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VOL. XII.
PLYMOUTH, N. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1901.
NO. S3.
STEAMER FIRED ON,
RAILROAD FOR MITCHELL.
AGAINST DIVORCES.
A STATUE TO RALEIGH.
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
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Soufi Americans Taking Libcrt'es
With the British Lion.
ONE BALL WENT THROUGH THE SHIP
England Will Send a War Vessel to
Protect Her Interests Soma Com
plications Probable.
Colon, Colombia, By Cable. (Pre
vious cabling of this matter prevent
ed.) A force of Liberals, numbering
at least 250, attacked Morro Island,
commanding the entrance to the port
)t Tumaco, September 24. The island
MiXti all along been garrisoned with
fewer than a hundred troops, well
supplied with arms, ammunition and
commissary stores, including more
than 150 head of cattle and other pro
visions in proportion. The landing
was effected before daybreak by
means of canoes. Simultaneously the
island was stormed from the other
end by Liberals on the mainland.
Morro Island is surrounded by shal
low sand banks and the only means
of approaching Tumaco is by the nai
row river which is within easy reach
of the island.
... The British steamer Quito, bound,
from Guayaquil, Ecuador, Panama and
touching at ports between, anchored
JI Morro Island, on the night of Sep
tember 26, and weighing anchor at
daybreak, started up the stream to
ward Tumaco. The Liberals fired a
ehot across her bows. Suspecting, the
situation, she immediately turned,
but rifle shots and one cannon con
tinued to be fired at her, the former
striking her several times and latter
once, the ball making a hole right
through her above the watermark,
though the damage in other respects
was slight. The Quito then steamed
to the farthest point the tide would
permit and again anchored. The fir
ing was now resumed, but it quit
after a few minutes, the Liberals see
ing the imprudence of their action.
It is significant that shortly after the
Quito incident became known, the
British warship Icarius left Panama
for a destination not made public,
but presumably Tumaco.
The steamship agents have been
officially notified not to accept freight
at that port. The situation on the
isthmus is unchanged and quiet.
Street Car Collision.
Atlanta, Special. Two cars on the
Consolidated Street Railway were in
collision at the corner of Fair end
V Washington street Sunday evening, in
' juring eighteen people. Both care ware
crowded and were under considerabla
headway, on a down grade, when they
xnet.
The injured are: Moiorman W. P.
Gaddy, serious; II. S. Jo'inson, presi
r -dent of the Chamberlain-John-Dutoise
Company;. Miss Lumpkin, Motormen
G. W. Shaw. Conductor P. D. Alexan
der, Conductor J. R. Finch, Mrs. W. B.
Love, Mts. W. A. Love, Helen Bagley,
Mrs. F. E. Bagley. Mrs. Eva Dempsey.
Mrs. S'hon, Thomas Lamar, Stuart
Woodson, Frederick Foster, Frank
...Stonakia, John Ke'chersky. Sister Mary
"Peter, John Joseph's Indrmary. All are
from Atlanta excepting Misa Lurapk n.
whose home is in Columbus, Ga. The
cars were off schedule.
$16,000,000 Improvements.
Pittsburg. Special It is announced
.. -on good authority that H. C. Fink and
i ' "the Meilcrc interests, composing the
"-V- Union Steel Company, will bill Id a-t
once a $200,000 plant a t Donora, on tlw
. Mopotnga.ne.la. river, to make .-broom
and maittrc35-wire and o'he-r epeeial-
ties. The Matthews Woven Wire
Fence Company, controlled by the
Unioa Company, will build a woven
-wire fence to cost 1 100,000 with 75 tcr
dally capaolty and the company will
double the capacity cf the barbed wire
department by installing 32 machines.
Altogether the present outlay will
. reaclh $500,000 and future improve
ments which the Union Steel Compa
ny has in view will cost between $15.--OQO.COO
and $1S,000,000.
Great Aspen Tunnel Completed.
Salt Lake, Special. The great As
pon tunnel, on the Leroy Peru river
-cut off of the Union Pacific Railroad,
was completed Tuesday night and
-tra39 will be running over the new
route next Cacday. The tunnel has
been two years in the course of con
struction and eot over $3,000,000.
Tax Recsntly Voted For This Much
Needed Enterprise.
A railroad election has just b3en
held in Mitchell county which aroused
as much interest ss the usual politi
cal campaign. Mr. Hyams, who is Sen
ator Pritchard's secretary, and George
K. Pritchard, the Senator's brother,
favored the road, and spent two weeks
in making speeches in different parts
of the country. The proposition was to
vote $100,030 worth of .bonds to assist
the South & Western Railroad Com
pany to extend its line from the coal
fields of southwest Virginia to South
port, N. C, the line to run through
Bakersville. In return the county was
to have, in addition to the railroad.
$100,000 worth of preferred stock. The
voting' was done on Tuesday and Mr.
Hyams say3 the election was so close
that it was the understanding when he
left Bakersville that on official toun;
would have to determine the result.
Mr. Hyams says the road was almost
considered a pre-requisite to the con
duct of the business of the Pinola Lum
ber Company. This company is c us tins
50,000 feet of white pine lumber daily
and now has SO.O00.CC0 feet cn han 1.
A broad gauge railroad is needed in
handling the timber and lumber cf this
company.
North State Item'?.
The beard of governors cf ths
Southern Manufacturers' Club, of this
city, have decided to invite President
Roosevelt to come to Charlotte as the
guest of the club, and they have rea
son to believe that the invitation will
be accepted. The formal letter of in
vitation will be sent at once, and ii
the president can came to Charlotte
he will be requested to name a date to
suit his own convenience. Should
Mr. Roosevelt come the recept'on ren
dered him here will be after the man
ner of the reception given by the club
to Minister Wu that is." he will hold
a general reception at the club in the
afternoon and will speak at a banquet
at night. Charlotte Observer.
The State Labor Commissioner says
furniture manufacturing in this Stare
has become an immense business
how great the public will realize waan
it sees his report for 1901. The in
crease in the number and extent of the
manufacture of goods from wood
many times exceeds that of cotton
mill3. The gain during the past few
years is wonderful and the business
very profitable, whereas this has by no
means been a good year for many at
least of the cotton mills in this State.
O. J. Carroll, well known all over
this state and by a host cf commer
cial travelers in other states, fell dead
Friday morning at Morehead City.
He was a native of Duplin county 'tiid
was 55 years of age. Ho was in io
Confederate army. For over 20 years
he was a commercial traveler. During
the second term of President Clevoiaa-J.
he was U. S. Marshal for the eastern
district of North Carolina. He had
lived in Raleigh about 15 years.
Heavy Damages.
Wilmington. Special. The trial "of
the case of'Moore vs. Navassa Guano
Company, to recover twenty thousand
damages for alleged injury to lards
and crops by emission of gases fron
th8 company's plant several milej up
the river from the city, resulted hi
the jury rendering a decision in favor
of tha plaintiff for $5,750. The ca3e
was tried in Brunswick Superior
Court at Southport. and the trial con
sumed ten days, the longest in the his
tory of this section. . The defendant
company took an appeal to the -Supreme
Court. .
The Governor's Party.
... Lenoir, Special. Governor ':Aycock,
Stae Geologist Holmes. Prcf. Brunei.
Prof. Brimbiy, Dr. Charles W. Dabney,
Congressman Kluttz, of Salisbury,
Otey. of Lynchburg, and Brownlow.
of Jonosboro, passed through hero last
Thursday for Blowing Rock, Linville,
Cranberry and other points iu the in
terest of the Appalachian Park, which
means much for North Carolina if lo
cated amon our .beautiful mountains.
The party is under the guidance t
Prof. Holmes, who loves North Caroli
na. Another Wreck on S. A. L.
Raleigh, Special. There was a wreck
on the Seaboard Air Line Friday af
ternoon near Graystone, six miles
north of Henderson. It was a head
end collision between a local freight
and a material train. It was due to
a miscalculation of orders by the en
gineer and conductor of the material J
train. No one was injured. Both en
gines were badly damaged.
Great Fpiscopal Convention Takes a
High Stand
AGAINST MATRIMONIAL LAXITY.
The Convention Decides That Minis
ters Shall Not Solemnize th3 Mar
riage of Certain Divorced Persons.
San Francisco, Special. The action
of greatest importance taken by the
Triennial Episcopal Convention w?.s
the adoption by the house of bishops,
by a vote of 37 to 21, of Canon 3J,
which relates to the solemnisation of
the marriage. All of its provisions had
previously been argued, except thooe
contained in section 4, which forbade
the marriage of persons divorced f jr
any cause not existing before marriage.
"For any cause not existing before
marriage" is understood to refer to
such causes as insanity, inability to
execute a contract, the existence of -a
living wife or husband, or like reason-,
which practically render the marriase
null and void. This section has been a
bone of contention, a strong element iu
the Church holding that the -re-marriage
of the innocent party to a di
vorce, granted on the ground of infi
delity, should not be forbidden. The
bishops have refused to ac:ept this
view of the matter. The question is ty
no means settled, as the whole subject
now to come up in the house of depu
ties, where it is expected to caus.T a
protracted debate. The canon as finally
passed by the house, of bisop3 reads:
"Canon .'J6 Of the Solemnization of
Matrimony.
"1. The solemnization of matrimony
in this Church, in which the mutual
consent of each party entering into
this state of life is given in the pres
ence of a minister who, having pro
nounced them in the name of the Holy
Trinity, to be man and wife, invokes
the divine blessing upon ilieir union.
"2 The requirements cf the liws of
the State regarding the conditions for
the civil contract of marriage shall in
all cases be "-carefully observed, before
the marriage is solemnized.
"3. No minister shall solemnhe the
marriage of any person who is a miner
under the law of the place of marriase,
unless the parent of guardian of suc i
minor Is present and consenting, or
shall have given written consent to the
marriage, or is permanently resident in
a foreign country. No minister shall
colemnize a marriage except in te
presence of at least two witnesses, ihi
minister or the witnesses being per
sonally acquainted with the parlies.
Every minister shall without d'lay for
mally record in the proper register Ihe
name, age and residence of each part.
Suoh. record shall be singned by the
minister who performs the ceremony,
and if practicable by the marred par
ties, and by at least, two witnesses of
the marriage.
"4 No minister shall solemni.-; a
marriage between any two pe sons in
less, nor until by inquiry, he shall
have satisfied himself that neither per
son has been or is the husband or the
wife of any other person then l vlDg:
unless the former marriage was an
nuled by a decree of some c'v'l court
r competent jurisdiction for cause ex
isting before suoh -former marriaga."
The bishops have yet ti cons" de
Canon 37. providing for the discipline
of persons marrying after having been
divorced. This also will cars? 1 vely
discussion.
Spinners Oppose Strik;.
till J.l.C, '
whale question of whether there will be
a strike in the cotton mu:s 01 yns cuy
on account of the refusal cf t'e mah'j
facturers to grant a 5 per cent increase
in wages was re-opened. A m'suade
standing in regard to a unmmou3
was the reason assigned by the tex
tile council for postponing the rtr'ke
for two weeks from last Monday. T e
spinners voted that their delegate to
the council shall insist that cn!y a
unanimous vote of the unions shall
bring about a strike. This means that
the spinners oppose a strike. Otbe
unions are yet to meet to instruct the r
textile council de'eiates.
Funeral Directors Meet.
Charleston, 3. C. Special The twtn
tieth annua) convention of the Naton
al Funeral Directors' Associatloi of
America ?je.a called to order here Wed
nesday Ky President Percy D. Dixon,
of Mobile, Ala. One hundred aid iwen-ty-five
delegates, were present. The
oper.ing session was devc-tsd pure'.y t )
routine matters.
Gen. Carr Proposes Unique Plan For
Its Erection.
General Julian S. Carr will propose
at the coming meeting of the State
Literary and Historical Association
that the people of North Carolina
erect a suitable bronze statuo to Sir
Walter Raleigh in our capital city,
named in hi3 honor.
General Carr's proposition will em
brace the suggestion that collection
boxes be placed in drug stores and
other suitable places wrhere tobacco is
sold to receive the donations, especial
ly of all who use the famous weed.
It is well known that the great and
versatile Raleigh first introduced to
bacco among the English-speaking
people, and the story of tho English
man who thought he was on fire when
he saw him smoking and threw a
pitcher of water in his face to put him
out has been told for three centuries.
But though tho tobacco men may
lead in this just memorial of Raleigh,
and there are such a multitude of
those who have enjoyed the fragrant
plant in North Carolina as to make the
task easy to them alone, still it is a
matter in which every North Caroli
nian will want to take a hand. While
the smokers feel an affection for the
first of their class, Raleigh was first
in many other things as a statesman,
soldier, scholar, explorer, navigator,
historian and philosopher. Raieig'a
first introduced potatoes from Ameri
ca to Ireland where they were crtlied
Irish potatoes. It was Raleigh who
advised Queen Elizabeth that the
Spanish Amanda ought to be attacked
at sea instead of waiting for the in
vincible Spanish infantry to land.
So far as we know there is no statue
to Sir Walter Raleigh anywhere on
the earth . He spent two fortunes col
onizing America and if King Jamos
had been, equal to Elizabeth thU illus
trious man, Raleigh, would have seiz
ed South America as he did our con
tinent for the Anglo-Saxon race.
Raleigh's Etatue in heroic size ought
to stand in the centre of Nash Squara
where it may be the first object cf in
terest to be seen by the thousands who
pour into our capital city from the
railroads.
General Carr will doubtless have a
specimen collection box, such as he
recommends to the Association, at its
annual meeting at the Fair so that the
collection may begin at the meean.
The people of Raleigh smokers and
all will be glad to start the contribu
tion to this laudable enterprise. it
is fitting and appropriate that General
Carr, who has done so. much for ail
that will bless North Carolina to-day
and for all time, should be the inaugu
rator of the movement to do tardy
justice to one of the greatest men in
an age of great men. News and Ob
server. . Veterans to fleet.
The Confederate Veterans Asser
tion of North Carolina will hold its
annaal session on Wednesday night oi
Fair Week, October 23, at the Capital
at 8 p. m. The meetings of this body
has resulted in important action for
the benefit of the survivors cf the war,
through -he labors of 5U officers and
con-mi itces, such as the publication of
ihe regimental histories, the increase
of the appropriation for the Soldiers'
Home, tho addition of its hospital,
and the new dormitory now in pro
cess cf erection, the correction of the
pension :;y?tcm and tho addition to tne
rosier edited by Major Moore, "finch
are now bfins prepared. Camps of
Vnited Confederate Veterans through
out the State, county and otbr asso
ciations of siuvivors and veterans who
may no: be i-w.-mbers cf any organisa
tion arc cordi?ily invited to the meet
ing, which embraces all. Gen. J. S.
Can, vrcsiutnt, and Capt. C. B. Deri
sou, secrevary. will present their
annual 1 (-ports, aud business of ?nter
est will be considered. It is ko.iwn
that soldiers ci prominence in the war
will be prc.ent on this occasion dur
ing the fair, the president of whivh is
Gen. Wm. R. Ccx. and the chief mar
shal Gen. Wm. P. Roberts.
North State Items.
The State charters the Spray Hotel
Company, to build a hotel at Spray,
Rockingham county. The incorpora
tors are J. S. Patton and others; au
thorized capital, $125,000. Also the
Southern Hosiery Mills, at Newborn,
P. H. Pelletier and others stockhol
ders; authorized capital $125,000. Also
the J. H. Hampton Buggy Company,
of Spray, D. F. King and others stock
holders: authorized capital $100,000.
; New Enterprises That Are Enriching
Our Favored Section.
Increase of Capacity.
The Anderson Cotton Mills of An
derson, S. C, has commenced to re
ceive and is now installing machinery
to make certain additions recently
decided upon. The improvements
will entail the expenditure of sev
eral hundred thousand dollars. In
cluded with the textile equipment
arriving will be IS, 000 spindles and
500 looms, which will bring the
plant's complement up to 62,000
spindles and 18C4 looms. The con
tracts for this machinery have all
been signed. The power that will be
required for the new machinery is
to be furnished by the Anderson
Water, Light and Power Co., now
completing the development of Port
man Shoals.
Industrial Miscellany.
Tho plant of the Carson Company,
manufacturer of hickory spokea and
handles at Alexandria, Va, was de
stroyed by fire last week. The loss is "
estimated at $5,000; partially in
sured. The Palmetto Lumber Co. of San
Jacinto, Texas, has been incorporat
ed, with a capital stock of $50,000.
The corporators are A. C. Ford, T.
P. Cabel, A. L. Black and R. M. Bucy.
Receipts of lumber at the port of
New Orleans for the week ending
September 27 amounted to 2,034,000
feet, and for the season 18,440,796
feet, against 19882,121 feet last sea
son. The shipments of lumber from th
port of Mobile last week aggregated
J 2,340,612 feet, and for the season
8.117,474 feet. Shipments of sawa
timber were 95,462 cubic feet, and
hewn timber 26,020 cubic feet.
The following steamers cleared last
week from Savannah, Ga., with
Florida high-grade phosphate rock
among their cargoes: Steamer Finn
land for Bremen and Hamburg with
1454 tons for the latter port steamer
Aurelia with 1246 tons for Genoa, and
steamer Livland with 1637 tons for
Hamburg.
Southern business men have or
ganized tho Cuban-Central American.
Mahogany Company to engage in im
porting mahogany from Central
America and Mexico by way of. New
Orleans. Robert Laidlaw is presi
dent, and Loui3 M. Moragues of
Montgomery, Ala., secretary and
manager. ,w
J. F. Garrell and Co.. of Wilming
ton. N. C, have broken ground for
a cold-storage and fertilizer factory
at San Souci plantation, a mile and
a half from that city. The company
will also construct a modern abat
toir. Textile Notes.
It is proposed at Hattiesburg. Miss.,
to organize a stock company for the
erection of a cotton mill.
The Mary Louise Cotton Mills of
Cowpens, S. C, has increased capital
stock from $20,000 to $50,000.
The Courtenay Manufacturing Co.
of Newry. S. C, paid on October 1 its
thirteenth semi-annual dividend of
3 ,1-2 per cent.
The Waxahachie (Texas) Cotton.
Mills is preparing to make its third
carload shipment of sheetings and
ducks to the Pacific coast. This ship
ment goes to Washington.
The Lumberton (N. C.) Cotton Mills
is about ready to start operations,
and the 5,000 spindles will soon be
making 20 to' 32 yarns.
Negotiations are under way with.
New York parties for the operation
of the Powhatan Knitting Mill at
Lambert's Point, Norfolk, Va.
The Clayton (N. C.) Cotton Mill
has been entirely completed and com
menced operations -last week. This
is a $200,000 plant It has 5,000 apin
dles on yarn production.
Qapt. David Clark, general man
ager and treasurer of the Ada Manu
facturing Co. at Charlotte, N. C, has
been elected president of the Jones
boro (N. C.) Cotton Mills, a 3,200
spindle plant.
A. J. Tiryan and associates of Mil
ford, Texas, contemplate building &
cotton mill, and invite correspon
dence regarding cost of such a plant.
It is proposed to spin yarn and thread
for the larger mills.
During the last cotton season Co
lumbia, S. C, handled 45.904 bales of
cotton ,an increase of 5,500 bales over
tho preceding, season. This increase la
attributed in part by the Columbia
State to the fact that the great Olym
tda sarted part of its machinery dur
ing the year. It used, however, but
3,000 bales, and when all its spindles
I are running it is expected to use 20,
000 a year, which will bring the num-
I ber of bales handled annuallyin thai
Columbia market to C0.00O.