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I : ' ; -T- ' - , - - r ? f Year, la Adraace. "FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." VOL. XX. PLYMOUTH, N, C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 1909. "V-r 1 " ,., , . , - 1 r " . " " V ) y .V T Great Financier and World's Phenomenal Railroad Organizer Passes Avay At His Princely Home At Arden, New York. Arden, N. Y., Special. Edward II. Harriman, (I1.3 greatest organiser of railroads the world has ever known, met the only lasting defeat of his ac- jtive life Thursday at the hands of 'death. Secluded in tire magnificent home on Tower Hill, surrounded by members of his family, physicians and nurses, he succumbed to an intes tinal disorder Thursday afternoon after a tight against disease which will rank for sheer grit with his re markable struggles in the financial world. The time was given to the world as 3 :35 p. m., but Sirs. Mary Simons, sister of the dead man, said that the end had come at 1 :30, more than two hours previous. Whether., this appar ent discrepancy has any bearing on the current belief that every effort was made to lessen the influence of the financier's death on the New York stock market is problematical.. But it is significant that the time of his death as officially announced was just 35 minutes after the tra'ding had ceased, on the exchange. Mr. Harriman died peacefully and Almost to the end his brilliant mind retained its integrity. After a re lapse on Sunday he sank steadily and soon afte&r the noon hour Thursday there came a relapse which marked the approach of the end. His wife, two daughters, the Misses Maryland Carol, and his sons, who have been constantly with him. No spiritual adviser was at hand. The swiftest automobile in the Har riman garage had been despatched for the 'Rev. Dr. J. Holmes McGuiness an Episcopal rector of Arden parish, and Mr. Harriman 's personal chap lain, but Dr. McGuiness was not at home. When found later, although rushed up the mountainside, at break neck speed he did not arrive until death had come t Arden house. With the secrecy that has been maintained at the Harriman resi dence unbroken to the very end, news of Mr. Harriman 's death was convey ed to New York before it came to Arden and the valley below. Without pomp or ceremony E. H. Harrtman was interred in the lit tle country churchyard beside his oldest son, E. H. Harriman, Jr., at Arden, Sunday at 3 -p. m. Rev. J. Holmes McGuiruess, retor of St. Join's chureii, conducted the cere mony in the Episcopal church. Short services at the Arden house were held at 2 o'clock preceding the burial. The aetive pall-bearers were C. T. Ford, superintendent of the Harri man estate; I. W. Mandige, head car penter of the Harriman estate; E. P. Schultz, master mason of the Arden house; William Robbins, superinten dent of the Arden farms, and W. A. McClelland, superintendent of stores of the Harriman estate. These men vere pall-bearers according to Mr. Harriman 's wish. Mr. Harriman was born February 25, 1848, -and was therefore in his 62nd jear. Mr. Harriman, like many other men who startle the world, came up from poverty and started out with little education, but step by ertep, with an unflagging ambition,--rose to be a factor to be recknoed with by the great financiers of the world. At the time the Union Pacific stock w-as going begging and the road was the despair of many moneyed inter ests, whose brains and . capital had failed to place it on a paying basis. Harriman. backed by Knhn, Loeb & Co., and Standard Oil interests, un SOUTHERN COLLEGE FOR Columbia, S. C, Special. Fire at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday morning totally destroyed Columbia College, built bv popular subscription from Methodists all over this State. The plant was valued at $250,000, and was insured for $75,000 with $10,000 more on equipment. The property was bonded for $30,000 and there were about $20,000 more in floating debts. THE ROOSEVELT TO BE IN New York, Special. Commander Peary's ship, the Roosevelt, will be one of the features of the Hudson Fulton naval parade on the opening day of the celebration. The follow ing telegram was received here Fri day night: "Sydney, C. B., Sept. 10. "Ilnclsoti-Fuiton Celebration Com mittee : "Peary Arctic Club applies for position for its steamer Roosevelt with the North Pole in tercentennial parades. "II. L. BRIDGMJLN." ; der! 00k the rehabilitation of the rail road. He secured a controlling in teresrt,' reorganized the management, and through his transcendent genius, converted the bankrupt company into one of tlie best dividend-paying roads in the country. In this and later, when he took hold of the Southern Pacific, Harriman 's policy was one of lavish expenditure, which made the properties as near physically per fect as possible. The matter of div idends was allowed to wait upon their perfection. This pejicy has continued on all the Harriman lines, and to it has beeji added a close study of the territories adjacent to the property and which contributed, or could be made to contribute to their welfare. Harriman 's most spectacular per formance and that which made his name familiar to all the reading pub lic was in May, 1891, when he strug gled with the Morgan and Hill in terests for control of the Northern Pacific. On May 9 of that year the iiist6ric Northern Pacific corner re 9yltedpin the stock of the company going to $1,600. At the "show down" Harriman produced $78,000,000 m stocks. However, the Hill-Morgan people held the whip-hand through a by-law of the company which permit ted the retirement of preferred stock at any time. Of his holdings $41, 000,000 was preferred, but Harriman secured a compromise and he and some of his associates were elected to the Northern Pacific directorate. Harriman, it is said, controlled 18,000 miles of railway, or six times across the continent; that these lines employ 80,000 men; that, in addition, he directed 54,000 miles of steamship lines, making 72,000 miles of trans portation in all; that one could go from New York to Hongkong without ever leaving the Harriman lines and that he could return by another route on Harmman lines nearly all the way, Financiers in recent estimates of Harriman 's personal wealth have varied all the way from $50,' 000,000 to $100,000,000. He was, of course, a large holder of securities of the various corporations with which he was identified, including in addi tion to the Union Pacific arid South ern Pacific systems, over a score of smaller or tributary properties, not only in tkis country but in Mexico as well. Report credited him with large personal holdings in various railroad systems. His real estate holdings in tub city were eorapara tively small. His home at Ardon is said to represent an outlay of over $2,000,000. "My railroad methods," said Mr. Harriman once, 'are to serve the pub lic, and to give it good service at the lowest poBsibic cost, with, if pos sible, no favoritism. It gets its money's worth from me. My method is to. give the public the best equip ment, the best-time, the best track." . Shock to Progress of Suth. Chattanooga, Totm., Special. Jas. U. Jackson, of Augusta, Ga., one of the business associates of the lafce Edward H. Harriman, and part own er of the Augusta street, railway sys tem, in speaking of the great finan cier's death said: "I do no know what the pUy of Mr. Harriman 's successor will be, but I know that his afeath wilT be one of the greatest shocks to the-progress of the South that could hare been received. I am in a position to know that it was Mr. Harriman 's nv tention to use his Illionis Central and Central of Georgia lines for the de veloping of the South 's resources and to further the interests of the more progressiva communities. WOMEN CONSUMED BY FIRE A liquidation would leave nothing but the rock foundation and the grounds; but arrangements are going right ahead for rebuilding and the opening for the present session in the Colonial hotel property, the former plant of the college. The fire was evidently caused by the cross circuit ing of wires in the northwest dorini torv. HUDSON RIVER PARADE A favorable reply was promptly sent, and the Koosevlt will be as signed to a place of honor close to the,' Half Moon and Clermont, which will lead the parade. In all probabil ity Peary himself will be on board, iofcether with the members of the Pfary Arctic Club, and possibly other distinguished explorers. Dr. Cook, ij is expected, will be in New York City at the time, but the celebration committee regards it as unlikely that ke will be inrited to join the Peary party. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT Both the North and the South Hava Had a Season of Unparalleled Ac tivity Statement Showing the Pro dnction and Consumption by the Mills of the Southern States. New Orleans', La., Special. Supple menting his report on the cotton crop for 1008-'09, as issued on August 31, Secretary Hester, of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, Tuesday made a detailed report of the crops of the diJJerent States as follows: Alabama 1,428,000, against 1,171,000 last year. Arkansas 1,052,000, against 787, 000. Florida 75,000, against 00,000. Georgia 2,118,000, against 1.9G4, 000. Mississippi 1,673,000, against 1, 490,000. Louisiana 485,000, against 073,000. North Carolina 747,000, against 689,000. South Carolina 1,298,000, against 1,226,000. Tennessee 426,000, against 335,000, Texas 3,819,000, against 2,221,000. Oklahoma 704,000, against 950,000 Total crop 13,825,000, against -ll,- 572.000 last year. He puts the spindles in the South at ll,25o,87, including old, idle, and not complete, against 10,661,308 last year, an increase of 594,479. Referring to the consumption by American mills Mr. Hester says that North and South they have had a sea son of unparalleled activity. In no past year, he states, have they con sumed so much cotton, and phenome nal as the extent of the business has been it has not reached theiimit of therp capacity. The money value of the past com mercial crop, he states, is in round figures $683,794,000, showing that while the number of bales marketed was 2,243,000 bales. more than last year, the increase in money received was but $ll,o09,000, equivalent tc $5.11 per bale for the excess, and yet Mr. Hester contends that considering all the circumstances, if ever a crop was sold at a good round price, it was the one under review. In the South Mr. Hester makes tin consumption 366,596 more than last year, and 120.65 over the year before last. Twenty-one new mills arj building in the Southern States, and including additions to old establish ments, 10,000 new looms and 511,294 new spindles are under way. , The year's consumption has been divided as follows: State. Consumption. Increase. Alabama 251,871. 46,261 Arkansas 6,038 2,190 Georgia 556,119 74,757 Kentucky 26,290 1,694 Louisiana 17,244 3,331 Mississippi .. .. .. 38,691 3,529 Missouri 14,826 6,449 North Carolina.. 759,295 130,414 South Carolina ..... 700,352 75.80G Tennessee 69,211 9,154 Texas.. .. .. ..'.. 42,456 8,675 Oklahoma 2,568 954 Virginia 77,921 3,382 Total.. .. .. ..2,559,873 366,59C In conclusion, Mr. Hester says the faets concerning this remarkable year in cotton consumption speak for them selves, but it is safe to say that had they been estimated instead of plain unvarnished truths, even extremists would have been justified in classing them as exaggerations. In the South he says: "We have brushed 2,600,000 bales closely dur ing the past year and this close on the heels of the panic with 215 out of a total of 786 active mills from one to two months late in getting under headway. Most of the new not com plete spindles will be in working or der before the coming year's elose, and with these on the basis of the 1904-'05 consumption per spindle the capacity of the Southern mills will be something like 2,800,000 t 2,900,000 bales."." , ' Marshal Killed By Blow. Jesup, Ga., Special. Marshal G. B. Pope was killed Friday afternoon by a blow over his heart irf a des perate struggle with Edward Tyre, Brantley Tyre and Jas. Tyre, 'prom inent young white men whom he was attempting to arrest. It is not known which one of the Tyres inflicted the fatal blow. All were arrested as they attempted to escape and lodged in Wavise county jail. Say Stories Agree. New York, Special. Scientists and explorers here comparing the latest dispatches regarding Commander Peary's achievement with the reports which Dr. Cook has sent out were very generally agreed that Peary's findings seem to confirm Dr. Cook's story in eeveral significant particu lars, thus far raise no points of dis agreement. Thes dentists were more positive than evrr that the contro versy can be settled beyond reason able doubt by an inquiry before a reiognized scientific body. MAN AGAINST MAN INPOLAR DISPUTE Only Negro and Eskimos company Peary. ac- white MEN NOT ON THE TRIP This Information Encourages, the Supporters of Dr. Cook Georgra phical Society Maintains the Atti tude of "Keep Hands off" for Present. The Washington, D. C, Herald, of Saturday says: It is now merely the word of one white man against that of another. The great polar controversy has re solved itself into a question of the personal veracity, respectively of Dr. Frederick A. Cook and Commander Robert E. Peary. According to the statements, of each over his own signature, neither was accompanied by a member of his own race when he is alleged to have planted the Stars and-Stripes at the north pole. That Commander Peary had with him only his negro body servant, Matt Henseri, and a handful of Es kimos, when he made the last stage of his journey toward the pole, and that he had sent back the only re maining white member of the expe dition when he reached latitude 87.8 was not known until the first install ment of his detailed story of his trip was published on Saturday. One of the principal arguments made by the Peary supporters against ROBERT E. PEARY. the acceptance of Dr. Cook's claims to the discovery of the pole was his own admission that he was unac- eompanied by any white man, and that, aside from the records of his observations, the only corroborative evidence he could produce would be the testimony of the two Eskimos who were with him on his final dash. Now it appears from Commander Peary's own story that he himself was in a like situation. Aside from the negro Hensen, who had been his "Man Friday," for the past twenty years, his sole companions were four Eskimos. There was no white man with him who can now take the wit ness stand and testify to the accu racy of his scientific observations above the lattitude of 87 degrees and 8 minutes. It is needless to say that this de velopment lias brought great en couragement to the camp of the Cook followers. They are expressing re newed confidence that when the data of the two men are presented to an unprejudiced jury of scientists, Dr. Cook's word will be accepted with equal credence to that of Commander Peary. According to Peary's own story, when he started from Capo Columbia there were seven members of ,the party, seventeen Eskimos, and 123 docs. The members of the espedi tioty were: Peary, Goodsall, Mac Millan, Borup, Marvin, Bartlett and Hensen. From time to time, as the explorers proceeded northward, Peary ;;; ll sent different members of the expe dition bar-k, either in command of so called supporting parties or for other reasons. Goodsall, Borup, Marvin and Bartlett each returned in charge of a quota of Eskimos, dogs and sleds. MaeMlllan was forced to re turn on account of a frost-bitten foot. Finally when 87.8 north latitude was reached, Peary's sokj white compan ion was Capt. Bartlett, and he was sent back from this point with two Eskimos and the necessary equip ment to supply him until Cape Colum bia should be reached. From there on Peary had with him the faithful Hen sen and four Eskimos. In the opinion of the Cook sup porters, the final records of Cook's observations are now just as worthy of credence as those of Peary. They contend that Dr. Cook's previous standing as anr explorer renders his unsupported word of equal value to that of Peary. They do not regard the negro Henscn as a factor in the equation. His long employment by the explorer would put him in the elass of prejudiced witnesses, even if his lack of scientific knowledge did not bar him. While none but the most radical Cook followers seek to discredit Peary, they point with 6ome glee to the statements made by Peary's sup porters after Cook's first announce ment of his discovery, that no ex- : plorer could hope to convince the world of the truth of his story unless corroborated by the personal testi mony of at least one other white man. Court of Last Resort. What will constitute the court of last resort in the controversy is still problematical. Various suggestions have been made, but it is likely that no definite movement will be set on foot in this direction until the re turn of the two explorers to this country. The Coast , and Geodetic Survey's offer to act as abiter will hardly be accepted by Dr. Cook, in asmuch as peary was, in a sense, an employe of this institution, being on detached duty for it from the naval service during his trip. 1 Both men are lecturers before the National Geographic Society, of this city, and as the attitude of this body has been one of "hands off since Peary made his charges against Cook, it is believed that the two ex plorers would be willing to submit their quarrel to the adjudication of an intenational board of scientists to be selected by the society. Already the Duke of Abruzzi, at vie time the weaker of "farthest north" laurels is being prominently mentioned as the possible head of the proposed court. . Crowds Cheer Him. Committees from the Geographical Society and the faculty of the Uni versity of Copenhagen saw the ex plorer off. A director of ' the com pany owning the ship on which Dr. Cook travels made an address in which he thanked the explorer for the honor of leaving on a Danish ship'. He said that Denmark believed in Dr. Cook absolutely. Dr. Cook replied feelingly. In the course of a conversation be fore leaving Dr. Cook said that ha was willing to place his records be fore the American Coast and Geo detic Survey, provided Commander Peary would do the same. He said there was no reason why he should be the first to apply for such an. ex amination. Curtiss Wins Big Prize. Brescia, Italy, By Cable. Glenn H. Curtiss, the American aviator, who won the international cup at Rheims, captured the grand prize in the avia tion meet here Sunday. Curtiss made his flight for the grand prize Sunday, covering 50 kilometres (31.05 miles) or five times around the course in 49 minutes, 24 seconds. His share of the $10,000 prize is $6,000. Rougier, the French aviator, also competed, making a fight of 50 kilometres in 1 hour 10 minutes 18 seconds. He was awarded the second prize. Curtiss also won the prize for quick starting, his time being 8 1-5 seconds. Leblanc was second in this contest in 9 3-4 seconds. , Girl's Body Identified. Detroit, M.ieh., Special. Bloodless from the ruthless knife of a murderer and shrunken by several days' im mersion in the waters of 'Ecorse creek, the dismembered body of Miss Maybdle Millnian, 27 years t)f age, f Ann Arbor, Mich., lies in the coun ty morgue. A portion of the lower part of the trunk' of the unfortunate girl is still missing. 'Mjsi Martha Hanning, of Detroit, ;a former school mate of the Millman girl, identified the body. SJBIoqos -CjB;namei9 fsS'2S8 siootrp sqi u ajd.i sjaqy aarHuiiuoQ corso np3 ipuno. iCan; uoimoq eq, jo 80 1061 ioj jjodai eqi o Suipaoooy WASHINGTON An enormous quantity jank is to be sold by t States to the highest biddePw junk includes eld locomotives, a cars, tanks, boilers, girders, dreA sheet iron, parts of old machinl and the like which was left on isthmus by the French before bperaj tions were begun by the Americans! Among this huge amount of debria are hundreds of pounds of copper a"ndj brass, of which a great quantity has been sent to the Philadelphia mint to be made into Canal medals. Four torpedo boats, comprising tha second division of the Atlantic tor pedo flotilla, have left Hampton Roads, under orders from the navy department to proceed to St. Louis and accompany President Taf t down the Mississippi river to New Orleans as a feature of his coming trans-cn-tinental tour. The vessels are the destroyer Macdonough and the tor pedo boats Thornton, Tingley and Wilkes. On their way around to St. Louis they will make short stops at Charleston, Key West, New Orleans and other cities on the Mississippi. They are scheduled to arrive' at St. Louis October 3. As a preliminary step to a complete reorganization of the division of Far Eastern affairs in the State Depart ment, official announcement of ap pointment in that division have been made as follows: Chief Ransford S. Miller, Jr., Japanese secretary and interpreter of the embassy at Tokio. Assistant Chief Edward P. Wil liams, Consul-General at Tientsin and formerly Chinese secretary of the le gation at Pekin. Assistant Percival Heintzleman, Consul at Chungking, China. A season's work in the establish ment of a Government horse pasture near Front Royal, Va.. by- Capt. C. H. Conrad, Jr., of the Third Cavalry, has confirmed Quartermaster General Aleshire's belief that animals suit able for the military service could be obtained in that section. The prices axe reasonable and, indeed, lower than those paid for animals in th-5 West. They are of a fine stock and are expected to prove a valuable ac quisition to the collection of animals at the army remount depot at Fort Reno. , , Bolivia's serious dispute with Peru over the Acre arbitral award may be settled through the "kindly inter est" of the United States within tha next few weeks. An order involving approxima tely a million dollars in reparation' was issued by the Interstate Com merce Commission. It included claims in which is known as the Central Yellow Pine Association territory Louisiana, Mississippi and Western Alabama and involved a refunding of amounts paia by a large number of shippers of yellow pine lumber from the territory to points in other States of which an overcharge of two cents a hundred pounds was collected by various railroads. Three thousand old soldiers at tended the encampment of the Unioa Veteran Legion. The President has approved the sentence of dismissal imposed by a general court martial appointed by him at Denver, Col., in the case of First Lieut. Clarence S. Nettles, U. S. A., retired. According to the War De partment's announcement Lieutenant Nettles was convicted of neglecting to pay many private debt, making false statement to the department commander in regard thereto, and giving a w-orthless check. The Washington Aero Club has decided to bid for the world's avia tion contests to be held next year. Citizens from Norfolk and New port News presented Acting Secre tary Winthrop with evidence that health ' conditions near Hampton Roads are not a menacrp the men of the battleship fleet. "Through cars from Seattle to Panama" is the report that comes to the United States Government from Consul-General Arnold Shank Jin at Mexico. The proposed rail way is one of the Harriman ideas and plans to run Pullman cars from Seattle all the way to Panama. The award of the contracts Tor the two new American Dreadnaiu.hts of 2(5,000 tons each, the batteships Wyoming and the Arkansas, rill be made to William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, and " the Nev York Shipbuilding Company, Camdrt?, N. J.
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