The Blm
VOL. II.
ELM CITY, N. C., SEPTJfiMBEB o, 1902.
NO. 4.
‘SENT
>FREE
I>, 014 F .St.,
JOHN WINTHROFS DEFEAT.
5t.No®d
•JEAN KATE LUDLUM*
iConaiOBX. SOBBBT Bovns's So^ra, 1333.1
CHAPTER IL
OATHBBIKa ETOBH.
"Any news, Leland?**
Gregory Bensonburst and bis friend
Harry Dillingham were greeting one
,{ the Zingara’s passengers, a tall,
fair-haired young man wltb a delight'
fnlly good'bumored face, who was en-
tiiusiastlcally shaking hands with Dil-
Dnghani, protesUng his pleasure at
seeing him safe returned from his
camping excursion.
Lane Leland shook his head, shrng-
ging his shoulders, and laughed.
“There’s never any news at this sea-
jon.’* he said, llghtiy. “Everything’s
flead In the city—crowded out to
breathe, you know. Duered unpleas*
#nt on the street I went down to get
tTrhifif of business and found it asleep.
Suffocated! Money too heavy to lift
even for the having. By the way,
though—” he pasused suddenly with a
xnysterious face. ‘Theie Is news,
Gregory, though I’ll not vouch for the
truth. A bad piece of news. too. If
it is true. I’m Inclined to doubt it'
though, because common .sense
prompts me to doubt. Nevertheless.
I heard”—he spoke in a cautious tone
—“I heard in Wall street to-day that;
‘here’s a big failure on the carpet:
Ihe last one, too, that yoa would
guess.” • .
“Whose?”
Lane Leland shrugged his shoulders
•gain and raised his eyebrows.
“I hope It Isn’t true,” he said grave
ly. “I don’t believe it Is —I simply
I won’t believe it until it is proved be
yond donbt—but I heard thatGraham’s'
gone under.”
“Impossible r’ Gregory Bensonhurst
fell back a pace or two, pushing his I
cap up from bis face blank with amaze
ment “Somebody lied to you, Leland.t
Graham’s sound as a Mck; no flaws,
in that firm! At the head, yon know—;
worth millions. His wife’s diamonds'
alone are worth a fortune.”
“Well,” again Lane Leland lifted his
brows and shrugged his shoulders,
with a gesture of one hand, as though
be would set aside any TesponsIbiUty
tn the matter; “I can’t say, Benson-
hurst; It was only a rumor, but I
(tell you. it gave me the shakes. If
I such a house as that goes under, who
Till be safe? I, for one, am utterly
nable to earn my living, and Td fight
ooth and nail for what I possess. No
poverty for mg, thank you! I like
the good things of life’ in full morocco,
gold edges!”
Gregory Bensonburst «carcely
lieeded him; he stood as though rooted
to the spot his eyes upon him in
dazed surprise, unable to speak, the
consequences of such a failure flashing
electric lines through his mind. Gra
ham, the proud, aristocratic, luxuriously
generous man—his friend—gohe, down
in a crash! Graham, the head of one
of the wealthiest firms in the city, with
a million at the scratch of a pen. Gra
ham, the favorite In society, at the
club, on Wall Street—everywhere—
Graham—could he realize it?—failed!
He would not believe it; it was some
hoax of Leland’s; Leland was always
up to some joka. He shook his bead
resolntely, and a flash dawned in Us
lazy eyes.
“Come, now, Leland,” he said, rather
sternly, turning away, “I’ll take a good
deal from you, hut I will not believe
this. It is out of all piobability. Gra
ham Is as sound as he was last year,
you know. He could not fail. Why,
he has miilions of dollars, man! Every
creditor would be down upon him like
tigers. If this were true. It is not so,
I am satisfied. I tell yon, Dillingham,
he has one of the shrewdest business
heads on his shoulders of any man in
the city!”
Lcland’s eyes flashed wrathfully.
“I don’t blame yon for taking It
roughly, Bensonburst.” he said. “I
couldn’t believe it either, at flrst but
you needn’t come down on me for it
I didn’t originate the talk. If It is true,
we will know it soon enough; if it
Isn’t—well,” that suggestive lifting of
his shoulders and setting-aside move
ment of the hands, as be also turned
from them to the group of chatting
ladles at the end of the pier, “all that
I can say is that I hope to the deuce
It Ijn’t true.”
“But, wliatever you do. Leland,”
Bensonburst laid his hand detaining-
*y upon his friend’s arm, as he was
passing him, “whatever you do, don’t
Wl this to any one else,until we itnow.
Graham and his wife are here, you
Know, and it would not be pleasant to
'rouse such a suspicion.”
Lane Leland's indignant face inter-
^Pted whatever else BensonhurSt
®*ght have said in bis zealous de-
lense of his friend. Lane Lelap.a’s
flashinir
eyes were not particularly
^d-natnred now. as he looked in'o
“e opposite lazy eyes of brown.
1. "'''^atever I may be, Bensonburst”
said swiftly, withdrawing his armj
I from under the detaining hand w’iJT
lew hauteur. “I am not a fool! I v»ar
Oorn with ordinary ccoMSon sense. 7
telieve. If Graham is never lir.r:
worse than I hurt him, be will live s.nc
I "‘6 pretty free from haruj.”
‘HoD’t be angry with me,I.ane,” sale,
wegoiy Eecsonhurst, quietly. “1
ould only save them unpleasant-
cff
retorted
“ced not bit? ray bead
encDs therj. anyway,” retoi
‘and, somewuat mollified. He was
^good-rature.i to lucg remain an-
Witli any one. “It Isn't my wav to
laouth if I
7^ It, Beasochu! St■”
is cue c2 tho best-hearted
of fellows,-' said Dillingham, as he and
Gregory Bensonburst walked up to the
hotel piazza; *^He meant no harm. *.f
this Graham is the man you say. it
isn’t probaoie that this report is true,’
although the financial world is shaky
}ust at present Hte wife is a remark
ably handsome woman!”
“But I cannot help thinking," said
Bensonburst uneasily, “that Graham
did look pretty w^ done ap when he
came out to-night I am afraid to be
lieve either way. What a blow his
failure would be to his wife; but she
has a fortune in her own right. Gn-
liam would cever lose that for ner.
Undoubtedly that is solid, and could
carry them over even deeper sloughs
than could come to him with the worst
of failures.”
Considerably cheered by this con
elusion, the two passed out upon ilie
ocean side of the piazza.
Just then, pretty Miss Bess Cather-
'wood was querying as she leaned be
side one of the posts of the pier, her
black eyes wicked with the merry
heart beneath:
“You lo& so wrathful, Mr. Leland.'
What was the matter in the city, that
you came out with such an air?”
Sne was one of the sailing-i>arty.
and was tarrying to watch the sunset
effects upon the water, and the flash
ing ont of the light-house lamps ere
she went In to dress for dinner. Pretty
Miss Catherwood was inclined to-be
late and never in & hnrry; but what
could one urge against this element of
character, when she declared that life
was altogether too short anyway.
^And you are so cool and charm
ing, that I am already rested.” said
Leland, smiling.
She was such a charming woman
and M pretty in her dainty buff-and
blue boating dresa, with the blue an
chor upon her breast and her tip-
tilted cap atop of the curly black hair,
her yellow ties with their blue rib
bons, one white hand twirling the buff
parasol with its great blue bow of rib
bon, round and round just over one
■pot in the boards o>: the pier.
“On. dear! Always pretty words!
Why don’t you say right out you at.
as mad as mad can be, Mr. Leland?
I’ll let you.”
He laughed, taking the restless par
asol from her band as tenderly n.s
though it were worth its weight in
gold. He was in love with wicked
little Bess Catherwood, as that young
lady knew quite well. She used this
knowledge to his dire disadvantage
too, very often,
“Because,” he made reply, “I am not
mad any longer. I am happj. MlbS
Catherwood.”
“Well.” she eyed him critlcall?
ninching from his eloquent eyes,
believe you do look better-natured.
jkr. Leland. You came out with Mr.
Graham, didn’t you? What a hand
some man he is! I don’t wonder that
his wife, .'.dores hiii^ And the Joxe-
ly. lovely things he lavishes on her—
the dresses and diamonds—such
dresses and such hats? I don’t see
why he didn’t fall in love with me in
stead of Alecia Field. I’d have been
80 dreadfully glad to marry him—fcr
bis money.”
Leland frowned. If he were happy,
as he had Just protested, his lool
belied '-t He possessed considerable
of this world’s ' good things, but
would not be possible for him to lav
ish “such dresses and such hats’
upon his wife, when be should marry,
as Harold Graham sliowered upon
Alecia. Tormenting Miss Catherwood
was forever declaring she would nev
er, never, never marry without unlim
ited wealth.
“But suppose that you should hap
pen to marry a man who lost bis
money-every cent—afterward. What,
then. Miss Catherwood?”
She puckered up her brows and
opened wide her eyes bawilderingly.
bhe screwed her pretty red mouth into
an emphatic protest.
“Oh, bat be wouldn’t you know, Mr,
Leland! He neyer could. I’d make
him solemnly promise that he would|
not. Because”—she uttered the words
with very pretty deliberation—“If he
should, I would hate him. Why, of
course I’d iiate him. I couldn’t help
It.” she added, as though the enormity
of any other conclusion were beyond her
pow«r of comprehension. “And In the
meantime, as the mnset is gone and
it is late. X.musir MB and dress for
dinner. I’ll get not'a morsel if I am
too late.”
Lane Leland smiled. In spite of his
anger. He was always either very
happy or very miserable with this
giri. He loitered beside her as they
walked up the pier, stUl carrying the
furled parasol, with its knot of broad
ribbon. They were the last of the
idlers upon the pier, for it wanted but
a fev.' minutes of the dinner-hour, and
the light was revolving in the tower
out to westward, and only the ten
derness of twilight touched the sand
and sea and sky beyond that line of
sullen cloud. The world was so
peaceful, bow could one’s heart retain
tumult?
“After dinner, will you go with me
to watcli the moonrlse upon the sands,
Mies Catherwood? I have something
that I wish to tell you—something that
I must say to-night” said Lane, as
they paused at the foot of the stair
case.
A slight flush was* upon his face.
Miss Catherwood knew quite well
what It was he would say; and it
■would be a pleasaat story for her to
hear-she knew that, too; but wicked
Miss Catherwood could not live with
out teasing even those whom she
lov€^, and she could not refrain from
tormenting this man.
“After dinner?” How slow and soft
her voice was, and what a charming
pucker came between the level blaclr
eyebrows! .“Why, after dinner—let me
see—I am almost afraid that I have
an engagement Mr. Leland; but—1
will see and—let you know.”
He was, manlike, too blind to know
that this was l^er acceptance/Ot his in*
Titation. He was too angry to ask.
“You are always unkind to mer’ he
protested, wrathfully.
“Then why don’t you leave me
alone?” demanded Miss Catherwood,
swiftly, her voice struck with a sharp
ness bom of contrite tears.
And a rustle of skirts, the flash of
a buff-and-biue gown, the click of light
boos heels upon the stairs, and Lane
Leland comprehended that he and
Miss Catherwood had once more quar*
reled.
What Is a fellow to do?" he de
manded of himself, with great fierce*
I, as he followed slowly up the
stairs to his room. “She puts ona
always at a disadvantage. If
doesn’t want to marry me. let her
say so—when I ask her. I haven’t
asked her yet!"
He continued exceedingly wrathful
during his toilet; and went down to
|dinner fnlly determined to have no
more to do with such a wicked co-
SHOT FOURTEEN MEN
Bold Crime of a Bad Pair of Colored
People.
MAN AND WIFE FIRED ON OFFICERS
After Shooting a Trespasser, Negro
Resisted Arrest, But Was FlnaUy
Captured.
quette, but to fall in love directly with
Anita Grant!
The tables were as lively as usual
with bright eyes and wit and laughter,
mingled with the clatter of dishes and
the distant thunder of the surf across
the sand-hills. For who among them
could believe that brilliant Alecia Gra
ham and her handsome husband, live
liest of them all, hid a wolf under their
cloak of pride, and would vanish out
of that gay world as a star that falls
with a flash of light into darkness and
oblivion. For not one of them saw the
anxiety under light laughter. The
cry of the ocean should be' drowned in
gayety; the beat of happy hearts
should defy the beat of breakers!
Moonlight was over the world; the
stars were steadfast; the sea a lake of
molten silver breaking to glistening
fragments along the sands. Time
enough to be terrified when the stovm
should break!
“We W4H bear our sorrows. Harold.**
Alecia said, slowly and bravely, as she
sat in a low chair by the open win
dow of their room, some time later,
facing the ocean. “Because trouble
has come to us. Is no reason why we
should lay it upon others. Besides—”
she turned for a moment from the ex
quisite world without to smile npon
her husband, leaning back In his chair
with his hands clasped behind his head
and his eyes seeing nothing before
him—“beside, it helps one wonderfully
to laugh when things go contrary. I
feel a great deal stronger for to-mor
row, aft.r the music and happiness
down stairs. One is ashamerl to be
gloomy, you know, when every onu
else is bright, and so one has to polish
one's face and voice and manner until
the shine is sort of rubbed in, you seel”
Her husband made no reply. She
expected none, and turned again to
the window and the shimmering sil
ver sea, the round moon riding roy
ally In the upper ocean; only a soli
tary sail in the far distance struck
into shadow as it sailed away She
clasped her hands around her knees,
her hair let down about her shoulders,
and nodded sturdily.
Still no reply. Still she expected
none. The solitary sail down on the
horizon had turned, and the moon
light struck it into gold. Her eyes
were upon It.
“I shall go with you to the city in
the morning, if you will take me,
Harold.” she said, presently. The sail
was out of sight Before her. beyond
the low sand-hills, was only that great
vast waste of silver, with a path along
it tiiat.looked fashioned for a heav-
enly' road. The moonlight was full
In her face. “There need be no ex
cns( to these people. We have fev.
friends here. Business calling yo:i
away is all that we will need to ex
plain, and I go with you from choicf'.'
What Is It to thMn? Togetlier we can
arrange our actions far better than
apart, when we know the worst, and
begin the new life. You have so many
friends ’’
Her husband interrupted her now.
Hi took down his hands from i>ehind
his head and leaned forward, his el
bows upon his knees, his eyes upon her
face, as he answered slowly, striking
one hand lightly with the other to.
emphasize his words. She turned her
face to his, waiting. -
“Even yet you do not comprehend
this thing, Alecia! You would soften
the>blow for me, but instead of doing
.so,, you make it infinitely harder, be
cause you force me to explain added
humiliation. I have many friends—
yes—to-day. To-morrow there is not
one will help me. When the thing is
known, and that my liabilities far
exceed my power to meet them, ever:
one will clamor for his due. Not ouv
of my creditors will allow me to com
promise or again enter business. 1
should not, if they would! I could not
endure to feel that what I should gain
‘would be swallowed up ere it wer«*
mine. I could cot endure to meet
these men every day. I hate every
one of them; I hate myself more. When
all is over, we will go away, and l>e-
gin life in a new city. I have decidcd
that. California is an open field for
one who is ambitious. We will go
there. In a new country I will mak
a new name. Never here.” •
The slim fingers around het knees
tightened their hold. The red lips
pressed down one upon another for a
moment The violet eyes dilated ere
her emotion was conquered. Then
she said very softly and sweetly, her
voice like music through the room, a
note of the sea’s deeper uudenons
touching it:
(To be coatinuedJ
New York, Special.—Jerry Hunter,
the negro who shot a number ^f po--
licemen and set fire to his house, in
Queensborough, in an effort to escape,
was captured Tuesday and locked up
In the Asotrla jail. In the flfl^t be
tween Hunter and those who tried to
arrest him eleven policemen, three cit
izens and Hunter and his wife were in
jured. Hunter’s wife, who was help
ing her husband in his efforts to es
cape, was taken to his house, where, it
was said that she was In bad condi
tion. Her husband was badly beaten in
the struggle when he was caught. John
McKenna, a patrolman, was shot in the
head and face. Both his eyes were de
stroyed and the wounds in his head
are so serious that his recovery is
doubtful. The injured were men who
had been called upon by the police to
aid in subduing Hunter.
A list of the wounded follows; John
O’Neill. New fork, shot in the back
and shoulder; Wm. Ordman. Corona,
L. I., shot in the shoulder; Wm.
Thorpe, printer. New York, buckdiot
wounds in face; John McKenna, police
man, both eyes shot out, lips shot off,
head filled with buckshot, wounds like
ly fatal; Arthur Brill, policeman, one
eye shot out, head, face and arms full
of buckshot; Thos. Cassady, policeman^
cut on head and shoulders by sabre
wielded by Hunter’s wife; Police Cap
tain Thos. Darch, slight gun-shot
wound in ear; Police Sergeant Dowey,
face filled with buckshot; Thos. Gro
gan, policeman, shot in the leg and
head; Policeman Heally, shot In right
leg; Thomas Rigney, policeman, shot
in right leg and thigh; M. J. Ward, po
liceman, shot In left leg; Joslah Hun
ter. aged 70, negro, beaten about the
head and face by policemen; wife of
Hunter, shot in head, scalp wounds
and body bruised while resisting ar
rest
Hunter was employed as caretaker
of a large tract of land near North
Beach, L. I. Yesterday he saw a man
digging sand worms on the property
and he shot at the intruder, who ran
away and told Policeman McKenna
what Hunter had done. McKenna ran
to Hunter’s home, and was shot by the
negro. The police reserves were called
out then and a siege was begun which
lasted until after 2 o’clock this jnom-
ing. Every time a policeman moved
from cover a shot would be fired. For
tunately for the police Hunter is said
to have bad only a shot-gun. Shortly
after 2 o’clock this morning Hunter set
fire to the house and tried to escape.
His wife carried an old cavalry sabre
and with this she fought until over
powered, inflicting severe wounds on
Patrolman Cassidy. Hunter ran for a
patch of woods near the house, but was
caught and subdued after a severe
struggle in which he was badly wound
ed.
nount Pelee at its Worst.
Castries Island of St. Lucas, B. W.
I., Special.—The zone of destruction
of Saturday night’s eruption of Monte
Pelee, island of Martinique, paralleled
that which destroyed the town of St
Pierre in May last, but it sprted some
five miles eastward. The projection of
destructive matter southward from
Monte Pelee was almost identical
with that of last May. The inhabi
tants were removed from this area
and also from the viilases Lorrain
and Basse Pointe, at the base of
Monte Pelee, after the May catastro
phe, but they were se.’it back by the
government last week. The gendar
merie of Martinique offlcially report
t)iat 1,060 persons were killed and 150
injured by- the latest showers of fiery
hail. Warships and steamers are tak
ing the inhabitants from the coast
villages, where people from Inland
places have also gathered for safety.
Survlvcrs who have reached Fort-de-
France describe the eruption as be
ing the most violent yet experienced
The detonations Wbre heard at the
islanl of St Kitts. The St Vincent
volcano, the Soufriere, was in erupMon
slm'tiltaneously. Awful detonations
were heard along the southern islands
of 'rrinidad.
NOITH STATE CtOP CONDITIONS.
Summary of Reports For the Past
Week
EJxcept in a few western counties
where beneficial showers occurred on
the 26th and 28th, the past week was
extremely dry throughout the greater
portion of the State; at most places,
hardly more than “traces” of
rain occurred. The mean temperature
was about normal, with warm days
rather cool nights. The amount of sun-
shine was abundant, and the weather
very agreeable, but showers are much
n^ed for all late croPS. especially
>eas, potatoes, late cabbages,
clover and tnmlps. Ehtcellent progress
in pulling fodder, curing ^bacco,
picking cotton ad haying was made
under the very favorable conditions
that prevailed for farm work. The
ground is now so dry and hard that
fall plowing and p re pari tons for winter
wheat and oats are backwanl.
Dry weather has caused the growth
of cotton to cease, and top bolls are not
forming; some fields look as brown as
they usually do in October. Cotton is
opening very fast, and is said to be
nearly half open, but the absence ol
very high maximum temperr.tures has
prevented much premature opening;
complaints of rust and shed. % 13 con
tinue and some correspondents report
short crops on account of the smaii
size of the bolls. Picking is progress
ing, but is behind on account of rapid
opening and scarcity of labor. Late corn
continues to do well and in many sec
tions will be the best crop gathered.
Pulling fodder continues actively. To
bacco is ripening in northwestern
counties; while the crop planted was
short, the yield has been above the
average in quality. Digging sweet po
tatoes and peanuts has commenced and
also cutting rice with favorable pros
pects for these crops. Peavines promise
a large yield of hay but are not fruit
ing heavily. Crimson clover and lats
seeded tumfps have not come up on ac-
county of drought
aovemaMat Report.
Washlngtoa, SpeciaL—The weekly
summary of crop conditions made by
the Agricultural Deparbnent says:
The temperature conditions la the
northern districts east of the Mis-
sonri Vall^ during the week ending
September 1 were more favorable for
maturing crops than In the previous
week, but as In the two weeks imme
diately preceding the excessively
high temperatures prevailed in the
Central and West Gulf districts, in
cluding Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory. Continued absence of rain has
intensified the drought in the West
Gulf districts and rain .is generally
needed in the Ohio Valliey and ia
coast districts from southern New
England to the Carolinas. In the
States el' the Missouri'ViUley and in
portions of the upper Mississippi
Valley com has made fair progress,
but has not matured rapidly, owing
to the low temperature and excessive
moisture. Dry, warm weather is great
ly needed in the Missouri Valley for
the maturity of corn.
But little rain has fallen over much
the greater part of the cotton belt
westward from the Mississippi river
during the past month, the last three
weeks of which have been excessively
warm. The week ending September
1, being practically rainless over the
greater part of Louisiana, portions of
Arkansas and Oklahoma and through
out Texas, with the exception of a
few light showers in the north cen
tral and northeastern portions, the
rise of which, with the ravages of in
sects, has been a steady deterioration
in the condition of cotton during the
second and third decades. While
iavorable weather conditions in tho
near future would cause a marked
improvement in the condition of cot
ton in Texas, the reports indicate
that, under the most favorable cii^
cumstances, they would be r~.uch
short ol an average crop. The central
and eastern districts of the cotton
belt, with the exception of portions
of the Carolinas. where the drought
continues, have received abundant
tains, but too late to be of material
benefit, while causing considerable in-
Jury^to open cotton!
REPUES TO CRITICS.
Ptesideet looseTelt Makes Sone R^
Burks Coiceroiff Tnsts
POSITION HAS BEEN MISCONSTRUED
The Evil ComMnations StaooM Be
Slagled Out For Prosecution — Le-
gtUoMte Trade Should Not Suffer.;
SOUTHERN INDUSTBUL
Third New MiU.
Another laj^ mill is atmoaucea as
to be established at Andeceoi^ SL CL»
end is the third one proJectBd
this year. The other two are ni*
struction at present The :
has applied for incorporatloa uude
title of the Toxaway Mills, with
tal stock placed at 1225,000, the iaear-
porators being Messrs. D. P. Mcfta^cr,
J. A. Brock, F. G. Brown, K. A. l«d-
and T. C. Jackson. lauuediata
President Cannot Interfere.
Washington, Special.—Carroll D.
Wrigfcc, Commissioner of Labor, was
designated by the President in June
last to investigate and report to him
the causes aud conditions accompany
ing the prefeCTi- pontroversy - between
the Penntylvanla anthracite operators
and tbeir miners. ' ^elve days laier
Mr. ^Vris^it snbmlti his findings to
the Fiesidcat. Aft * carefu > going
ovtr t>"! rer rt, the Presidenf submit
ted ft.'■o chi Atto;.ipy Gei ral, who,
after it full caref.J consid-
eratioa, report that tl) executive has
no iic ’r’ wha er to :.p.ke action in
the
)0 Lives Tv'St.
Vicnni., T pedal.—^Nev^s has bee*
received licre from Tifiis, Trans-
Caucasus, I'ussia, of a landslide
whi'.h occunt-d August IT in the vi-
cinit Mci’nt Kasbek, and which
result id in th.3 destruction of some
twen:> villages and the loss of nearly
700 lives. Rsismlc disturbances seem
to hf> TO tarted a slacier, which
swept own a vallr- and destroyed
every .Lmg In ito path.
Thinks Strike About Over.
New York, Special.—The Evening
Post has the following: “Senator Platt
refused today to give any further in
formation about his statement of sev
eral days ago that the coal strike
would be ended In two weeks. “I stand
by the same and I know what ■! wai
talking about,” he said, “but I can’t
quite satisfy your curiosity any further
just now.’* ^ , .J
Fitchburg, . Maaa^ BpedaL—The
flrn important ratop of President
Roosevelt after-he had resumed' his
travels through Massachusetts was in
this city, where he found the people
keeping a general fiolidfty. A stop of
an hour was made here and the Preel-
dent delivered an address, thousands
of penMKis being assembled to hear
him. In his address he devoted him'
self almost exclusively to the trusts,
in answer to his critics. He said in
part:
“If some of those ,who have seen
cause for wonder in what I have said
this fall on the situation of great oor
porations, which are popularly, al
though with technical inaccuracy, re
garded as trusts, would take the
trouble to read my messages when I
was Governor, what I said on the
stump two years ago, and what I put
in my first message to Congress,
think they would have been less as
tonished. I said nothing on the stump
that I did not think I could make
good, and I shall not hesitate now ;»
take the position which I then advo
cated. I am even more anxious that
you who hear what I say should
think of it than that you should ap
plaud it I am not going to try to de*
fine with technical accuracy what
ought to be meant when we speak
of a trust But if by trust we mean
merely a big corporation, then I ask
you to ponder the utter folly of man
who either in a spirit or rancor or in
a spirit of fcdly says. ‘Destroy the
trusts,’ without giving yon an Idea of
what he mtUis really to do. I will go
with him if he says destroy the evil
one—the trusts— gladly. (Applause.)
I will try to find out that evlL (Much
applause.) I will seek to apply reme
dies. which I have already outlined in
other speeches. But if his policy, from
whatever motive, whether hatred,
fear, panic or Just sheer Ignorance, is
to destroy the trusts in a way that
will destroy all our prosperi^. no.
Those men who - advocate wild and
foolish remedies which would be
worse than the diseaae are doing all
in their power to perpetuate the evils
against which they nominally war, be
cause if we are brought to face with
the naked issue of either keeping or
totally destroying a prosperity in
which the majority share, but in
which some share improperly, why as
sensible men we must decide that it
is a great deal better that some peo^
pie should prosper too much than
that no one should prosper enough.
So tl»at the man who advocates de
stroying the traSts by measures which
would paralyze the Industries of the
country all is at best a quack and .at
worst an enemy of the republic.
“Now it does act do anybody any
good and It will do most of us a
great deal of harm to take steps which
will check any proper growth in a
corporation. A big corporation may be
doing ^]^Qy the work for the whole
country, and you want above all
things, when striving to get a plan
which will prevent wrong-doing by a
corporation which desires to do
wrong, not at the same time to have
a scheme which will interfere with a
corporation' doing well if that cor
poration is handling itself squifreiy
and honestly. Now. what I am saying
ought to be treated as simple, elemen
tary truths. The only reason it is
necessary to say them at idl is that
apparently some pec^le forget them.
I believe something can be done by
national legislation. Note my words.
I say I believe. It is not in my power
to say I know. When I talk to you of
mv own duties, I can tell yon defi
nitely what will and what will not be
done. When I speak of factions or any
one else I can only say that I believe
som«^lng mwe can be done by nar
tibnal legislation. I believe it will be
done. I think we can get laws which
will measurably increase the power
of the Federal government on cor
porations; but. gentlemen, I believe
firmly in the end there will have to
be an amendment to the constitution
conferring additional power upon the
Federal government to deal with cor
porations. To get that will be a mat
ter of difficulty, and a matter of time.
I want you to think of what 1 have
because It represents ^1 of the
sincerity and earnestness that 1
have, and I say to you here from this
platform, nothing that I have not al
ready stated and nothing that I would
not say at private tabla with any big
corporation managers cf the land.”
erection of buildings cmd th« (nalaila-
tim in due time of an equipaseziC for
the production of brown
The textile machinery will
about 10,000 spindles and 301
Messrs. McBrayer and Brock, al
ready presidents of successful ■rille at
Anderson. Mr. McBrayer has pranotel
this latest enterprise, and that be pro
poses organising another company was
mentioned June 12 by the Manntrietu-
ers' Record.
A Contest.
Asheville. Special.—J. M. Qudger has
made preparations to contest the noml-
naticK of J. M. Gudger. Jr., who, his
friends claim, is the duly nominated
candidate for Congress In the Asheville
or tenth district. Mr. Campbell con
'^cnds that the Democracy failed to
irake k nomination at Henderaonvllle
and has appealed direct to headquar
ters, which is in his opinion the na
tional congressional committee. Chair
man Griggs has recognized the receipt
of the papers In the case prepared by
Hr. Cang;>fasll, but has mada no forjial
reply. It la prosumrd that the congres-
kional committee will not act until Mr.
Gudger has been given aa opportunity
to present his side of the cotitro'^ersy
Shooting at Hamlet.
Hamlet, Special—J. H. Jordan, want
ed for murder in Virginia, was fatally
shot at this place by Special GflBcer
Felts. Felts, in company with L. B.
Brewer, a policeman of Sanford, who
was also on the trail of Jordan, over
took his man near the S. A. tk. depot,
and informed him that he had papers
for his detention, whereupon Jordan
attempted to pull hla gun irom his coat
pocket, or was endeavoring to shoot
from under cover. Felts was too quick
for him and fired first.
Textile Nole&.
Randleman Manufacturing Col, ttC
Randleman, N. C.. has decided to adl .
2,500 spindles and complement erf ward
ing machinery. Contract haa h£.eu sira-
ed for tho machineiy, and aa
al building hss been begun to 3>ccom-
mndate the new equipment. It is prob
able from 140,000 to $50,000 be
expended for the Improvenenta. The
comi>any'8 present egutpment Is
spindles and 350 looms.^
It is proposed to organize s cmn-
pany at Garysburg, N. C., for ibe e»-
tabllshment of a cotton mill- A fspi-
tM stock oi 130.000 is contempiated.
and about one-third^ thlsamoiuit haa
been subscribed by local investcra. W.
T. Joyner is promoting the eoteejtrlse,
and will endeavor to interest oct^de
capitalists. Garysburg is locati^ -at &
junction of the Atlantic Coast Lyne aaA
the Seaboard Air Line caiLwajm. In u.
section that produces large quaaitltie*
of cotton. It is said there is mo cottiwa.
mill at present in Northaingtiis ecunt]^
in which Garysburg ia located.
Jas. P. Gkissett, president. WQISam—
ston Mills of WiUiamston, S- G:. baa re-
tui*ned from New Ehiglan^ wbese b»
placed contract for mtadiiBery
double his company’s present e«^-
ment of 5376 spindles and 150 hwawL
The improvements will about doattle
the investment Announcemeat ef tte
decision to enlarge to this extent wmat
made in the Manutectnrertf ELeeot^:
August 7.
Messrs. W. D. Mayfield. Wl S. Ifoo-
teith and Geo. S. Bearden, all cf Co
lumbia, S. €.. have applied for iacer-
poration of the Broad River Maix:]tBe-
turing Co., with capital stock wf
000. Their purpose is to develop thst
water-power at Bookman,. on Bioad.
river, and use the power for numnfae-
turing cotton products. No specific Tie-.
tails as to plant have been, annmuced
as yet.
It is announced that W. J. Hvribut
agenf for the indostrial department tii
the Southern Railway at Ghattanonaa
Tonn., has arranged for the location «f
$150,000 textile mill In that cit?. Ste
has been purchased, and ereeCian at
the necessary bulldinga will he besm*
soon. The names of the ptoiectora em»
not as yet bo announced.
Ware Shoals Manufacturing Col. at
Laurens, S. C., is soliciting bids on
construction of its proposed dam
across the Saluda river in connectica
with its proposed water-itower devd-
apments recently mentioned. Mc^a.
W. B. Smith Whaley A Co., of Go.oda-
bia, S. C., are the engineerK.
’ Lydia Cotton Mills of COatoir CL,
is puiCiing the constnKtian ami tqa'p-
ment of its plant and expecta to i.ave
Its 5,000 spindles and 150 16-ha
dobby looms in operation by November
1. The company’s capital stock is tSO{,-
000, as previously stated.
It was stated last week that C. A.
Withers. J. H. Ham and Jaa. Rons of
Cniarlotte, N. C.. were reported aa to
build a cotton mill. This report was
ap error, as they hare organised C, A.
Withers St Co., merely to condnet a
gen'ersl cotton business.
The efforts to organise a oottoa-ndll
company at Ringgold. Ga.,
ably be successful. About $XO.MO baa
been subscribed by the leading (issal-
ness men. Mescsrs. J. B. Sattnfcl^
W. H. Odell and others are interastet.
Stanford Cotton Mills. StsiAnrdL 39L
C., are installing the additional toasts
previously reported. Company expecta
to have 280 looms in operation wl'Odn
sixty days. Original eqnionusnt. ia 9jBtt
ring spindles and 300 looms:
Monaghan Mills of Grecnvine. S.' C.,
will probably decide upon additftws tn
its plant.next spring. The company bca
30,003 .spindles and 720 looma at pres
ent
Died From Hydrophobia.
Asheville. Special.—About three
weeks ago T. J. Harris, of this city,
took his five-year-old son to the Pas
teur Institute in New York, the little
fellow having been bitten by a suppos
ed mad dog. Tuesday afternoon Mrs.
Harris received telegranjs from Mr.
Harris saying that th^ lad was dying,
and that he would arrive In Asheville
Wednesday. The boy was terribly bit
ten about the face and head but at first
the New York physicians expressed the
opinion that the youag patient coaid be
saved from the dreaded hydrophobia.
But a change for the arorse. however,
came Sunday.
No Choice In Vermeut.
White River Junction, Vt. Special.—
Ejection returns from 150 cities and
town« out of 246 do not show a majori
ty over all of any one gubernatorial
candidate. The returns include cities
of St Albans, Barre, Vergennes, but
do not include the. large cities and
many large towns. If the remaining
cities and towns give a vote there will
be no election for GSovemor and Lieu
tenant Governor.
Lu.^ber Notes..
The Hardware Novelty Co.. of Saa-
dersville. Miss., has been inoorpoEate*,
with a capital of |2S,000. The Iniaarpar-
ators are W. J. Bailey. W. I. WttWawi^
and W. H. Rcon.
The Kerlin Lumber Co.. of Kezlin.
Ark., has been incorporated, witk a
capital of $10,000. The Inconpasatore
are J. T. Keriin. T. J. Kerlin. J. F.
Floyd and E. F. Kane.
The Southern Furniture Col, of
Washington, N. C.. haa heis diarCered.
with a capital stock of $ia,Ota. Tlw in
corporators are John W. Ogden. Wsntt
C. Kugler, H. Susman and Stephen
Bragaw.
It is understood that the Xcnzrl
(Company of Louisville, Ky... wiB bnild
a large veneering plant and two saw
mills at Hickman, Ky.. for nhiefc it haa
purchased fifty acres of ground. The
plant when completed win eniploy 150
to 200 men.
- A fire occurred last wedt In the ab4h
ping shed of the Hazelhnnt I nsihnr
Co.. about one mile nortb ot Haz^
hu^ Miss., whidi destroyed an fm~
mense quantity of ' ‘
shipment The loss to the
estimated at $25,000; partly