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VOL. XII. PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1901. NO. 31.
RACES ARE BEGUN.
! SAMPSON TO LEAVE NAYY YARD.
A PATRIOTIC TALK,
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
BOERS MAKE APPEAL
'Challenger and Defender on Their Ini
tial Contest.
NEITHER COULD REACH
GOAL.
On Account of Light Winds The Speed
Was Poor, But the American Boat
Took the Lead Easily.
New York, Special. One of the big-
gest crowds that ever put to sea went
down to the Sandy Hook lightship
'Thursday to witness Sir Thoma3 Lip
ton's second challenger, Shamrock II,
and the white flyer, Columbia, which
-Successfully defended thp n1d A mpri-
r1 ' O nun rnntnr. kin 3 . I 4-V.-.. 1 .
two years ago, struggle for the yacht
ing supremacy of the world in the
first of the cup races of 1901. But the
excursion fleet returned disappointed
.-'The great single stickers went out
In the morning fresh for the battle,
but the sea refused them a field of con
flict. The wind never more than nine
and sometimes as low as three knots
was too light and shifty to carry the
-contestants over the thirty-mile course
in the time allotted by the rules. At
the end of live and one-half hours, the
prescribed time, the race was officially
declared off and the yachts were towed
back to their berths inside Sandy
Hook. When the gun aboard the com
mittee boat was fired to call attention
to the signal declaring the race off, the
American yacht was still five miles
.from the finish line. The Englishman
was hull down astern of her, the ex
perts estimating her distance behind
the Columbia at over three-quarters of
a mile.
Americans will have reason to con
gratulate themselves upon the result
of the first trial. The yacht which
carried J. P. Morgan's private signal,
;a black pennant with a yellow maltese
cross, to victory two years ago, was
headed but once in the 25 miles and
then the Englishman showed the way
for only five minutes. In windward
"work the Columbia baat the foreigner
7 minutes r.nd 15 seconds to the outer
mark zni increased her lead somewhat
in the broad reach for home. While
. the test was unsatisfactory, the yacht
ing sharps who have been skeptical up .
to this time as to the ability of the'
Columbia to- successfully defend th?
cup are more confident that it will re
main on this side of the Atlantic a
while Jcnger. Certainly Columbia's su
periority in light airs appears to have
been demonstrated. bnamrocK n qui
not in fact make as good a showing as
1 1 1 li .. : 4.u
oiu iipiou s nrst ciiauens-r 111 me
half-dczen flukes that preceeded the
actual . races two years ago. What
: Shamrock may be able to do in heavy
weather is of course problematical, but
Columbia has been tried and all her
admirers insist that she is distinctive
ly a heavy weather boat. '
TliP r insft of the first dav of the ra-
ces shewed the superiority of the
.American boat.
Tried. For KIHing His Sweetheart.
Kacas City, Special "Bud" Tay
lor, the baseball player, who shot and
killed Ruth Nollard, a former sweet
heart, in this city on March 2, was
placed on trial here. Taylor's crime
was unusually deliberate. He rented a
room cn a busy street near the centre
of the city and lay in wait for his vic
tim several days. Concealed behind
lace curtains and armed with a rifle,
he firedlhe shot in mid afternoon, tak
ing certain aim to avoid hitting a s's
ter of the victim, who accompanied
'her. Taylor is subject to eleptic fits
and his attorney base3 his plea on in
rsanity."' ,
Mrs. Pullman Gets a Divorce.
Chicago. Special.. Mrs. Geo. M. Pull
man has been granted a divorce from
Tier husband. Evidence in the suit for
divorce was heard by Judge Bishop in
the Circuit Court here and the decree
of divorce was signed. Mrs. Pullman
charges her husband with unfaithful
ness and desertion.
Shot His Sweetheart.
Tampa, Fla., Special. Fernandino
Fernandez, a Cuban, went to the
liouse of a Cuban girl, Jabota Perez,
to whom he had been paying court
for some time, and urged her to marry
him. The girl refused and turned to
leave him, when he shot her in tho
side, causing a flesh would. He then
shot himself in the breast and again
in the reck, dying in a few minutes.
The girl will recover.
The Admiral's Public Services Are
Almost Ended.
Boston, Mass., , Special. Admiral
William T. Sampson left the Boston
navy yard Monday, never to return, it
is said; certainly not in an official ca
pacity. This information is from most
competent authority. The Sampsons
returned a few days ago from Suna
pee Lake, with the admiral's healtt.
vastly improved by the outing there,
and although he has shown himself
but little about the yard, he has taken
his constitutional walks in the morn
ing, and appears to have shaken the
cares of officialdom from hi3 shoul.
ders. Everybody says that he shows
decided evidence of an improved con
dition on the few occasions that he
has exhibited himself, and that he
looks stronger and more vigorous
than when he went away. While the
date of Admiral Sampson's retirement
is not until February of next year, it
is said to be the case that he will re
tire at his own request, on November
15 next. Another opinion has been
expressed that he will get his present
leave of absence extended to the legal
date of his retirement as provided for
in the regulations. Admiral Sampson,
it is further said, was very much dis
tressed at the assassination of Presi
dent McKinley, who, it was said, had
promised Ralph, the 15-year-old son of
the admiral, a cadetship at tho Naval
Academy.
Telegraphic Briefs.
At Winchester, England, Lord Rose
bery unveiled a statue of King Alfred
The London Spectator expresses tha
opinion that President Roosevelt will
not quarrel with England, though he
will not show her any special favors.
The shareholders of Ogden's, Limi
ted, a British corporation, voted to sell
out to the American Tobacoo Compa
ny. Protests against tho new German
Tariff bill are increasing.
Tinplate workers who are dissatis
fied with the strike settlement will
meet to-day to prepare plans for a
new organization.
Ex-Gov. Robert E. Fattison has re
signed as chairman of the Democratic
City Committee of Philadelphia be
cause the county convention nominated
a straight-out Democratic ticket,
Charles Crest Delmonico, of the fa
mous New York family of restaura
teurs, died in Colorado Springs, Col.
During the fiscal year just ended the
American board of Foreign Missions
expended $19,710 in excess of its re
ceipts.
The funeral of Bishop Henry B.
Whipple was held at Faribault, Minn.
The liabilities of IT. Marquand & Co.,
the New York stock brokers who fail
ed in June, are placed at $3,193,676 and
actual assets at $5,093,496.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows approved of a proposition t.i
allow copies 0? the secret work of the
order to be made.
,11. H. Rogers has been re-elected
president of the Amalgamated Copper
company.
It is announced that the great steel
strike has been settled, the strikers
receding from some of their de
mands. Gen. E. II. Hobson, president of the
Mexican War Veterans' Association,
is dead in Cleveland, aged 77 years.
Count Toulouse-Lantrec, an eccen
trip artist, died in Paris of the ef
fects of absinthe.
A statue in honor of John Ericsson,
the Swedish engineer, was unveiled at
Stockholm, Sweden.
The royal yacht Ophir, bearing the
Duke and Duchess of York and Corn
wall, will reach Quebec this week.
The Grand Lodge of Odd-Fellows of
the United States will meet in India
napolis this week.
Dr. William C. Gray, editor of the
Interior, is seriously ill, at Chicago
111.
The cruiser Cleveland will be christ
ened at Bath, Me., next Saturday by
Miss Hanna.
Secretary Root was at his home, in
New York, Saturday to see hl3 son,
who has typhoid fever.
An exploding lamp set fire to tba
steam barge Fedora, at Bayfield, Wis.,
causing Its destruction.
The American Bankers' Association
Convention, postponed because of the
President's death, will be held in Mil
waukee, Wis., October 15-17.
After a 30 minute's trial, Hall
Frampton, colored, was sentenced to
life imprisonment at Nebraska City,
Neb., for killing his stepdaughter.
A $5,000,000 increase in the capital
of the People'3 Gas Light and Coke
Company, of Chicago, 111., was autacr-ized.
Roosevelt Declares Himself to De
Half Southern.
AND HE HAS LIVED IN THE WFST.
"So That I Feel That I Can Represent
tho Whole Country" He Talks to
Congressmen.
Washington, D.'C, Special. Presi
dent Roosevelt walked early to the
White House Saturday from the resi
dence of his brother-in-law, Comman
mander Cowles, of the navy, arriving
shortly before 9:30 o'clock. Secretary
Hay, Secretary Long and Secretary
Gage came almost upon his heels and
saw the president for a few minutes in
the cabinet room. The doors of ti e
White House were closed to the pub
lic but admission, of course, was ac
corded to those who wished to sae the
president personally and within an
hour a score of men, prominsnt in
public life, had called to pay their
respects and to extend their good
wishes for a successful administration.
Among them was Senator Scott and
Senator Elkins of West Virginia, Sen
ator Pritchard of North Carolina, Mil
lard of Nebraska, Burton of Kansas,
and Representatives Heatwole, Mc-
Cleary and Stephens, of Minnesota,
Gibson of Tennessee, Livingston of
Georgia, and Dayton of West Virginia.
Representatives Livingston of Geor
gia wa3 especially pleased with his
reception. The Georgia representative
had congratulated' the president, had
expressed the hope that his adminis
tration would be a success, and had in-
formed him as a southern man and as
a Georgian he would contribute every
thing in his power to that end. The
presoident replied that it would be his
aim to be the president of the whole
people without regard to geographical
lines or class distinctions and that it
was the welfare of all that he should
seek to promote.
The president was even more em
phatic in his declaration to Senator
Pritchard of North Carolina and Rep
resentative Klutz of North Caroli
na, and Representative Gibson of Ten
nessee. ' The south will support you most
heartily," said Senator Pritchard,
speaking for all three of the southern
men. "The Democratic newspapers
are predicting good for you and of
you, and the feeling of all the peop'.a
for you irrespective of party, is most
kindly."
"I am going to be president of. the
United States and not of any section,"
replied the president. "I don't care
for sections or sect'onal lines. When I
was governor of New York I was told
I could make four appointments in the
army. When I sent in the nomes
three were from the south and th-i
other from New York. They were
brave men who deserved recognition
for services in the Spanish war and it
did not matter what States they were
from."
The president talked in the same
vein with Senator Money, of Missis
sippi when the latter called, remind
ing the Mississippi senator that his
mother was a southern woman: 'T
am half southern," said he, "and I
have lived in the west so that I feel
that I can represent the whole coun
try." Anarchists On Guard With Guns.
Spring Valley, 111., Special. Twenty
anarchists, armed with double-barrelled
shot-guns and 1,000 round3 of
ammunition, are standing guard over
the office of L'Aurorore, the notorious
anarchist publication which expressed
joy at the murder of President Mc
Kinley and satisfaction over the an
nouncement of Assassin Czolgosz that
he was an anarchist. Meanwhile fully
2,000 citizens of adjoining towns have
sent word that they are ready and ex
eremely anxious to start at a moment's
notice for this eity and assist in ex
terminating the reds. The temper of
the people here is at the boiling point
the defiant attitude of the anarchist
colony serving to increase their an
ger. No Poison On Bullet.
Buffalo, Special, The most impor
tant development in the Czolgosz ease
Sunday was the announcement that no
poison had been found on the bullets
or the revolver with which the anar-.
chlst assassinated President McKinley.
Bacteriological and chemical examina
tions were made and both revealed the
fart that no poi3ou was used by tho
murderer.!
New Enterprises That Are Enriching
Our Favored Section.
For a Park Reservation.
The Appalachian National Park Asso
ciation, which has membership in
North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor
gia, Virginia, Tennessee, Massachu-i
setts, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania,
New York, Rhode Island and the DI-jj
trict of Columbia, is determined to
push at the coming session of Con
gress the national legislation for the
establishment in the Southern Appala
chians of a great forest reserve. At the
annual meeting last week of the asso
ciation at Asheville, President George
S. Powell reported that North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Tennessee and Virginia had granted
the national government authority to
acquire the lands for the purpose with
in their respective limits, and that
many organized bodies of business
men had endorsed the project, and
suggested that a strong delegation of
representative citizens should go to
Washington next winter to insure the
passage of a bill for the establishment
of the reserve. Such a bill, it will be
remembered, was passed by one House
of Congress last winter, but failed to
become a law. The movement, which
is based upon economic principles, and
which, if successful, will benefit im
mediately not ,only the Southern
States, in which the reservation is to
lie, but many. States in other sections
should be carried to fulfillment prompt
ly. The efforts of the Appalachian
National Park Association should be
seconded by every individual or asso
tion. Capacity Increased.
The stockholders of the Jefferson
Cotton Mills of Jefferson, Ga., met dur
ing the past week and decided to add
6000 spindles to their plant. A new
building will be erected to accommo
date this machinery, plans for it hav
ing already been prepared. This com
pany announced several months ago
its intention to increase capital from
$65,000 to $100,000. and this action was
doubtless taken in connection with
that. The equipment now numbers
3000 mule spindles and 100 looms, pro
ducing sheeting day and night.
Industrial Miscellany.
Tt was rprentlv announced that L.
A. McCord of Laurens, S. C, proposed
the erection of a cotton-yarn mill. The
Manufacturers' Record is now inform
ed by Mr. McCord that the required
.inital has been promised, and ar
rangements will at once be instituted
for establishing the plant. The in
vestment will be $25,000, and it is ex
pected that contracts for material will
be made about January 1. runner
facts will be announced as soon as de
tails are decided upon.
Accordinsr to the report cf Col. Henry
G. Hester, secretary of the New Or-
en3 Cotton Exchange, the amount or
nttnn brousbt into sight during the
first thirteen days of the present sea
son was 184,476 bales, a decrese under
the same period last year or oo,j(u
bales; the exports were 93,034 bales, an
increase of 48,489 bales; taKings uy
Northern spinners 25.S92 bales, an in-
rease of 4527; by Southern spinners
;2,000 bales, an increase of 9,898 bales.
In view of the official information
'1st Charleston has at low water a
prtii nf twentv-four feet, and that at
hish water vessels drawing twenty
eUbt feet can pass in and out at will,
coUon exporters cf that city are pre
paring for a heavy year's business,
and the outlook for the port is regarded
as better than at any other time in re
cqnt years.
Mr. D. A. Tompkins, who is in charge
of the textile display and the Cotton
Palace for the Charleston Exposition,
has, according to the News end Cou
rier, announced that all his available
space had been leased, and that it
would be impossible for him to accept
less space than had been originally al
lowed him by the board.
Paolo Maggione of Milan, Italy, one
of the largest cotton importers of Eu
rope, has been studying the cotton out
look in the South, and has announced
at New Orleans that he expects to ar
range for the export of 100,000 bales
or more to Italy this year.
Text i!e Notes.
The Moultrie (Ga.) Cotton Mills will
add 12a looms.
Lynchburg (V. parties have leased
and will operate the Farmville (Va.)
Knitting Mills.
Dallas (Texas) Cotton Mills has In
stalled equipment for burning oil as
fuel. The oil 'comes from ue
Beaumont field.
Make Formal Representations to The
Hague,
ACCUSATION'S AGAINST BRITISH;
Declare That The English Have Vio
lated the Rules of Civilized War
fare. New York, Special. Chas. D.
Pierce, representative in the . United
States of the Orange Free State, has
received a copy of the proposition
made by the Boers to the administra
tive council of the permanent court
of arbitration at The Hague. The
appeal; which is dated .The Hague,
September 10, begins by reciting tho
fact that The Hague convention had
provided a way for the pacific settle
ment of international '." differences
whereby the jurisdiction of the perma
nent court could be extended to diff
erence between powers which had not
become signatories a3 agreed between,
the powers which had become and
those who had not become signato
ries. The appeal continues:
"Now that this war has gone on
gaily three years without any pros
pects of an end thereto except in the
way of the recently acknowledged as
being most officious and at the sams
time the most equitable means of de
ciding international differences.
"The States represented by .the un
dersigned therefore consider that they
should repeal the proposal already
made by them before the war but re
jected by England to submit to arbi
tration the settlement of the differen
ces which arise to the war.
"In this they particularly .have in
view the question whether England ia
right in alleging that any act was ta
ken by the republics which had for its
object the suppression of the ensace-
ment or its expulsion from South Afri
ca and generally whether the repub
lics have been made themslves guilt
of any act which according to interna
tionally recognized principles would
give England the right to deprive them
of their independence. ... ;. , .
"The undersigned moreover allesa
that England already at the outbreak;
of the war commenced and has ever
continued to act in contravention of
the rules of war between civilized pow
ers, and has moreover by proclamation
issued by Field Marshal Lord Kitche
ner, virtually notified that she intends
shortly to take action in contravention
or article 20.
"The governments of the States rep
resented by the undersigned are fully
prepared as soon as an opportunity
there shall be afforded then, to sub
stantiate the allegations herein made
by setting forth and proving the facts
to which they refer.
"Since England sees fit to deny thi3
continual violation of the laws of war
fare, the States represented by the un
dersigned consider that they may also
ask if a decision of the permanent
court of arbitration is not binding.
They are aware that in order to ob
tain such a decision that consent of
England is required. They, therefore,
take the liberty of asking your council
to apply for such consent or to obtain
the same by your mediation of that of
governments represented by you."
The appeal is signed by W. J. Leyds,
A. Fischer and A. D. W. Wolmarans,
plenipotentiaries of the South African
Republic, and A. Fischer and C. II.
Wessels. plenipotentiaries of the Or
ange Free State.
300 Texas Corporations in Trouble.
Cleveland, Special.r-Mrs. Perry Cur
tis3. wife of a farmer living near
Xonhfield, O., a few "miles south of
this city, early Friday threw her four
children in a well and then plunged
into the water herself. All of the
children and the mother were drown
ed. The father was temporarily absent
from home when the tragedy occurred.
The children were aged 2, 4, 5 and 9
years, respectively. It is supposed that
Mrs. Curtiss was mentally deranged
when she committed the deed. She
was discharged from the insane asylum
at Massillon two weeks ago.
Modification of CubanTariff.
Washington Special. The War De
partment tonight made public the' lext
of the executive vrder containing mo
difications of the xiban tariff premul
gated March 31, ifoO. The principal
changes made hae been noted hereto
fore, viz: A red
per cent, cn s
cticn of from 10 to
zar-maklng machin
lation oZ the sre?iil
ing to Porlo Ricaa
ry and the cane
concessions re. a
coflee.