'FOR COUNTRY, FOR GOD, AND EOR TRUTH." Single Copy, 6 Cents. vol: xi. PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1900. . NO. 18. 1.00 a Yeah in Advance. I'rof. Toon tlte lliglit 9Ian. To the Editor of The Morning Tost : The-nomination of I'rof. Thoa. F, v Toon for the "office of Superintendent of .! Public .Instruction places before the '' people of North Carolina a man of bo much eenuine worth and of such excel lent capacity as an edUCator, that I can not retsisfc tife impulse to express for the thousands who know him the highest gratification at his nomination. Colonel Toon graduated with honor from Wake Forest College with the class of J,hbl He entered the1 Confederal array im mefliately ifter graduating, and by hi8 T'-t Will UlaUUil ' U UUHil M-v a tiiu- jrleadership rose rapidly to the Colonelcy Carolina Infantry, and before the war ended he' had attained the high rank of brigadier general. Hilj life has been devoted to the cause of education, having taught with great success at Whiteville, Fair Bluff and Lumbertou. The enthusiasm manifested over his nomination, is due in no small degree . . i v "... i t iu iqo yurursi uu active nuiuiiuuuij ui nun auu ma worn hh a irnouei . in ' strength as a candidate and his success as an administrator in the high office 1 . tn twhiMi ha will hp rallpri. is the fnr.t t iat by nalure.-by training and by asso ciation he represents the strenuous ap .r " near-of a situation- for a man in this ' hieh' office whose lice is toward the .X public schools, who will stand for them r., meir extension, luwr unuruveuieui, no the paramount duty of the present hour, ; .-. 4U -our educational forces in the State - - will find in Colonel Toon a fair nnuded and able co-laborer, who will deserve and command their respect and syam pathy. Jffo. E. White. Taking the Census. . Washington, April 17. Census enu merators begin work June 1 and must finish in 30 das. Cities of 8.000 or riiore inhabitants, as shown by preced ing census, must be completed in two weeks. , The four principal reports on population, mortality, - agriculture and manuiacmres--must ne priniea oy amy 1 After that, tabulation of special in ' onirieB will be taken un. . There is no timed fixed in which these latter re Dorta must be completed. - The rate of compensation for the '-various enumerators is as follows. tor , - the towns: - ' For each'livinff inhabitant ennraerat ' 9. ppntn- fnr par.h livinsr inhabitant enumerated Qndian population) a cents ..' ' fnr Pftr.h farm returned 15 cents: for each manufacturing establishment re turned, uu cents;, tor eacn aeatn re ported, 5 cents; for each person defec tive in sight, bearing or speech reported, 5 cents; for eacnpnsoner reportea on sneciai' schedule; 5 cents: for each proprietor reporting live stock not on farms or ranges, 5 cents. .,. r The. compensation for the county is as follows: ' Fnr par.h livinff inhabitant enumer atfid. 2 cents: for each' hviner' inhab itant enumerated ( Indian copulation). 2J cents;: for'each "fa r-m returned, ,.17 . cents; for each manufacturing eetaDiisn Mfint returned. 25 ceritsf for each death r.eported, 5 ceqts;. for each person defec tive in sight, bearing or epeecn reported, 5 cents; for eacn prisoner reporieu on -rriatn rprw-iriinc hvfi stock not oh farms .or ranges, o cents. . .Til Way of ihe World. Statesvllle Landmark. the opening of the Paris Exposition Saturday, says there will undoubted . lv hp a. vorv lartre attendance on the exposition, including numerous Amer ienns. and asks: 15y the way, what has become of the boycott of the exposition on account nf Cant. Drevtus. about which we heard so much last fall ? Some peo nle don't even now remember who Dreyfus was. IlT (n.nnt I" Wn linvo ffT gotten.; forgot all about Dreyfus and his troubles and our leeiing against the French people. That is the way . nf Hip. world. Those of us who can "" cnnimand'theTrice-and the time will go to-Paris regardless of Dreyfus and .his troubles. Human -kind doesn't often" dwell -Ions on the misery of . ' other folks. We have troubles of our own and ye are constantly looking ' for some now diversion. tiewey'a Wife Bossing film. Meeker. Col.. Anril 13. Judge Ha r T ' ' z)a, brother-in-law. of Mr. Dewey, was asked today what be thought of Admiral Dewey's declaration as a candidate for -. the presidency. His response waB : "I am not in a position to say much, but if the people of this country do not ilesire to nlace the destiny of the nation i l the hands of a woman it. will be best to let the admiral remain where he is. I know Mrs. Dewey.yery well, of course. i3he was my "brother's wife. She is bright, a capable, ambitious woman, however quite familiar with public af fairs at Washington." - Killed By L,igh.nlng While Using Telephone. Tuscaloosa, Ala., April lGth. Rev. O. B. Wilson, superintendent of the Stillman Institute, was killed by light ning today while using a telephone. He was a Virginian and at the time of bis death was employed in the work of edu cating negroes under the direction of j the Southern Presbyterian Church. j OUll i:VASIlliSUTO IKTTKIl. Special Corr?8pondence. The belief is .growing that Admiral Dewey will accept the second place with Mr. Bryan on the Democratic ticket. It is well known, that he will go into the Kansas City convention with tho back- ung of a number ot lnlluential eastern Democrats who will ask for hiu nomU nation as President.- But before they do so, or before the convention consents to even consider his name for the honor, it will be essential that he state hia in tention to support the platform and candidates selected by the convention. Unless he will do this, even he must realize that'there is no hope for him, and that he might as well stay out from the first. Indeed, he would make a better race as an independent by .so do ing, as the treachery involved in Buch action would certainly lose him votes which he might otherwise obtain. Pos sibly he might prefer to stay in the woods and not Btate his position, but this will not be permitted. Willis Ab bolt, in behalf of the press bureau of the Democratic party, has given out an in terview welcoming the Admiral into the party and adding that '.'of course he is too hoDesta man to ask the. support of the convention unless he is willing to abide by its decisions. Further, a mem ber of the National Committee haa writ ten a letter to the Admiral, which he cannot well avoid, answering before the convention meets, asking him flatly for information on this point. .If he does pledge himself, there is said to be no good reason why he should not ac cept the Vice-Presidency atter losing the Presidency. By so doing he could achieve his dearest purpose of defeating McKinley, who, he firmly believes, has conspired to "kill" his popularity. He believes that nearly all the slurring re marks about him which are printed in the papers under a Washington date line, are inspired directly from the White House. Whether he is ri2,ht in this supposition or not, it is certain that he is firmly convinced of the fact and that both he and Mrs. Dewey hate the President with a bitter hatred. A good many interesting reports of the attempts of army officers to track down and capture Aguinaldo are com ing in from the Philippines. They all have had only one result, and that is failure. The belief is. however, that Aguinaldo is not at Singapo e, nor in Japan, nor anywhere else except in Lu zon. In fact it is said that he is not far from Manila and frequently visits that place, assuming for the purpose a dis guise, at which he is said to be specially clever. It would be an easy matter, eay army officers at Manila, for Aguinaldo to come into that town on frequent visits without running the risk of detec tion, in faci, about the safest place for him to stay would be Manila, which is the last place likely to be searched with the expectation of hnding him. it is supposed that if be visits Manila it is in the garb of a beggar or a destitute Fili pino. The present Republican Congress, which so exerted itself to please the trust in regard to Porto Rico and as well as on other subjects, will almost certainly go home without even formu lating auy plan lor relieving the coun try of war taxes, which according to the Secretary of the Treasury, will have yielded a surplus of over $50,000,000 by June, 1901. There is some difficulty in deciding which taxes to repeal, em phasized by the insistance of the people for relief from stamp taxes on the one hand and the claims of certain interest for'fayors on the other, and between the two, the Republicans prefer to do nothing. The government, of course, gets ho interest for this, but there is no doubt that the favored banks will con tribute largely to the campaign fund of the Republican prty this" fall. One per cent on the money loaned out to them would even now amount to over a mil lion dollars, which would be a very nice nest egg for the campaign. It would all be perfectly straight forward, too That is the beauty of it. The Secretary lends put the money to preyent conges tion in the Treasury and the banks con tribute to the funds out of pure patriot ism. further, by declining to reduce taxation at present the Republican par ty gets into an excellent position to prove the Democrats in the wrong, Next fall, if the taxes have not been be fore red iced, the Republicans can make iust what reductions they see fit. If McKinley is re-elected, it will retain plenty of revenue for the needs of the country, while if Bryan is elected, the Republicans, who will still be in power next winter, will reduce taxation until the revenues are insufficient for the country, leaving the Democrats with a Treasury which must be rapidly de pleted unlees they adopt the always un pleasant alternative of putting back some of the taxes once more, lhen the Republicans will say they left the Treasury oveillowing, that thf.y reduced taxation to suit the demand of the coun try, and that the incompetent Demo crats rapidly landed the Treasury in financial difficulties. It is a beautiful scheme, and there seems no way of pre venting its going through. Some of the monstrosities of the special legislation occasionally leak out. Here is one. Repreaentatiye Fitzpat- rick, of Kentucky, recently received a letter from a woman in his district who asked that he become interested in her i j application for a pension. She said that when the civil war broke out she was engaged to a joung farmer boy who went to the front. Before he left he gave her a, medal to wear. He was killed, and since that time sht has been married twice and has raised two fami lies. But she never could forget the blue-eyed farmer boy, and has always worn his medal. - She thinks this en titles her to a pension, and asked Mr. Ftlzpatrick to aid her in securing one. And this is no worse a case than some that have approved by Congress. Thousands of Horses Logt. Baltimore Sun. The delay of General Roberts' ad vance toward Pretoria is due no doubt, aa stated, to the need of accumulating at Bloemfontein adequate supplies of food, winter clothing and horses. How des tructive the march from Modder river to isioemiontein was ior horses is sug gested m the letter of an officer who made the ride to Kimberley with Gen eral French and then to Paardeberg This officer elates that out of the 5,000 horses his brigade started for Kimber ley with 1,474 fell sick in five days owing to the rapid movement, torrid heat and want of water and food. The horses had to go whole days without water, though pushed to the utmost So "done up" were they by the time Kimberley was reached and another day was spent scouring the neighbor hood that out of 10,000 cavalry there were but 1,200 fit to turn out when dispatch from General Roberts called for French to hurry from Kimberley to overtake CrODje. "The cavalry relieved Kimberley," says the writer, "after traveling 150 miles in the hottest six days I can remember." From these facts it can be inferred in what condi tion Roberta' 11,000 mounted men were by the time they reached Bloemfontein Most of them were dismounted and such horses as were left were practically useless. Until the mobility of the Brit ish army is restored by the arrival of some 15,000 horses it will have to re main anchored in its present position, while the Boers, better acquainted with the resources of the country and having acclimated horses, roam the country around it at their will. Novel War on Saloons. Ono of the objections frequently made to the prohibition movement is that its success would deprive the municipality of a certain revenue. In an Illinois city, Aurora bv name, the temperance people have framed a plan which they think will sid the city of the saloon. Heretofore it has been impossible to get a majority vote in favor of low license, partly because of the m come of forty thousand dol lars which the saloons paid into the treasury. At a recent meeting of the evangelical clergymen they agreed to raise a fund equal to the amount of saloon license for one year, with which to reimburse the city for the loss of revenue should the saloons be abol ished. .With, this understanding the question will be submitted to a popu lar vote at the annual election in 1901: This will give the preachers sufficient time in which to raise the money needed. This is a n( : way of meeting the financial objection and puts the zeal of some of the brethren to a consider able strain. Couldn't Asree on Fusion. Washington, April 14. The Repub licans and Populists, mentioned in last night's dispatches, met in secret confer ence in Senater Pritchard's office today lhe reports as to what was done are very conflicting. One is that the Re publicans were to support Thompson for Governor and Butler for Senator and in return the Populists were to do all in their power to return Senator Pritch ard to tb' Senate in 1903. The other report, which is given out by what can be termed more reliable authority, is that they could not agree to fuse and that there will be two sepa rate tickets, the opuusts putting up a complete ticket and the Republicans likewise, and that this was caused bv the parties not agreeing on the amount of spoils each should have, the Popu lists-claiming that the Republicans were asking for all the choice plums on the tree. The greater portion of them are still in the city. Slaughter in Luzon. Manila, Tuesday, April 17. General Young reports that 300 insurgent rifle men and bolomen attacked the Ameri can garrison at Botoc, province of North IIocos, yesterday, but were repulsed, losing 106 men. The Americana had no lossea. Captain Dodd. with a squadron of the Third Cavalry, recently surrounded a village in Benguet province and sur prised 200 Filipinos living in barracks, appare ltly a recruiting centre for the province. The natives lost 53 men killed and 44 captured. The Americans burned the village. One American was wounded. laeaves the 1'resbyterlan Ciarch. Little Hock, Ark., Arril 18. Rev. Hay Watson Smith, lately from Greensboro, N. C, to the pastorate of the Second Presbyterian church here announces his withdrawal from the Presbyterian ministry as a protest against the v cstminister coufess1 f faith. Ho probably w ill joi t .. . J ! 1 . . vxjugregauuuausis, e r r A. llEPUBLICAIV PAPJfill COMES OCT FOR THE AMENDMENT, The Raleigh State Journal, edited by James M. Allen, a white Republi can, puts at the head of that paper the motto, "White Supremacy Ad ministered by the Republican Party." We give below Mr. Allen's editorial, defining the position of the State Journal upon the Amendment: "The State Journal, after a short suspension, is before the public again. We have decided to advocate the Amendment, believing it to be for the best interest of North Carolina. We have fulley surveyed the ground and realize the fact that we differ with many of our Republican friends. "While the Republican State Con vention has not yet assembled and declared against the Amendment, we are satisfied from present indications that it will do so, and wish we could see our way clear to abide by its de cision on this question. "As a Western Republican, we came to Raleigh in 1S97 to accept a position under the fusion administration. We have had an opportunity to observe and study eastern conditions and have become convinced that there is some thing radically wrong in the East. While the Amendment may not cure all our ills, it heads in the right di rection and will improve present con ditions. -as a .ine-iong ixepublican. we take this course, believing it to be for the best interest of the white people of North Carolina and at the same time will elevate and improve the ne gro race. v e take this position as a Republican who has always supported the Republican ticket and expects to continue to do so, and believe it the duty of every true Republican in the State to do the same. We want to see conditions such that men can meet each other on the stump as gentlemen and discuss principles and the great economical, educational and other interests of the State. This can never be done east of Charlotte until the black cloud of the East is removed "From now until the election we shall battle for what we believe is right, regardless of the consequences This is a question that should be above party. Settle the question of white supremacy in North Carolina first, remove the danger and then battle for white Republican rule. "We shall continue to support the Republican ticket and defend Repub lican principles, but on the race ques tion we propose to stand by our own race." Is Butler Trading for McKlnly! UalelghPost. "I believe Senator Butler is at heart a McKinleyite." Extract from inter view with ex-Congressman Harry Skinner in Thnrsday Morning's Post. Before taking his train for home yesterday Col. Skinner explained more fully this utterance. He said: "I believe Butler wants to give the North Carolina electoral vote to Mc Kinley. If he is honestly and sin cerely for Bryan why does he seek to place obstructions in the way of poll ing the full Bryan strength in North Carolina." Though bitterly fought by Senator Butler at every point the foxy leader could not prevent the-election of Col. Skinner as a delegate to the Populist National Convention, which meets in Sioux Falls May 9th. Col. Skinner, who was chosen as a delegate by his district, was asked yesterday what course he would pursue at the Nation al convention with reference to the nomination of Col. Bryan. Col. Skin ner replied: "I am going to Sioux Falls and I am going to support Wm. J. Bryan." "I am going to ask the Populist Na tional convention to instruct Marion Butler to take down the electoral ticket in this State if he is sincerely in favor of Bryan. ' In other words I propose to disclose Senator Butler'a hand in the Nation as I think I have done in the State. If he is for McKinley the world shall know it and he shall not deal d jubly or by indirection any more." Mr. Mebane'a Position. To the Editor of The News and Observe r : Letters are coming to me asking if I will allow my name to be considered by the other political con ventiors in con nection with the office I now have. It seems strange to me that any such enquiry should be made after my letter, which appeared on last Tuesday- I cannot expect and do not wish, my name to be considered at all in connec tion with the office of Superintendent of public Instruction, by either of the po litical conventions, soon to meet in the city of Raleigh. When General Toon becomes Super intendent of Public Instruction he will have no warmer friend and no one who will do more to help him in the great work of public education than myself. Hoping that thia Btatement will make my position clearlv understood by all, and having, a feeling of charity for all and malice toward none, I am Respectfully, C. H. Mebane, Superintendent Public Instruction, . Sl'KIKE OF HA1IAVAY TEL.K-URAPHEKS. The strike of the railway telegraphers employed by the Southern Railway is on. In obedience to orders all opera tors belonging to the Order of Railway Telegraphers quit work promptly at 12 o'cloclr'bn the 12th. The operators claim that they are overworked and underpaid, and the strike ia to compel the Southern to pay them a fixed amount for a definite number of hours work, and so much per hour for each extra hour. The railroad people not agreeing to this demand the strike was ordered, and it is supposed most of the men obeyed. Vice President Dolphin of the O, R. T., says that all reports indicate an astonishing increase in the strength of the strikers. He claims the Southern is being put to great inconvenience and is suffering from a block in traffic, also that the road is trying to re-hire old employes at advanced wages. Supt. Ryder says this is "a base lie" and inti mates that practically all Mr. Dolphin's statements are false. Both Bides are still making claims that are wide spart. Columbia, S. C, April 15. Superin tendent P. I. Welles, of the Columbia division, has offerel a reward of $500 for the conviction of any one tamper ing with the telegraph wires, instru ments or other property of the Southern railway. The agent at Carlisle refused to surrender his office to the man sent to take charge, resisting with a revolver. The supeiintendent went upon a special train 1 ist night, broke open the build inga and put a new man in charge. Charlotte News, I7tn. Mr. J. L. Cox, division freight agent of the Southern, in this city, waB asked this morning for a statement as to the movement of freight. Said he: "We are handling all of the business with usual promptness. There are as many trains running as before the strike, and they fere making the usual schedules. Anyone who does not believe this can see the trains loading and unloading at the freight depot. The stock of the Southern is as steady as it ever was. It waa the steadiest stock quoted on the board this morning. The strike is not affecting the road." Mr. David Cardwell, division freight agent at Columbia, was here today. He said: "I have not noticed the slightest embarrassment to the road by the strike Two men walked out of my office, but but two otters were waiting to walk in." Charlotte Observer, J8th. Regarding the condition of the strike the following statement wac made last night by Mr. Dolphin: "The telegraphers etrike on the Southern Railway on the sixth day of the trouble is considered by the men interested as indicating their certain success. Two additional telegraphers on the Greenville district, twenty-five agents and telegraphers between Greens boro and Sanford and two on the Knox ville division have joined the strikers to-day. This practically includes all the operatora on those sections of the road. "On the main line north of Charlotte one light freight represented the traffic from midnight to noon, were under normal conditions ten to twelve trains of forty cars each were handled. "Several narrow escapee from disas trous head-end collisions were experi enced at Seneca and Lulu, on the At lanta division where two young boys, fourteen and fifteen years old, have b!en installed by the management to handle tram orders. At Seneca the fast mail No. 36 was given orders. The boy telegrapher did not know how to set the signal, the order being accidentally discovered by the conductor stopping to purchase a ticket. "A similar circumstance occurred at Lula station, on the same division. On account of blockade in freight a large number of mills and factories are about to shut down on account of coal supply beiug exhausted, especially on the Ashville division. "Thetrikers nre firm and jubilant." Beyond the general statement that all trains were on time and that the road was in perfect running order the South ern Railway officials had nothing to say vesterday about the situation of the strike. They claim that all positions made vacant by the strikers have been filled by competent men and that the Southern is in no wise embarrassed. Shot Dxait by iungrs lie Sought to Terrorize. Nashville, Tenn., April 16 Near Slaughterville, on the L. and N. rail road, on a train returning from Hender son last night, Morgan Boone of Tren ton, a negro, passed through the white coach brandishing a pistol and cursing. He struck a white man with a coupling pin, fracturing his skull. Boone passed into the colored part, yelling: "1 ve killed a hundred white men, and now I'm going to slaughter niggers." Eight or ten white men with drawn pistols followed him. He turned and fired twice. Ten shots were fired in the coach several strik 5 --' --one, fatal!; wound '-pym.yr -fs' tra;; ' STATIC HEWS. Charlotte has formed a trust on all the brick made in that city and vicinity. The shipment of strawberries from the Wilmington section has begun. The first crate shipped was sent to Philadel phia last Thursday. The Democratic State candidates left Monday for the West on the "ratifica tion" tour. They made the first speeches at Burlington. That evening they spoke at Greensboro. It ia fully realized that the extreme West ia to be "the battleground of the constitutional amendment." That ia the Republican stronghold. Tronble at Newells. Charlotte Observer, 15th. Intelligence reached this city yester day that there had been considerable trouble at the Southern's office at Newell's, this county. When the etrike was ordered Ed Walker waa both opera tor and agent at that place.. He had held this position for the last three years. In accordance with President Powell's order he quit work and was replaced by an operator named Edwin, who does not belong to the Order of Railway Telegraphers. Immediately there was a quiet and dignified kick on the part of the inhabitants of Newell's. 'Squire Newell, who was in the city yesterday morning, said that the resi dents had become greatly attached to young Walker, and they thought an injustice had been done to him. Against Erwin personally there waa no feeling, but the inhabitants had firmly decided that it waa not right that he should re place Walker. They were chary about giving him courtesy and food," and food, and finally they advised him in plain terms toleave the place. Erwin stood the trial as long aa possible, but yesterday he Baw that it waa uselees to make the fight under present conditions ar.d decided to lave. A telephone message from Newell's last night states that he had closed up the office and would leave Newell's this morning. In discussing this affair yesterday af ternoon Capt. Ryder said that Walker would be recalled from Newell's; that the office there would be closed up and that Newell's would be made a prepaid station. He said last night, however, that he thought it probable that he would succeed in adjusting matters with the inhabitants of Newell's, so that the office there would be re-opened. Capt. Ryder also stated that there had been similar trouble at Harriaburg, as the residents had made a demonstra tion against the man sent there to re place the Order of Railway Telegraphers man that had struck, and that the office at that place would be closed also. To Exterminate the Trusts. Washington. AdhI 16. Two ma- uref directed against trusts were deter mined upon tdav bv the enecial Hiih- eommittee on trusts of the Housejudic- lary committee. This sub-committee has epent many days examining the various remedies Dronosed. and th in ferences were not concluded until a late hour today. Ab aereed nnon. th remedy is two-fold, namely, a constitu tional amendment giving Congress full power to deal with trusts, and r nw anti-trust law making extensions to the Sherman act. "I was in a little friendly poker eame yesterday afternoon," began Shortleigb, ana tne result is J." "Sorry I can't oblige you, old man," interupted Knowall; "but I attended a charity s cial last night." Tho Oeming cf Bsdsy brings joy or pain, it's for the mother to decide. With good health and a strong womanly organism, motherhood but adds to a woman's attractiveness. WinaorC&r&isI takes away all terrors by etretr V - !r s the vital organs. It fits a mV -' baby's cominp. By revitalize X, nerve centra'' bs brou' crowing if, " wesik, gi'O' " wroodr '