North Carolina Newspapers

The Gastonia to the Protection of Home tad the Interests of the Cottaty. VOL. XXIII. , GASTONIA, N. C.. FRIDAY. APtlL 4. IScii ~ SENATOR SIMMONS SPEAKS. Makaa a PacNi< Hit—HI* Plrat Syaab la (kt Saaata Attract* Favorable Notice aid Coaunoatfa Attention. T.). Peace le Raleigh Pont Washington, March 31.— Special.—Senator Simmon* de livered his initial speech in the Senate to-day and (or nearly two hours held the undivided atten tion of his colleague*. He dis cussed the oleomargarine hill, delivering an able and forceful argument in opposition to the measure. The North Carolina delegation is proud of the effort of the junior Senator, for it established for him a reputation that places him in the first rank among the able debaters in the Senate. When he had concluded Sen ator Simmon* was surrounded by bis colleagues who heartily congratulated him. .Among these were Senators Bate of Tennessee, Patterson of Col orado, Money of Mississippi, and Clay of Georgia. Republicans were no less hearty in their compliments and Senator Por aker, of Ohio, and Senator Proc tor, of Vermont, were among the first to extend congratulations. The compliment paid Senator Simmons by Senator Money, of Mississippi, should be a source of ride to every North Carolinian. was with Senator Money when he congratulated Senator Sim mons. 'Your speech today,” the Mississippiau declared, ‘it the ablest that has been de-' tivered in this debate and is one of the best that has been made at this session of Congress. you nave estaousncu a stains in the Senate, and I want to tell you that it ranks with the best. It was certainly a magnificent speech, and 1 heartily congratu late you.” Senator Money was enthu siastic, and later he referred to the fact that the Democrats iti the Senate had developed more able speakers at this session of Congress than for years past. He put Senator Simmons in the class with Bailey, Carmack, and Patterson, and declared that the addition of these four Senators was a tower of strength to the Democratic minority in the Senate. It was shortly before two o’clock when Senator Simmons began to speak, and he had announced his intention to no one. He spoke withont a scrap of paper in sight. His voice filled the Senate chamber and he was free and easy in his manner. The empty seats on the Democratic side soon filled up after the North Carolinian began. Senator Proctor, who is In charge of the bill, came over from the Republican side and took a seat immediately in front of Senator Simmons. Senator Spooner was also one of his closest listeners. Congressman W. W. Kitchin was in the Sen ate and all the members of the State delegation came over from me Mouse except congressman Blackburn, who was absent at the time. Senator Pritchard moved up close to the speaker. The feature of Senator Sim mons' speech that made such a strong impression was his shsrp criticism of the system of de stroying a home product by tariff taxation, as contemplated in the oleomargarine bill. The principle was assailed in a pow erful argument that made « profound impression. At the outset Senator Simmons said he was satisfied that oleomargarine was a healthful and nutritious article of food, sad he believed that the manufacturers of oleomargarine had a legal right to color the article provided the coloring matter was not de leterious to the health of the consumer. Senator Simmons scored a ^ *? bis attack on the ad vocate of the bill for failure to place renovated hutter on the same plane with oleomargarine and include it in the provisions of the bill. He said be intended to demand a roll call when the amendment of the senior senator from Kansas should be called. This provided for the same tax on renovated hotter as on oleomargarine. "The interests that have fought oleomargarine are behind the efforts of those who seek to prevent the coatrol and regulation of renovated but ter. Tffe people who protect the country against oleomargar ine ought to protect the people of the country against renovated batter." The injustice of this dis crimination was so clearly pre sented that Senator Procter said He would accept the amendment of the Senator from Kansas, POU FLINOS DEFIANCE. If CM|r*u Wants to lovootlgat* Allcgsg DU/roachlMBioot mt tho Negro, Let It. Aloe lovootlgatc Conmgt Use of Mooejr la Elec* Hoaa. H.krxR AM. Washington, March „ 31.— Special. — Congressman Pou made a ringing twenty miuute speech in the House to-day In defence of himself and his state. His remarks were directed especially to his resolution for the investigation of the expendi ture of money in political cam paigns. He twitted the Repub licans about fusing with the Populists and the expenditure of laige sums in recent national cam paigns. Not a Republican stirred himself to reply. Mr. Peru’s speech was a magnificent defense of the Democracy of North Carolina. He said in substance "There has been so much misrepresentation of resolutions introduced by me for the pur pose of investigating the corrupt use of money in elections that I feel it is my duty to submit a few remarks. Kiaicute is tne reply ot the Republican press. Tne papers mention the fact that I am a new member and that my committee assignments are not very impor tant. My reply to this is that I came here as soou as 1 could and that a Republican speaker of this House is responsible for my committee assignments, and nut myself. In 18B4 and 1896 Republicans and Populists united in out state at the sacrifice of principle and political honor. As a result, more than 900 ne groes walked in and took posi tions of honor or profit. We adopted a constitutional amend ment intending to eliminate the negro vote, which the gentleman from Indiana wishes to investi gate, and I wish to say here and now that there is not a Demo cratic congressman from North Carolina who would not willingly surrender his seat in this body rather than endure the curse of negro rule. "If you Republicans think it is right to punish our state for protecting its homes, then do your worst. We defy you. We never expect to submit to negro j rule for one single day in our j state, if there is any legal way to prevent it. "But, Mr. Chairman, while we are investigating the suppression of the negro vote in the South, let us ascertain, if possible, how much money has been used to purchase the vote of white men in other sections. It is charged and not denied, that millions of dollars were raised by the Re publican national committee in 1896 and 1900 for the purpose of purchasing votes in doubtfn] states. I believe the election in j 1896 was carried by the use of money. If my party used money let the truth come out. ti'nu- i_i • _i_ t * MV MV«IV« V* V#t|«tve«vu Uli ail ( sides that the presidency of this great republic goes to the party which can raise the largest amount of money. I care nothing for your ridicule. It shall not seal uiy lips. My resolutions have been referred to the Committee on Rules. I challenge that committee to in augurate this investigation- The solemn fact remains that there is one real danger to this re public. It overshadows us all, like a dark clond. Neither par ty can defend itself by saying that the other party is guilty, nor can the individual shut respon sibility upon hia party organiza tion. This danger, this threat, this ever-present menace to lib erty is the corrupt use of money in elections.” Kasdan News Nates. Loral CucwMwdmt CoooHo. Mr. John McFalls. loom-fixer at Caroleen, ia at home on a visit to his father, H. G. Mc Ginn. Mr. J. C. Ballard, Superinten dent Vivan cotton mill, Cherry ville, spent a short time here Saturday. Miss Bessia McFalls came home from school, at Newton, to ■Pend Raster. 4.PrS1- Wray made a talk to 8a«i<Uy School at the Old Mill Chapel Sunday. Mr. R. M. Garda er leaves for the Charleston Exposition next Monday. Mrs. Martha Ballard is here on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. J. B McGinn. Mr. B. S. Tritt will move to his farm near Spencer Mountain soon. - Mr. W. A. Edwards is able to be out again, but it will be some time yet before his arm gets well. He has been sick for five weeks. HOW IT WAS DONE. Hr, C. O. Wrtffct Harriet irr the .uuschm.?*— The maimer in which Greens* boro won the State convention is not known by all the members of the committee. It was in this wise: When two ballots had been taken, both resulting in a tie between Greensboro and Raleigh & motion to adjourn was made by a man who favored Raleigh, While that motion was pending and being voted on by roll call the scene was enacted that saved the day for Greensboro. A wire had been sent to J. S. Con for his proxy and it was expected every moment to be aeut to Mr. J. Crawford Biggs. Mr. C. G. Wright, of Greens boro, who possesses physical ability etjual to bis zeal, stepped out of the Senate chamber and down the capital steps. He saw a telegraph messenger boy com ing along the corridor taking his own good time. Mr. Wrigfat asked him if he bad a message for Mr. Biggs. The boy said yes. "Well, come here," said Mr. Wnght, at the same moment grabbing the boy by the back of his coat collar. Mr. Wright has been a foot ball player in bis time, and he never bucked the line of an opposing team with more determination than he carried that boy up the capitol steps. The boy's feet fanned the air as he pawed at the steps, but uot a step could he touch. He glared at his captor hut was allowed no time to protest. It was all over in a moment, the message was delivered, and the boy turned loose. This gave Greensboro the needed vote on the next ballot and she won. That’s the way Greensboro got the convention and that city owes Mr. Wright a vote of thanks for hnrryiug up the mes senger boy. rar. Morgan's Klndaru to Um Ua fartaaata goltraod Mu. Aikmllt CHItft. When J. Pierpont Morgan, the great railroad financier, who had been on a Southern trip with President Spencer, of the South ern Railway, passed over the Asheville and Knoxville divisions recently, en route East, the story was told him by Superintendent Ewing of a section hand on this division of the Southern living near White Pine, who had been employed by the road 32 years, who lost everything he had owned, a little home, which was once destroyed by fire, bat had in ten years saved about $300 from his small earnings with which to re build his little place when tfig flood came and destroyed tht house he wasliving in and washed away his savings. The story greatly impressed Mr. Morgan and reaching in his pocket he took out three crisp $100 bills, which he turned over with in structions that they be given the old section hand. The money was presented the old employee, who was overcome with emotion. Mr. Morgan requested Superin tendent Ewing not to mention the incident, which he has not done. The story leaked out however, through the old section hand. WlUt Early Will Kay. Nrw YofV WorU. General Fitxhugh Lee, who distinguished himself in the Confederate service and is now on the regular army retired Hat u a brigadier general, recently went on a viaTt to West Vir ginia. While there he met an old comrade-ln-arras whose re ception was somewhat frigid. Well, what’s the matter?" said General Lee. "Oh, nothing mnch,” was the noncommittal reply. "There is something wrong,” persisted the general. "Oat with It I What do you waut?” 'After being strenuously urged the old comrade said: , Well. I want to die at least half an hour before yon do. I want to be In the other world when you arrive there, just to hear what Gen. Jubal Early says when he sees yon in a blue nnlfonn.” Oslsg ta Marry a Man nka Narar _ OffttiiViw . Mrs. Sallle Brown, of Mt. Airy, a rather handsome young widow, passed through Greensboro to day en rente to Warwick, Mass., to marry a man whom ahe had never seen face to face, though she carried with her his photo graph. The conning haa all been done by correspondence. It Is a good thing the l»rd takes care of os and it is earnestly hoped be will not forget the Real Widow Drown. FROLIC OF THE FAOU. An limitation Imtoa of tka Hmh of RepraaeatatJvea. The last couccrted frolic of the pages of the House of Represen tatives took place yesterday morning between 9:30 and 10 o’clock, says the Washington! Star. "The house will be in order." Page J. H. Hollingsworth, of New YotIc, ottered these words with gravity and precision, at* the same time bringing into play on Speaker Henderson’s desk an improvised gavel. Some 15 pages respectfully rose from the seats of the members of that body whom they desired to im personate while Cyrus Kelly, of Wyoming, sa chaplain, went through the form of prayer. Clerk Dannie McClesver, of the District of Columbia, read the minutes of the session of the preceding day, which were heart ily approved. Silas C. Herring, of Pittsburg, who was occupying the seat of Representative Dalzell of that state, was recognized in ac cordance with a prearranged schedule on the speaker’s desk to offer a privileged resolution from the committee on rules. The resolution, first, that the pages of the house should be put on the annual roll instead of being merely session employees and that incidentally they should hereafter receive $350 a month instead of $75, and be allowed two month'a extra pay each year. The resolution was received with hearty applause and was about to be passed by acclamation when Jacob Seder, of Ohio, demanded s vote by "tellers." Speaker Hollingsworth gazed at the ob structionist a secoud and then ruled in stentorian tones that the motion was "dilatory” and declared the resolution adopted at once. A. ly. WOOOCOCK, Ot MU11CUU Mtta, u sergcsnt-at-arms, and March Fisher, of Ohio, as major, presented themselves in the middle aisle and after a profuse bow Woodcock announced: "Mr. Speaker, a message from the president.” Thfen Fisher, .in imitation of Major Proden, ran his hand down the black cord of his eyeglasses and, after solemnly pretending to place them on his nose, ne said *rith gravity: "Ism directed by the president of the United States to deliver to the house a mes sage in writing.” This clever bit of information was hugely enioyed by a large party of schoolmistresses who had been interested spectators in the gallery and a general handclap ping broke forth. The gavel of the speaker thumped noisily. * The speaker is compelled to announce,” he declared, “that any futiter demonstration in the galleries will result in an order to clear them.” this offer, but at the sight of the greenback the pages made a foot ball rush for it and the session of the bouse was over. Ps»«< ta la^rtu Hlai. * Cfcfeaao Trtfcw. "What kind of ducks are these?” asked the visitor in the ornithological department at the museum. "Labrador.” said the attendant ''We paid $1,000 for those two specimens.” . "GoshI” exclaimed the visitor turning to his wife. "He says they paid a thousand dollars for ’em. I’ve bought finer ducks for half a dollar many a time. What have you got ’em in that glass case for?” he inquired, ad dressing the guide again. "Because they are about the most notable exhibit we have. Those birds were shot in 1850. Labrador docks are now ex tinct.” "He says,” explained the visi tor, turning to his wife once more "they put’em in the glass case because they haven't a pleasant odor. And I don’t wonder at it. They were shot in 1858.” Presaksr Tares* The Jake. WftnKastaa Star. The sheriff of Portland, Maine, is a preacher, whom the saloon men nominated as a joke. He turned the ioke on them when he was elected and now otters $100 to any one who can find an open saloon in that town or county. I York Ci—tr news. VcxkrUJ* tteoLrrr. Ac H11. The flowers in the cemetery would soon make a beautiful ap pearance if they were protected from trespassers. Mr. John 1). Lindsay, for merly of Yorkviile, but now a valued citizen of Gastonia, came down on Saturday and remained over until yesterday moraine. Superintendent Rawls of the waterworks has been reading meters during the past few days and tnmed the records over to Chief of Police Love on yesterday. The last day for the payment of taxes without penalty brought Qtute a number of people from different parts of the county. Treasurer Neely waa pretty busy throughout Monday. The fact that there is no water to be had at the cemetery is a great inconvenience to many people. The water waa turned off to prevent freezing of the pipes and has not been turned on again. Although it hardly seems probable that the sales of fer tilisers will be as large this year as last, still they are climbing up, and Indicate that farming operations will be but little less extensive than heretofore. Captain W. B. Smith, of Clover, has accepted an invi tation from the central commit tee in Columbia to represent Camp Micah Jenkins at the ' presentation of the Micah Jenkins sword by the president iu Charleston next Wednesday. TIM OHHw WnOltvHM. ■»rUn*ta« NVn. Quite i romantic marriage ; took place at Altamabaw oae night last week. The contract ing parties were Mr. Charles GiUspic and a Miss Evans. There were parental objections to the union and the couple went to the home of a Mis. Moore to have the knot tied. The ’squire was on hand and ! quite a little crowd had formed. Soon the irate father of the young lady appeared on the scene. The young lady was up stairs preparing her toilet and the father' was waiting at the foot of the stairs for her to conic down, when he should take her back home. Bat the groom to-be, saw "the old man** at the‘foot of the steps and knowing that if the bride came down those steps there would be uo ceremony, he slipped around and secured a ladder and put it np at the back window of the room, where his sweetheart was. and climbing np helped her descend to the ground By the time the father bad gotten tired of waiting at the stairs for the girl the couple had been pronounced man and wife by another ’squire whom they found nearby. Love laughs at all things, when there is s ladder and back window handy. Tho Bnslaeaa World’s Fight Drinking. Charlotte Qkwrvtr. "It i* apparent," said a Char lotte man a few days ago, "that a man can’t drink liquor and keep up with the procession. Temperance ia preached from platforms and pulpits, but the ruthless, merciless fight on drink ing and the drinking man is be ing made by the business world. In this warfare there ia no cant or sentiment. The drlnkingman gradually lags behind, and then he ia shelved. Ten years ago it might have been said that all the young men in Charlotte drank and the business world forgave occasional intoxication. Now the heads of commercial houses in this city, in their reckonings, divide the sober men from those who drink, and no man in tha latter class escapes silent criti cism or a judgment that will hurt him if h be pvt to the tench. Everybody in Charlotte has seen the noiseless working of the sys tem. The man who drinks sim ply step* down and out, and a sober sum taken his piece. Tbs first might not have been a con stant drinker, but the latter sure ly finds the highest premium placed on teetotaTisui. And you must notice that among bust new men here drinking is decreasing all the time, and drinking mef are becoming more and mon marked and hurt in repntstion The creed of the business work demands the survival of the fit ten, and no drinking man ia fi for the fight. He simply can’ keep up with the procession." The Statesville Landmark tell of a Durham thief who took i rake and fished out a pair of pant through the window of Mr. W C. Newton's house, which con tained $117.00 Spring Has Opened end we are prepared to serve the trad* in the newest thing* and designs In. Headwear, Laces, Embroideries, Appliques, Maslls Underwear, Walking Skirts, Dress Useas, Silks, la Waist and Dress Patter**, White Waist Goods, Plqaes, Organdies, Black,White aad Colics, Cfachdt Silks, Embroidery Silks, Battenharg Pattern, sad Material. Belts, Neckwear, sad the newest things laaovsltlcs. J. F. YEAGER, Ladles* Furnishings a Specialty. HAMMOCKS OOOCHMaOOOOtoM Wish you would come in and see the season’s new hammoclcs They will rarely “catch yon nod.” The new weaves this season are unusually pretty, the colon and superb stripiags i ESSSJSf-SrSB ■-> Prices Me up to $6.00. THE NEW BOOKS ALSO •re here with their charming: covers, pictures, and messages of in struction and entertain went. Onr counters, too, are a-bloom with the new April magazines. Please drop in and browse among them to your heart’s content. PASSE PARTOUT. ._l*?"?*47 be have the outfits and free Infraction .k,> ^old “ri “lvCT Wndlngs at 20 cenU per roll, colors at 10 W** MARSHALL’S BOOK STORE, On the Corner. Corn, Cotton, Tobacco, Selling High! Ukely to continue to eett high i o" ■ » The Philosophy of Farming , Smaller Surface. 0 0 Labor Saved. FertUUce with m tree hand / % .1 » Buy of your own peopie t Southern Mnkere of FertUimere Foe Southern Farmers. i ' » High Standard. 000 High Service. Moderate Prices. rMtotoennrMe si a«ms nwram, Come In and buy you a new Buggy just out of the Factory. We btvt just received a car-load of the OM Re ll«Me Babcock HefUw uf e oar load of Anchor BngS— ■ We have on hand a lot of Fenofaff Imple ments aoch as the Booster Can Drill* aad Buffalo Pitta Cultivators, etc. Pleaie call and aae us before bwyiog. Also have oa hand a lot of fine Hones tad Males oa easy terms. Wt are here always for business. Craig & Wilson. >-- -- --