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VOL. XII. PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1901. NO. 38.
COTTON MEN MEET.
THE YETERANS DINED.
ARMIES ARE FACING
Warlike Arrangements in South America.
VARIOLOID AT TRINITY COLLEGE.
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
A-
tottering of Manufacturers in City
cf Atlanta,'
5ENAT0R M'LAURIN MAKES SPEECH
AtaBunquet, in Which He Advo
cates Some Measures of Economic
Legislation.
Atlanta, Special. The Southern Cot
ton Spinners Association met in an
nual convention hero Thursday. This
is the fifth yearly feathering of the as
sociation and tho attendance was large,
cpany, people-from.-New York, -Pennayl-'
vania and the New England State.3 in
scribing their names on the register. A
business session was held in the. morn--.
ng,. end -the afternoon was givenover
"td sight-seeing, the delegated being the
guests of the Southern Railway on a
trip around Atlanta. In the morning
Dr. J. H. McAden, president of the as
sociation, delivered his annual addri&s.
He recommended a declaration by the
aplnners in favor of a merchant marine
"upon a basis that will give all mer-
ican citizens an equal chance, prevent
favoritism to entrenchment interests
and recognize the producing clase3 in
the reduction of freight rates." He
also favored the building and construc
tion, as soon as possible, of the isth
mian canal. On reciprocity. Dr. Mc
Aden said: "The immense balance of
trade in our favor creates the necessity
of our finding a market for our surplus
products. We should do all that we
can to advance both the letter and the
spirit of reciprocity. We especially
desire closer commercial relations
with South America and the Orient."
At a "smoker" in the Kimball House
at night, Hoke Smith spoke on "Devel
opment of Our . Home Talent," find
United States. Senator John L. Mcl.au
rin on "Extension of Our Foreign
Trade." Senator ... M.cLaurin ,,.said:
; "We are at the dawning of a new day
of progress in the history o the
world. A better era is fast approaching
when all peoples will have a moic
perfect understanding of the' brother
hood of man and the Inter-dependence
of nations. For two thousand years
the policies of the world have been con
ducted upon the inhuman idea cf shed
ding blood. This hzs served a useful
purpose in the civilization of mankind,
awful as it s to contemplate; but that
purpose lia3 nov been accor
Until very nscuuy commerce was not
deemed a proper subject for govern
mental consideration. There is no
direct department of commerce in any
government except that Of Germany.
The moving considerations prompting
the settlement of the Chinese trouble
are commercial. The time will come
when the best mind3 of every country
will be called upon to adjust the com
plicated questions of foreign trade and
the consular officers at the leading
porta of commerce will equal in impor
tance the diplomatic ambassadors."
In connection. with the extension of
the Southern foreign trade, Senator
McLaurin advocated an American mer
chant marine. "Our weakness upon the
aea is the one great danger that con
fronts the nation," said the Senator.
"If ships could be built in the United
States as cheaply and operated under
our flag as cheaply as they are under
. . other lags, it-would be'annepcssr-iy
. for our government to do more than to
offset the subsidies, bounties, naval re
serve retainers and othr methods
, with which foreign -governments at
tract capital into merchant ships built
and managed by their own people. We
must not imagine that America is de
pendent upon . national legislation in
order to make ship-owning pay. Wa
have ample evidence of large American
investments in foreign built shlp3,
manned and operated by foreigners in
our foreign trade. However much our
people may have invested in foreign
ships, they are unavailable under the
International law when at war as naval
auxiliaries. , Another thing we 3hould
remember These very ships and .he
"v men employed on board of them, may
be turned against the United States -in
.... the event of our becoming involved in
war with the nation whose flag they
fly.
"The object of extending government
aid to the upbuilding of our merchant
marine is to secure adequate protection
for the nation upon the sea, and the
mere fact that the investment has been
made attractive to American capital is
an incident of the transaction."
"We do not want to see the Isthmian
canal become merely a foreign high
way of commerce," said the Senator.
"We do not want our millions expend
ed merely to become a bounty to for
eign shipping. It should be an Amer
ican highway, and -wa'shdiifd eo devel
op our mercantile marine that with the
opening of this prreat canaL our own
flag shall predominate at -the Mast
bead cf a majority of the ships that it
accommodates. The South will be the I
Immediate beneficiary of that great
waterway when it I3 constructed."
Old Soldiers Fare Sumptuously At
Conjrade's Dinner.
A sumptuous dinner to 47 Regiment
veterans was given by Capt. J. J.
Thomas in Dorsett's cafe at Raleigh,
last Thursday, at which fifteen of these
valiant veterans were present.
The special object of the meeting
was to draw up resolutions regarding
the original of the Regimental General
Orders of Col. G. H. Faribault and Ad.
jutant T. C. Powell of the Forty-seventh,
under date of May 17, 1862, and
thanking Mr. E. R. Hyatt of New York
for them. Mr. A. C. Green was made
chairman and Mr. J. Rowan Rogers
secretary .Resolutions prepared by
Capt. J. J. Thomas were adopted, and
Mr. Rogers was requested to prepare
an article incorporating, ..the .resolu
tions' and giving the names of the vet
erans present. When all business
had been disposed of and a motion to
adjourn was declared to be in 'order,'
Captain Thomas arose and' exlen Ted
an invitation to his comrades to take
dinner with him. Of course there was
unanimous and very hearty consent,
and the company then proceeded to
Dorsett'8 cafe, when Captain Thomas
had previously left an order for the
very best and most complete dinner
and elegant service that Mr. Dorsett
could provide. And this is calling for
a "whole lot," so to express it, for
Dorsett cafe has a most enviable repu
tation for serving these special din
ners.
The spread was in the private din
ing room, and the veterans seemed to
enjoy the repast most heartily.
After the regular courses there
were brief and in several instances
feeling remarks by various guests
present, notably Mr. Green, Captain
Thomas and Mr. Rogers.
A note was read from Dr. Lankford
of Wake Forest, who was also a mem
ber of the old Forty-seventh, regret
ting that he was unable to attend the
meeting.
Staggers in Horses.
New Bern, Special. According to
the October bulletin of the Board of
Health, the "staggers" among hortes
prevails in but two counties of the
State. It would 'seem that ttie board
might get some nearer to the facts in
this matter, and if they had noticed
the reports sent by your correspon
dent from time to time regarding the
disease among the horses they might
have learned more about it, in that
way, jf in no other.
The Board of Health is hereby in
formed that the disease now prevails
in the counties of Craven, Pamlico,
Carteret, Onslow and Duplin. Horses
have died in several of these counties
of the disease within a few days. It
also probably exists in several other
counties, namely Dare, Hyde, Beau
fort and Pender. There was a spas
modic effort to locate and furnish a
remedy for the disease, but it does
not seem to have been very effectual
or well planned. Appeals have teen
made In the press from several points
for aid and advice, but the farmers
complain that little has been done to
help them In their extremity.
The talk of a railroad from New
Bern to Washington with a branch
line to Aurora is creating considerable
Interest. The promoters of the enter
prise are from Pittsburg, Pa., and it
is stated that they have purchased
large bodies of timbered land in Beau
fort and.., Craven counties. The dis
tance would bo about thirty miles the
course the road would run, and the
spur to Aurora would be near twenty
miles.MFthe road is built it will great
ly benefit Washington, but it would
greatly damage the traffic, of the A.
and N. C. railroad. Our people want to
see the road built. -
A Njrro In Ht Room.
What may have been an attempt at
a most dastardly crime took place in
Raleigh Friday night. This was the
finding of a negro in her bed-room by
a. vnune ladv. who. fortunately went
to her room at an early hour and by
her sudden appearance frightened tne
scoundrel away. The occurrence
tnnk nlar.ft at the home of Mrs. Stuu-
kel, who resides on West Hargrtt
street, near Harrington, next to tne
residence of Mr. R. L. Lumsden. Ms.
Stunkel is a widow and there resides
with her three children. One 01
these, her daughter. Miss Marie, who
is about twenty years of age. heard
a noise in her room and went Into it
ahnnf 8 o'clock. As she entered the
room she saw a negro man, who. as
she screamed, made a break for the
open window, out of which he leaped
and ran off in the darkness.
CarneRif Honored.
London, By Cable. Vice ChancePor
Donaldson, of the University of St.
Andrews, has announced the unani
mous election of Andrew Carnegie a3
lord rector., The students greeted the
announcement with cheering and sing
ing of "He's a jolly good fellow." The
vice chancellor remarked that Mr.
Carnegie's election would meet the ap
proval of the whole nation.
REPUBLICS AT DAGGER POINTS.
Sixteen Thousand Men Uuder Arms
and Conflict Imminent A Tempest
In a Teapot.
Marcaibo, Venezuela, By Cable. A
correspondent of the .Associated Pre3s
has just had an interview with General
,Urbe-Pcibe.- lie found the general
strongly encamped in the Cordillera
Mountains on the frontier line between
the Venezuelan State Tachjra and
-the -ColorabiaTi 'province of Santander.
His headquarters were at a hamlet call
ed of Louisiana, half a day's ride from
San Cristobal, the capital of Tachira.
His command, numbering several
thousand Colombian Liberals, was
holding the extreme left of the Vene
zuelan liDe of defence, covering the
approach of San Cristobal and Encen
trados Railroad from the direction of
Cucuta. General Chalbant Cordons
held the centre with General Modesto
Castro at the extreme right. On the
Columian side, General Walencia,' a
former minister, and Juan Bertland
Rangel Garibras, the Venezuelan reb
el, are In command. Altogether, some
16,000 soldiers stand face to face on the
frontier. Skirmishes and raids across
the frontier are of daily, or rather, of
nightly, occurrence.
ALABAMA ELECTION.
Constitutional Amendment Carried
By Big flajority.
Montgomery, Ala., Special. Alabama
voted MonJay on the question of the
adoption or ratification of the constitu
tion framed by the recent convention
and from ibe. .returns so far received it
Is evident that the new instrument has
carried by a majority ranging between
25,000 and 35,000. . The negroes voted
in much larger numbers than had bet-n
expected, but w)re unable to control
the result. This was the last opportu
nity they will have to vote and in many
counties they turned out en massa. The
election raised off quietly, no trouble
being reported up to this hour.
Duel Between Farmers.
Macon, Ga.. Special. John Goolsby
and Charlie Fullerton, two prominent
farmers of Hllsboro, in Jasper coun
ty, near here, emptied their pistols into
each other at close range Monday after
noon. Fullerton was killed Instantly
and Goolsby is dying. They had
quarrelled about a piece of land. Gools
by raised hs shot-gun and Fullerton
seized It. Each held it with his left
hand and drew their pistols. Thus they
fought until Fullerton fell dead and
Goolsby stagegred a few paces, fell and
then raised up on his elbow and empted
both barrels of the gun into the dead
body near him..
The Turrentlne Industry.
Washington, D. C, Special. A pre
liminary report on the turpentine and
rosin industry of the United States
was issued, by the Census Bureau
showing theextent of the industry in
tho census year of 1900 as compare!
with 1899. According to this state
ment the total value of these two pro
ducts for 1900 was $20,344,888, ag:unst
$8077,379 for 1890. Tho number of es
tablishments was 1,502, against 670 in
1890. the capital employed $11,832,813,
against $4,062,375; the average number
of wage earners 41,864. asralnst 15 265:
the total wages paid $8,390,632. against
$2,9C5.547 and the cost of materials
used $5,196,596, against $6,874,693.
Dead Man Comes to Life.
Louisville, Special. Newell C. Rath-
bun, who was supposed to have been
dead in Jeffersonvllle, Ind., hotel last
Thursday, was arrested in Louisville
Tuesday. According to Rathbun the
corpse which was shipped to Little
Rock for burial as the body of Rath
bun was the body of W. L. Ten Eyke.
The police say Rathbun has confessed
to desertion from the United States
army and "to having formed a plan to
fraudulently collect $4,000 insurance
on !;is life, but that he denie3 havirg
killed the man who died In the Jsiler
scnville hotel.
Killed His Lover.
Elizabethtown Tenn.,- Special. Frank
Kidwell, aged 23, shofand killed hk.
sweetheart, Ada Thompson, aged 16,
and " then committed suicide. The
cause of the tragedy is said to be the
refusal of the girl's father to allow
Kidwell to visit his daughter and kcr
declination to marry him. Both are
members of prominent families.
Quite a Little Excitement Over the
Matter.
Durham, Special. Some excitement
was occasioned when It became known
that' there was a case of small pox or
varioloid among the student body at
Trinity College. The excitement was
not that our people are specially scared
of contracting the contagion but that
there might be a spread among the
students.
Assoon as Dr. N. M. Johnson, the
county health officer, decided the nature
of the disease Pi of. W. H. Pegram,
chairman of the faculty, issued a state
ment giving a clear statement of the
facts in the case. This was furnished to
the press for publication as follows, no
attempt being mflde to conceal the
facts:
November 12, 19(51.
"Mr. R. O. Lawton, a student of the
college, was discovered to be sick, and
yesterday Dr. Graham was called to see
him. He showed some symptoms of
smallpox, and Dr. N. M. Johnston,
county health officer, was called in. As
soon as the case was suspected an im
mune was secured to attend Mr. Law
ton. Today the physicians decided that
Mr. Lawton has & mild case of varioloid
and he was moved to the house of de
tention. All precautions have been
takenand it is not thought that there
will bef any further trouble. I issue this
statement so that all may know the
true state of affairs. The following
statement was made by Mr. N. M.
Johnston, health officer of Durham
county:
" 'Mr. R. O. Lawton, a student at
Trinity College, has been found to have
a case of varioloid, and has been moved
to the house of detention. Every pre
caution .has been taken to prevent the
spread of the disease. The case was de
tected in time, and I do not appreheud
any danger of the disease spreading. It
Is not known where the disease was
contracted. Mr. Lawton Is from South
Carolina. There are no cases in the
county so far as I know.
" 'As a precaution, I advise all stu
dents who have not been successfully
vaccinated within the last two veara. tn
1 ... -.-. ,
oe vaccinated.
'"N. M. JOHNSTON,
" 'County Health Officer.'
"In the absence of Dr. Kilgo I isouo
mis omclal statement
"W. H. PEGRAM.
"Chairman of Faculty."
Jail Breakers Caught.
Greensbcro, Special Ernest Causey,
one of the prisoners who escaped from
jail here about two weeks ago. has
been arrested and Jailed at Cumber
land, Md., whero he was passing uuder
tho assumed name of Joe Grady. Tlie
proper papers were made out and an
ofT.cer will go to Raleigh at once to ob
tain from Governor Aycock a requisi
tion on the governor of Maryland for
the return of the prisoner. Cau3ey Li
one of the most daring criminals this
country h&s known for some time. He
has repeatedly been in tiouble and has
always been regarded as a desperate
character. A tsw months ago he was
arrested and confined in jail for bi'tak
Jig into a house near Jamestown and
stealing a r.umber of articles. Just
before court he escaped from jail, but
was later captured at Charlottesville,
Va. At the last term of Guilford Su
perior Court he was convicted and
sentenced to the county road3 for
three years. About two days beforo
he was to have been taken to the roads
he and another prisoner, Lee Ragan,
broke jail under cover of darkness.
Sheriff Jcdan Immediately offered a
reward of $50 for their capture. Mon
day word came from the chief of police
of Charlottfsvllle, Va., that Cauccy
was in Cumberland, Md., where he was
known as Joe Grady. The chief of
police of Cumberland was Instructed
to capture the escaped convict, and
word came that he was In jail.
Died From a Splinter.
Statesville special says: Mrs. Carrie
Feimster, wife of Mr. A. L. Feimster,
of Concord township, died in States
ville Monday afternoon. Her death was
due to blood poisoning resulting from
accidentally running a splinter into
one of the fingers some days ago. The
finger pained' her to such an extent
that she was brought to Statesville for
treatment but the poison had reached
such a point that medical aid could
avail nothing. Mrs. Feimster was
about 40 years old and -is survived by
a husband and two children. The re
mains were Interred at Connelly's
chapel this afternoon at 3 o'clock, the
funeral exercises being conducted by
Rev. R. B. Shelton.
Shipbuildlng'PIa it on flocb e Bay.
New. York, Special. The Times says
that the New York and Southern cap
italists who Incorporated te Gulf
Ship-Building and Dry Dock Company
in the State of Alabama have formu
lated plans for the establishment of a
large ship-building plant on the shores
of Mobile Bay, Ala., and a dry dock
and ship-repairing plant at New Orleans.
Many Matters of General Interest In
Short Paragraphs.
At The National Capital.
President Roosevelt Is expected to
urge new laws to strengthen the Inter
state Commerce Commiasioa's work.
The cost of coaling the United States
Navy the past year was over $2,273,
111. Orders have been issued in regard to
the transmission of Christmas boxes
for the foreign possessions of the .
United States.
Senator II. C. Lodge being generally
regarded as spokesman of the Admin
istration, the speech delivered at Bos
ton is attracting much attention.
George E. Bowden and Park Agnew
are In Washington endeavoring to se
cure tiie appointment of an organiza
tion man to the vacant Virginia judg
ship. The Sunny South.
A statue of Thomas Jefferson was
unveiled in Louisville, Ky.
An accidental explosion cf powder
at Davy, W. Va., killed three miners.
Army Paymaster Stevens reports at
Pennsacola, Fla., that $4,800 in green
backs was stolen from his satchel.
Quarreling over family affairs, T. M.
Harrington was killed and Robert
Taylor seriously stabbed by Walter
Hailey, at Fayette, Miss.
A Jessmine, Miss., dispatch says:
"Morgan Harrington, and Robert Tay
lor were attacked near Fayette by
Walter Bailey, Frank Peoples and
another man, whose name is unknown
was . killed and Taylor mortally
wounded."
At The North.
Snow fell briskly in Troy. N. Y.,
Tuesday afternoon.
Proposed buildings for the St. Louis
Exposition will cover 126.53 acres and
cost about $6,250,000.
Escaped convicts from Leavenworth
captured the Sheriff and his deputy of
Shawnee county, Kansas.
William Travers Jerome will have
about $250,000 in salaries to disburse
as District Attorney of New York.
The project of opening saloons on
Sunday during certain hours in New
York seems to be received with favor.
In connection with the case of Jane
Toppan, under arrest at Barnstable,
Mass., two bodies will be exhumed for
a chemical analysis.
Gen. James H. Wilson, of Delaware,
addressed th-e American Free Trade
League in Boston on "Trade with the
Tropics."
' It is reported the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company will establish the larg
est freight yards ia the country in
Pittsburg, -Pa.
Official returns from Ohio show last
Tuesday's vote to have been about 100,
000 less than the total east for Govern
or two years ago.
A water-tower, holding 883,000 gal
lons of water, burst Saturday, at Fair
Haven, Mass.
The New England Free Trade
League has changed its name to the
American Free Trade League.
Secretary of War Root has given
Hamilton College, Utkra. N. Y., a 300
pound cannon captured In the Philip
pines. From Across The Sea.
The Russian Government is adopt
ing vigorous measures for coping with
the famine.
The Sultan having acceded to all the
demands of France the latter country
has resumed diplomatic relations with
Turkey and the French .fleet has been
ordered to leave MItylene.
A dispatch from The Hague says
that the administrative council of the
arbitration tribunal will meet Novem
ber 20 to decide on the appeal of the
Boers against the ruling that the war
in South Africa is not subject to the
court's consideration.
Dispatches i t ondon Daily Mail
announces that the Cape Town Guard
has again been called out and th.it
Kitchener has issued an order direct
ing that all Boers captured in Brit's'a
uniforms are to 1 e shot.
Miscel'ancou-i Mntters.
The brigand3 who hi'd Miss Ellen
M. Stone a capt.ve in the Balkans plan
to kill her when the ransom is raid.