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ELM CITY, N. C.y FRTOAY, JULY 4, 1902.
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Atlanta Constitution.
We have at last had a glorious rain.
After nine long swelling weeks with
out a drop to lay the dust or purify the
•umosphere it came with a downpour
•uul everbody is happy. The gardens
will revive and the tlowers will bloom
■icrain and the farmers will rejoice for it
h:i8 come in time to save their lan-
ruishing crops. The dear Httle sick
child whom we have been nursing so
tenderly and watching for many days
will now get well. My wife or one of
the girls is there day and night, but
the dust and the heat had almost over
come him when the rain came. We
are all air plants and must have it pure
Then again I tried to take comfort
by reading the tribute that Charles
Francis Adams has recently paid to
General Robert E. Lee. It seenas to be
getting quite fashionable to praise Lee
up there, but really I don’t see why
they should single him out and damn
Mr. Davis and all the rest of us and
the cause for which Lee fought. I
don’t like any man who praises Lee
and stabs Mr. Davis. Lee and Davis
were like brothers all their mature liv«.
Th'-y were classmates at West Point
and during our civil war they were
bosom companions and never disagreed
about anything. It is a gross insult to
the memory of Lee to slander his cloB-
est and dearest friend. No gentleman
would do it. I have not heard of
Charles Francis Adams slanderinc: i4r.
Davis, but we have good reasons to sus
pect that he belongs to the Groldwin
Smith and Roosevelt crowd, for he vol
untarily took command of a ne^
regiment during the war, and that is a
bad sign. No gentleman would have
done it. It was an evidence that he
believed niggers would make war hell
to us and they would kiU and rob and
rape and burn out of revenge. No, I
have no respect for this Adams nor
Lew Wallace nor any other man who
commanded negroes during the war
It was not humane nor legitimate war
fare. It showed venom and brutality
and malignity. What did General Le«
do before the war or during the war or
after the war that did not have the
hearty co-operation of Mr. Davis?
What did Mr. Davis do that General
Lee did not approve? Both were good
soHiers and won their spurs. Both
were devout Christian members of the
Episcopal Church and Senator Beagan
said of Mr. Davis: “He was the most
devout Christian I ever knew and the
most lovable man. ’ ’ He was a conscien
tious believer in the doctrine of state’i
rights as expounded by Mr. Calhoun
and while a lieutenant in the United
thwe. She became violent and hys
terical as she told her wrongs and point
ed out the man. “Let him come out
here,” said the husband, “I dare him I Baittmoro Sun.
to come out here.” “Veel, I suppose in his address recently at the Hlden
must see about de fight,” said the Oub in New York, ex-President Cleve-
Dutchman, “and take medicine, but I lanrf maHa an earnest appeal for a re
shore don’t vant no little guns in it nor anited Democracy, and pointed out
butcher knives. I can fieht some mid I how harmony may be restored. E!x-
mine fists.” He took off his coat and Senator David B. Hill, in an indnve
handed it to a bystander. The crowd speech, show^ that the party in power
increased. The conductor said he ig vulneraUe at many pcwts. Mr. HiU
would stop the train for ten minutes. I also urged Democrats to unite in aasert-
A ring was made for the men to fight ing those essential principles of Demo-
in and everybody was in a state of high cracy which are accepted by evrary fol
expectation. Here my friend stopped lower of Jefferson and Jacl^n.
his narrative and light a fresh cigar Mr. Cleveland is the only^ Democrat
and commeiKsed talking about some-1 who has been elected President since
thing else. “But the fight,” siud I, the Civil War. No other man in the
“what about the fightP’ Oh! there I nation haa had so large an executive
wasn’t any fight,” he said. “Just as experience as he. While he may not
they were about., to dutch aoil|ebody | be ^epoku’ with the politicians, the
cri^out: “Look yonder! look y^der! I Democratic masses have full faith in
look down the railroad track.” And the honesty of his motives. They re-
sure enough there came the little dog spect his devotion to Democratic prin-
running with all hia might and he had I ciples. They will find in his address
the Dutchman’s pipe in his mouth. Of I sound andj>ractical advice on a subject
course there was no fight, for the Dutch- in which all Democrats mustbe inter
man seized his i»pe and the woman her ested^
dog and that settled it. “Now let the “1 want to see before I die,” said
preacher tell one.” And he did. There I Mr. Cleveland, “the restoration to per-
are no better story teUers than our I feet health and supremacy of that
Cartersville preachers. They revive me Democracy whose mission it is to bless
whenever they come, for I am sick at I the people—a Democracy true to itself,
heart aid can’t get breath enough. I untempted by clamor, unmoved by the
Gkx)d letters from friends and kindred gusts of popular passion and uncorrupt-
come every day and my ever thought- ed by offers of strange alliance; the
ful friend Joe Brown sent me the most Democracy of patriotism, the Demo-
beautiful spoon I ever saw—Georgia cracy of s^ety, the Democracy of Til-
silver and Georgia etchings and en- den and the Democracy that deserves
gravings. Blessing on him and hia I and wins success.”
house. Bill Arp. | A divided Democracy will never be a
victorious Democracy. That haa been
clearly established in the Presidential
Mr. Cleveland’s earnest appeal in a
spirit which will assnie united action
by all classes oi Demoorats.
Washington, June 27.—^At the meet
ing of the cabinet to-day, the terms of
an amnesty proclamation to the Fili-
(wos, which it is contemplated to issue
on the 4th of July 4, were agreed ufmn.
The War Department for some time
past has had under odnsideration the
draft of a proclamation, and .has found
it necessary to make a number of
IB. GI.BTKIAHS»S RBW BBSKBK |
ANB HU BBHAKKS ON
BBVGATION.
STATB BIBWB.
Charlotte Obaerrer.
The dispatch in yesterday’s paper
Capt. J. D. Taylor, a prominent bosi-
ness man of Kinston, committed suidde
Wednesday.
Three prisoners escaped from jail at
which told that for the first time in the it w a ^ j
United States the honorary degree of
doctor of jurispradence was conferred bars of their ceU.
at the AugtMtinian Colk|p of St. I Swift Creek oil mills were burned
Thomas of Villanova at Philadelphia, Sunday night at 9 o’clock. The entire
Tuesday, and that the redinent was idant was destroyed. Loss $1,000; no
Hon. Grover Clevdand, told also that I insurance. Cause of fire unknown.
Mr. Clevdand delivered the diplomas to I This mill was located near Battleboro
States army declared that he would re
sign his command before he would
assist in the coercion of a sovereign
state. The International Cyclopedia
says of him: “He was a great states
man and a true patriot, and his history
will grow brighter as the years roll on."
But this presidential accident says 1:
was an arch traitor and arch repudiatCHr
and he hasn’t the manliness to take it
back and apologize.
But here come some genial friends to
call and see how I am getting on, for I
am still suffering and need sympathy.
When they come they bring good cheer
and wit and anecdote and that is better
than ruminating about politics and the
niggers. We were talking about dogs
and one of the friends, who is a rail
road man, told us about a woman try
ing to boad a train down in Florida and
she had a little poodle dog in her arms
and the conductor said: “No, madam,
you can’t take that dog with you in the
passenger car. It is against the rules.”
She was a northern woman with sharp
features. Our southern women don’t
carry poodle dogs around with them;
they prefer a baby. Well, she was very
indignant and wanted to know what she
must do with her dog. “Put him in the
baggage car,” said the conductor. A(
she handed up the canine to the bag
gage man she said, “Well, I reckon I
can ride where my dog rides,” and she
went into the baggage car. The man
w'as disgusted. He tied the dog with a
little cord and she squatted on a box
near by. After they passed Sanford
she got tired, and untieing, the dog,
took him in her arms- and went back
to the smoker. That car was full of
jolly good fellows, but she demanded a
seat and they gave her one. She took
one-half and laid her poodle on the
other half. A jolly Dutchman sat be
hind her and was smoking an old pipe
that gave an unearthly odor and as he
talked and laughed with his compaion
the tobacco smoke encircled her classic
head until she couldn’t stand it and she
turned to him and said with s
“No gentleman would smoke in the
presence of a lady.” “Well, madam,’
he said kindly, “dis is de smokin’ car.
It is not the de ladies car. I is very
sorry to trouble you wid mine pipe and
tobacco, but you had better go back to
the ladies’ car.” “They won’t let my
dog go in there, ’ ’ said she. ‘ ‘Dot is very
bad,” he said and kept on smoking.
By and by a voluminous cloud like that
which came from the crater of Mont
Pelee rolled over her and in her rage
she seized his pipe, jerked it from bis
mouth and thew it out of the window
Everybody laughed and roared and he
joined in the merriment. “Madam
dot is all de pipe I hav got. It vas give
to me in Sharmany, but vun good turn
deserves another, and he seized her
little sleeping dog and threw him out of
the window. The woman screamed
with anger; she mauled him over the
head with her umbrella. She scream
ed and yelled for the train to stop. He
stood it all heroically. “Madam, I sent
your dog to fine mine pipe,” he said.
The a’, arm was so great that the con
ductor came running in and some pas-
s ng( tilled the door, while the wo-
'iiiin did the talking. “My husband
wi;l meet me at Orlando,” she said,
■ and he will maul the juice out of you,
> ''I bald-headed rascal.” “Veel, I will
■ V' him a chance,” said he. The
ii’itiu soon rolled up to Orlando, and
sur-i Enough the woman’s husband WW
^ ’/I loot campaigns of 1896 and 1900. Unity is
nf nn f es^eiSal to success. Can unity be re-
stored? Listen to Mr. Cleveland:
pktform, has waited smce 1892, prominent in the
his pwty IS getbng round ^n to file-are longing
con^Uo^ to be led through old Democratic ways
to old Democratic victories. We were
written ten years ago; nothing more is Ui^sS)^ of^predati"
^ too much to ask that
i^ jMliaes do not f^, t e proved errors be abandoned, and that
man d^es, m their punty, are ^
^ be relieved from the burden of
form as tar as tb P P I decrees of the American people? Ought
theyjjiould announce might Le not to be fed upon soSing better
ihe husks Sf defeat? If these
Of the platfom^r ^^hes of 1 / . questions are met in an honest, manly
Aa we ^y, Mr. Cleveland has on y ^^^ion, I believe it wiU be productive
had towaitafewyeai^or hiswm^^^ kind of DemooStic har-
vindication. He has seen the justifica- »,
tion of his every position on the vari^a ^ ^
common sense ex-
letter to the Ute Hon Wm L Wilson ^ ^ homely manner so
in 1894 on ^e ei^^tion ^ toat it can be understood by aU men.
House tariff bill on the demand of the | A, .
Senators who stood for the sugar trust,
J™"' ^ the members of the graduating dass in Edgecombe county. It U hardly
it to Acting Governor Wnght for his Commission, that being
inqtection. If itmeets^e latter’s ^ Commis«M»
Iproval nothing wiH remrin hut for the 1fwnchisea of the railroads
‘Mdent, if%e Phi?5ipiii* eivil ua>Ltionr the* Supreme Court h»
is a law on that day, as is now expected I bedded that tke Commiadon’s podtion
editwiUbe,toissueonIndepen^nce . J^“^*.P“^“^f“fK^ that it cannot assess the frandiises
pohtocal jjigtorijnnce of its high mission by re-1 McBrayer and Justice, the Buther-
ofienders in if ligious discrimination, social intoler- fordton lawyers who were indicted in
^naldo and "^5*® barriers that to a the Federal Court in Charlotte for
The greater or less extent separate dvilized sharing in the receipts of the cherry
?K if ^ ^ humanity. The republic of education tree swindle to the amount of $1,800,
ment b^, namely, to *^5!^ P^®® is based upon identical aims, equal have agreed to pay the money into the
Ae arc^pdago wd substitute a civil I opportunity and impar-1 court and the indictment against them
fo^ mihta^ r^ime. I distribution of its rewards I is to be dismissed.
S the Phil- “4'>»>!’"■ iirT* " Th. North CuoUii. Dental Sodely in
Se »ye in porU ot the the
archipelago where the Minadano or ^ ^omas of j, h Benson,
SLrSes are giving the United Newbern, Preddent; Dr. J. R. Osborne,
a ™t amount rft^bll and will de- ^®«^ connected mtii the gheiby, First Vice-Pieddent; Dr. D. L.
dare in effect that with the bunsfer of James, Greenville, Second Vice-Pi^-
the government of the archipelago from tnn^^ivcisitv ” Martin Fleming, Bale^h,
a military to a civil status, all those ar- I Secretary; Dr. R. M. Morrow, Burling-
rested and held for political offenses iifthe disnatch of vesterdav *^n’
d«ab.re«j.^toUb^y. M rtle.
amnraty and allowed to p^cip^ in ,,j j aUowed to say in Letters dgned by Gov. Aycock, Su
the civd^vemmexit that “to be conclusion a word to you who to-day perintendent of PubUc Instruction J.
augurated on the ulands complete your coUegec^ and receive Y. Joyner and Dr. Charles D. Mclver,
proclamation is subject to changes m taught and gmded constituting the central campaign com-
I you a certificate of good scholarship. | mittee for the promotion of public edu
ment is pretty well mapped out.
GroM HlMprropriaUoB ot Pablle
y.
Charlotte Observer.
It is an unans^rerable plea for a return
, I tothe good old doctrines which enabled
to w.n the confidence
of the events of the last eight years,
Cleveland has come by his own dur-
and support of a majory of the Ameri
Why not hark back to
ing^ hfe, and he P~"^ to ^ his t^eJ^trines and marshal the Demo-
tanff views fixed in the pohty of the
^untiy, M firmly as^ the ge^^l Lgg^ined defeat?” Time was. not so
^mocratic ci^ncy dOctrmes aWy^^^ ^ Clevdand said, when
tiiere. And the latter are there be-1
^use Cleveland mi^e P^‘e ^r I Northern Democratic
them to come Had he ^ched when practically extinct) were
his i^y m the house and senate de- numerous and Northern Demo-
ii^d^ repu^tion of the gold stand- governors, now almost neverseen,
ard, the co^try would not have yet ^uently encountered.” Is it
^vered^m the wmmercial
“ent HOW exists which all sincere and
We are glad tha^he com»ge an Democrats deeply deplore and
ynsdomof t^gi^t ^o^t are 1^ P would*^ Jladly find
mgr^nized *>7 the party that he I y The ^mocratic maises long
1«° be*o yictonr. I?n'. it high tin.!
for the politicians to give the party
PraylB* for men Im Kasau. I fair chance to make a successfiU fight
Topeka. Kan.. Dispatcb. I against the foes of Democracy ?
A serious condition confronts the I What are the issues upon which all
wheat farmers of Kansas. Ten thou- Democrats can unite ? As Mr. Cleve-
sand extra men are needed for the har- land truly says:' “Democracy
vest fields and only 500 are available, abready in store the doctrines for which
For three weeks the State Employment it fights its successful battles. It will
Bureau has been advertidng for men have them in store as long as the peo-
to hdp the farmers save their wheat, pie are kept from their own, as long as
Two weeks ago it was announced that their rights and interests are sacrificed
6,000 extra harvesters were needed by favoritism in Government care, by
and only about 600 have reported. inequality in Government burdens, by
During the past week rains have the encouragement of huge industri^
flooded the wheat belt and harvesting I aggregations. that throttle individual
gangs were comfidled to discontinue enterprise, and by the greasiest of all
their labors. Now with clear skies and injuries, as it underlies nearly all others,
promised sunshine, the over-ripened a system of tariff taxation whose rob-
wheat is falling to the ground and bing exactions are far beyond the
farmers are begging for labor and of- needs of economical and Intimate
fering 12 or $3 a day. government expenditure, which pur-
Tb^ughout the ^reat wheat belt the I chases the support by appeals to so^d-
ring of the reaper was heard to-day. ness and gre^ and which continually
The farmer sent his wife and children corrupts the public consdence.”
to church and Sunday school, but he “Here then, are the sound doctrines
and the boys went into the fields to I upon which Democrats can combine
save the wheat. for victory, namely, tariff reform and
At the littie town of Industry, in regulation of industrial combinations
Dickinson county, the people gathered On the new issues which have arisen
in the church and prayed not only for since the war with Spain the party
clear skies and sunsUne during the should act according to the old D«mo-
week to come, but implored the Master cratic standards. - “A party,” says Mi
to send men to help in saving the re- Cleveland, “devoted to the plan of p^a
suits of the farmers’ toil and labor. In lar government as our fathers ordained
the same county is a large settiement it—a party whose conservatism opposes
of River Brethren. The wives and dangerous and un-American exp^i-
daughters of these sturdy farmers to- ments—ought to be able to deal with
day went into the fidds as helpers. new questions in a manner quite consis-
tent with Democratic doctrine and
Placne of Anta in Kansae. stimiilating to Democratic impulses and
Topeka CorreBpondence. instincts.
A plague of ants has appeared in the | Mr. Cleveland’s words should carry
This is indeed an honorable decoration I cation in North Carolina, were issued
and endorsement, and one of which I Tuesday from the oflSce of the Snperin-
you may well be proud. But it means tendent of public Instruction to the
more than this. It involves a solemn county superintedents of schools
Tt :a tKoiaonatA innrtr I »nd exactiug tTust, and it imparts a throughout the State for the purpose of
pledge on your part that the education procuring a variety of information pre-
I yo" have received neither be hid liminary to tiie inauguration of the
to your proposed strenuous campaign for the
toons of and f160,00C to t^ breast as a means of self-glorification improvement of rural public schools.
self-enjoyment. Your graduation The letter indirecUy sets out very clear-
C, tat a “ -‘^ly ‘he entice npon yo» life’,
ftomawrong, and we of the South. T?: °«n.l«ign i. to.be pro«cuted.
who^mthehaMtof .Meh you Le invested by your »■
intfrmt in thi> Annmnriatinn Siiph do ^^n Of an Outfit placed iu yOUr hands RICHMOND, Va., June 21.—’The body
thaty^un..y fStingly ^ A. Scott. PO.tmi««.. ol
the service to which you are Prospect, Va., was found hanging hfe-
dJuse or any other provision of the ‘»»® eda- less from the ^nt porch of her red-
nf nnhlTT^nnlT^nd should be 88 Strongly resisted as Behind this dmple announcement is
propnauon of pubhc money, ““d Sen-| Belfishne*. Some | a story, th^ full details of which
of you wiU fiiid careers in th
l and ministrations of your Church,
fina /.‘oi aiH tn rntrmrinrn ’M ^ supposc others will enter the busy and I his wife sat on the front porch convers-
S^.Snnriii^rn *wK^ld bustli^arena of worldly active But ing cheerfully, when he Vroposed that
I? J whether in the Church or in the world, thty retire. She told hiiS to^^t she
“0“® ot you wiU avoid the coutact with woild soon join him.
lin » I your fellow men which brings with it a He had scarcely left her dde when
haifon mnnh ■jIljiIj ^iiinmrjui «^^e responsibility, infinitely m»e she produced a rope that had been se-
, Kd g^rave and serious as your influence over cured in the folds of her dress, tied one
wrong and ought to be stopped. | jg increased by your education end to the balusters, the other around
or holy calling, and more ever-present her neck and jumped over. She died
and exacting a^ you appreciate the of strangulation,
obligations of the trust you have as-1 When her husband was aroused he
You may be sure that you will found upon her person a note addressed
afiin in n. ironprfl. y®“ careers in the duties not yet tcrfd and may never be known
the hope that “not again in a genera- - ^ .
northern central counties of Kansas, conviction to every Democrat who dn
and the insects are destroying the al- cerely desires party success in the
falfa and wheat crops. AU v^etation future. It is time for a searching
within a radius of several feet of their of hearts, for a return to those cardi
hilla is killed. The ants are a larger nal principles of Democracy, which
variety than has ever been seen in the disentangled from “proved errors” and
State before. They multiply very rap- rejected issues, have time atA ^aiu
idly, and the farmers-are udng every commanded the support of the majority
means to exterminate them. The in- of the American people. It is a time
sects have invaded the cities and towns for moderation, conciliation and com
and are making life miseraUe for the mon sense. “I believe,” s%ys Mr.
inhabitants. They are very vicious I Cleveland, “that the times point to an
and do not hesitate to attack either per- other Democratic opportunity as near
and After supper last night Mr. Scott and
A. W. UMdMii ia Jnly Smoms.
Of all the institatioiia th*i promote
^e iwogTM of the.United 8tat^ than
is no other, to my mind, thatooomana
in importaooe with free raiml mail de
livery. Althoogfa it is
yean since the system
m already
bosinesB, and eoonraiio oonditkMia in
territory covering mon,than one hun
dred thousand sqoare nuke. Its nop*
ulari^ ia inrrwasii at a rate WTCwmng
that attfinding an/ improvement hen*
re attempted in the poetoflce mt-
vice, and it means more m the waj of
personal happiMH and pnblie advaaM-
il than anjttd^ etoe of irlltbb I
know.
The importance of tUs new bnmeh
of the po^ serrioe is bert inttcated
by the rate at whidi it has groiwn. We
b^ian, in 1896, with an ^[^[iropriation
of forty thooaand dollars. For thiee
years previous to that, congress had
le, each yeu, an a^wiiHiation;
bat, irith dedining lerenoei and in«
creasing defidts, the postofBoe depsot-
ment had been loath to take any step
that might involve additional burdens.
As the matter ot eetaMiahing rand
routes had been left to the discretion
of the postmaster-genersl, ttie appro*
priations were umsed. In 1896,
gress, in making the
aiqprttpriatiMi.
danse; and.
Cattle la the South.
Newa and Obeerrer.
Chicago Inter Ocean says that the 1 sum^.
beef packers have secured several hun- fail to meet thesc'obligations if you are I to him, saying that she was several hun
dred thousand acres of land in North- not constantly and solemnly impressed dred dollara short in her accounts with
em and Western Florida and Southern I with the conviction that your' educa-1 the government, but he must pay the
Alabama,where they propose to go into I tional advanti^es are only valuable as I sum, and not let her bondsmen suffer,
the cultivation of the cassava root on they better fit yon to do your duty to Yesterday a postoflBce inspector,hadvis-
an extendye s^e, to feed catUe and your God, to your country, and to your ited Prospect, made« partial elounina-
hogs. It is said that if the plan is car- fellow men.” I tion, and left saying that he would re-
ried out as contemplated it will make No weightier words, setting forth the turn,
the South “the center of the cattle-1 respondbilities which attend upon the
raising industry.” possesdon of education, were ever ut-1 A White Honae ^et.
■nie best section of the country foi tered. They deserve to be read every-
^tti^nusing is found in portions of where and to be “chewed and digested. i ^ Washington dispateh states that
North ^hna, ViTgima and Tenues- Recurring to the degree which Mr. L^e of the White House pets is(a South
see. The in^st^ is a growing one Cleveland received Tuesday at the col- American iparrot which has finely de-
not only in Western North Carohna, lege at which he made the remarks veloned lineuLtic nowera This tilent-
but in ^t^ North CaroUna. Pric^ qSed above, we observe that The ^e^
m high and North Carohna ought to Philadelphia Times discusses its dgnifi- workmen began to rebuild the conset-
to rai^ all ito beef and enough to sell a cance in philosophical vein, and inter- ^»tory at the Executive Mansion a day
quantity to the packers. |estingly. Premising that it is not Lr two ago they disturbed the parrot,
unusual for Protestant institutions to ^^ich rebuked them in sulphurous
confer distinctions of this character ^o^ds scarcely fit for publication. Mr.
upon eminent CathoUcs, but that it has Koosevelt’s official podtion estops him
A dty hall employe tells the story of been rare that Catholic institutions fjom tjtllring as plainly as conditions
an officeholder who was one of a party have offered them to Protestants, The warrant to the statesmen who have
that attended the funeral of a China-1 Times continues: I thwarted hi« Cuban reciprocity plans,
man on a recent Sunday. He took a “The conferring of a degree upon Perhaps if he were to confide his indig-
great deal of interest in the queer ser- Grover Cleveland by the iugustinian nation to Polly and then arrange an
vices at the grave and noticed that, CoUege is more striking to the super- interview beti^en the bird and the
among other things, a roasted duck ficial observation than it is to the per- obstinate statesmen, the Iwtter might
was left there by the departed mourn- son who continually reads the signs of profit by the parrot’s directness and
ers. Calling one of the “Chinks” his age. Mr. Cleveland comes from a Li^pijcity of gpeech. A White House
adde he asked: hard-shelled Presbyterian stock, trans- poU can speak with a freedom and
Why did you leave the duck on the mitted through puritanical environ- force which might carry conviction to
gravs? Do you think the dead man ment. His father was a presbyter, unr^eneiate.
will come out and eat it ?” The teachings of St. Augustine., supple- _____
“Ye^Je,” replied the Boxer sympa- mented by those of St. Thomas Aquin- ^ ^ vmrk mii
tiiizer;^esameeas le white deadee as, gave the CathoUc theology it* H”**
man come out and smellee flowlers. ” definite present form. So here we have Washinoton, June 2^The Senate
a kind of representative contrast, so to I today passed without division the Ap-
Flaee for Senator J. K. Jones. I speak. The Augdstinian fathers claim ^ ,
Washington, June 23.- Senator Jas. ^® came down
K Jones of Arkansas whose term of I to them direct from the canonized Bis- the pnrohase of 4,UUU,UW acrM
offii^rL^cS^a^^^^ « worth whUe g^^^eflymthemountamsofNorth
talked of for membership on the Isth- ^ rcc^ Jhat he Tennessee who
mian Canal Commission i^ted bv the P”*e“‘C'‘^® .. lennes^, who
Spboner Substitute biU. Seven Jjoni-
miasionersare authorial by the bill, He never rejwted the!
four of whom are to be dviliana and it fundamental teaching of St. Augustine Senator Bimmons secui^ uramm^
ij&ought^t « Mr j”nrwrthe^ to be the Democratic support for the bUl. But
w toougni tMt, ^a^Mr._ Jones^ was the | church. CathoUcism to-1 for ^ great work for the measure it
with much misgiving, F0(
end William L. ^^Ison, in October,
estaUished the first free ddiveiy
route, which- was out of Charieston,
West Virginia. On the first of July,
1897, (Mily 48 roates were in operation.
To-day there are more than sue thou
sand routes, senring six hondred thoa-
sand farmhouses, in which Uve mon
than four million people. It reqoixei
some experience at life in the ooontiy,
under old conditions, to realise what
it means to these pec^ to be sudden
ly l»ongfat from an isolated positkm
into daily tonch with the outer world,
the news and events ot which^had oni^
sifted to than at haphasard. The ter
ritory covered by the nual roates is
equal to about one hundred and twenty
thousand square miles, equaling in
area the New England States, New
York, and New Jersey. EventoiJly
th^ will cover one million sqoaie
milesornune. Theappnqniatimforthe
maintenance of the swiee, advanced
from $40,000 in 1807 to $50,000 in 1898;
$50,000 in 1898; $150,000 in 1899;
$450,000 in 1900; $1,750,000 in 1901.
For the fiscal yesr ending June 1902,
we have an a{^)roptiati(m of W.600,000.
Of this sum, three million ddlan will
be required to maintain the more than
six hundred routes the oost of /Bsdi
being five hundred dollan. Neai^
five hundred thousand dollars will be
used in the expense of admmistntion.
For the year 1908, the department has
requested an approiviation of $6,250,-
000, and there is not the slightest doabt
that it will get it, f» membeis of con
gress are agreed that no other stng^
tem in our annual expenditore hrb^
anything like a prop(»timate return p»
the peo^. ^
San Fbanciboo, June 22.—H hmo .ii
the Cuban campaign retonied on ih*
tranqiort Sherman from Manila..' B»
Andrew S. Rowan of the IRnalSMlli
Infantry, whu carried the mesHl^ltam
Preddent McKinley to Qen. OsBeia at
the outbreak of the hostflifia bslawB
the United States and Spfdn, Iriwriiigs
the juni^ of Cnhan at iai|^ ikfatinf
the %anish posts and oftentimes nar
rowly esc^ang death «a wi/f. Gen.
Miles is autlMritj for the statement
that the soooess of Oub Bowan in
delivering Fresident McKinley*s me»>
sage to Gen. Oarda kept 20,000
ish troops awaj fRm Santiago.
After the victory in Cuba Oi^)C.
Rowan with his regiment went to the
Philippines, saiHng from this port on
July 84,1899, on the transpoft Tutsr,
under command of Od. Simon Snyder,
now Brigadier^nexal, retired. Oi^
Rowan has seen extendve ssrvioeinthe
islands, hot returns in good ccMi^timk.
He will be stationed indeflnitslj on
Angel island.
only .t«ughtK».t Democratic Senator to | n« ,ibiect“ to tte '^e re-1 wooU have .tood no eh«.ce of puang.
vote for the Spooner bill on the motion, - ,
to substitute it for tiie House biU, he P^^^®* that it was then,
may be favorably oonddered for ap- ^his eve^ Ulustratw a healthy
pointment as the minority member. j growth of liberalism. And in passing
sonal or animal interfering with them.
“You have a distinguished com
pany,” repUed old McSho^dleigh, who
was the first to ma^e his fippearance at
a selept dinner given by his dty friend.
“Distinguished!” said the host; “they
are the waiters. Very few of the guests
have arrived.”
He that waits upon fortune is never
sure of a dinner.
at hand.” Shall that opportunity be
sacrificed? Qr shall harmony te re
stored by a plain announcement of
Democratic principles and an honest
declaration of Democratic purposes in
accordance with the time-honored
standards of the party of Jefferson,
Jackson and Tilden? If the Demo
cratic leaders have learned wisdom by
experience, if they dncerely desire the
triumph of Democm^, they will meet
Wine on 41ttli Ballot,
_ . • J I Sawsbuky, N. C., June 20—^B. F.
it may be noted that all Christian 4e-1 Long, of Statesville, was nominated on
nominations owe very much that they the 412th ballot for judge of this Ju-
V- , I prize most highly to the religious phil- didal district this morning at 2:80
Rictmond, Va., June 20.-nJ^ph L,gophy of Augustine, the patron saintL’dock, after a fifteen hour sesdon.
W. Hawl^, who hves new Moqnt | t^e distinguished order which directs Hon. John S. Henderson, who i»edded
Hm Foraotten Bow ’’to Vead.
over the convention, said it was the
greatest number of b^ots ever taken in
a Judioal convention in North Carolina.
Jackson, Va., has levered from a Uhe thriving coUege at Villanova.
long spell of typhoid fever, thought
^vanced in years, and is entirely I War.
restored, except in (Hie particular. He! Washington, D. 0,, June 21.— »-
has forgotten how to read. He was a j Secretary Hoot to-day may answer to
scholarly man and a great reader. He j the Senate resolution rf April 17th, call-1 o g y
now does not know one letter from ling for information as to the cost of the
another. He feds the affliction deeplj war in the Philippines, Reports from —The scaffold used in hanging the
and wept wh^ he discovered it. I the various bureau ofiScers are submit- I two Emma postoffice robbers at Ashe-
— j ted, giving the cost of the Philippine j ville hu arrived at Salisbury by Meght
Even in the darkest hour at earthly I war, induding outstanding ol^ations, I and will lie used tor the execution of
ill, woman’s fond affection glows,— I lowing that the total up to date is I the three condemned negroes in jail
I $170,626,586. I there on July 8.
Nbw Casilb, Pa., June 28.—Here
after teachers in the New Castle pabUe
schools who resign during the tenn to
marry will be in danger of in
junction prooeedings to dday Capid*s
work.
The schods have been handicapped
during the last year or two by —'—
tions of teachers who mairied dnin|r
the term. The board has now dseidM
that all teachers elected for tiM
term must before July 1 pwsent, in
writing, their aooeptanoe of their plaoea
and agree to complete the term.
Wallace H. FaUs, a membsr of tlie
board and a lawyer, states that this wiD
f(»m a valid contract, the fuifUmentoC
which can be enfcmsed by equity no-
ceedings, and any pn^osed wedt^
can then be sto{^^ by the injunelion
until the complkion of the sch^ year.
Cleared Up.
It is evident fnmi the letter of Mr«
Henry A. Page, in this mondng**
paper, that Govemm Ayoock’s recoB&
denial in connection with the letttn oi
Judge Claric to Govermv Bosaallk hM
been interpreted to mean mora than it
acturally meant The denial apper
tained, it seems, to a detail pot to th*
matmal fact involved. According t»
Mr. Page’s statemmt—and he is oave>
ful in his statemrats of fact—Jndgn
Clark called on the Oovonor, after
Maj. Wilson’s letter appealed and told
him that Maj. \^^lson's chaiges would
be denied. The Governor advised him
not to deny that he had written letters
to Governw Bnsseil. Judge OUuk ask
ed why not, and was told by Gornnor
Aycock that he had seen one of tbMn.
The denial was not entered. Bo thia
idearedup.