal convec
tion. which aasemWes here aeat Moa
day. The auditiag committee Of the
national associatioa is here auditing
the accounts of the association. Na
tional Secretary Caatwrll. of Washiag
ton.' has arrived and other aaUoaal
ofS-ert will come in It is estimated
that the attendance will reach ,1.5•>.
The baartl of trustees of the Mntaal
Beß'tt Associatioa will hold a meev
taj; Saturday. __ > .
K
$50,000,003 Plow Trast.
Chicag-J. Spacia!.—Nearly 39 plow
maaafacturers of the liaitod States
were ia s' ssioa here today, discussing
plaas ior a «iiiiiniOaiifall «( th* .
plow interests ia the country. After J
; the aMtiag It was aaaoaaced that th*
propcaed eoatoHdacioa was practically
a sure thiag for pieaent piuspscta aad
that about would be repre
sented la the orgaaiaaUoa whea l|
should hs Litimi