INDEPENDENCE- IN ALL TMINOS.
vol. vn
COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1902.
NO.47.
SEVERELY CENSURED
Tillman and McLaurin Sharply Raked
By the Senate. ; :
ALL HANDS NOW SEEM SATISFIED.
Mr. Tillman Still Showed a Disposl
f tlon to Protest the Method of Pro
! cedure.
Washington, Special. Senators Mc-
Lanurin and Tillman, of boutn vxiro-
lina, Friday w ere severely censured by
the United States Senate. The admin
istration of ilis censure grew out of
the sensations! personal encounter be-,
ween the two Senators on the floor of
-h.n Fpns.ie last Saturday during the
lonsideration of th
Sill. The adoption
i Pliilippine tariff
of the resolution
of censure probably closes the incident,
so far as official action of the Senate is
concerned. ,
Immediately after the Senate conven
ed Mr. Burrows, chairman of the com
inittee on privileges and elections, to
j which the McLaurin-Tlllman contro
fversy had been referred, reported the
f resolution of censure framed by a ma
jorit of ;the committee. Accompany
I ing toe resolution was a report narra-
I tin?
events which lea up to me
I fight between the two Senators and set-.
, I
1 ting out the conclusions of the majori
l ty. A brief statement!-was presented
J "by Senators Bailey, Blackburn, Pettus,
1 M. J. Foster and Dubois, Democratic
members of the committee, dissenting
lirom some conclusions of the majority.
I They agree, however, to the resolution
I offered. A minority report was pre
f sented by Senators McComas, Bevec
I idge and Pritchard, Republicans, Who
maintained that the adoption of a reso-
r 1 1J M X n . . ill .Z rtM
, luuon oi censure was uux uiuuiem.
: debate on the resolution, although Mr.
Gallinger and Mr. Piatt, of Connecti
cut, made it evident in brief statements
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inai me resuiuuun was aut quite saua
factorv to them. The resolution was
i i - i j e
r When Mr. Tinman s name was canea
he added new sensation to the pro
Jceedings by rising and saying with ill
. concealed emotion: "Among gentlemen
an apology for an offense committed
under heat of blood is usually consid
. . eired sufficient.'
i Exposition Mar a ers Act.
Charleston, Special At the meeting
of the board of directors of the Exposi
: tion Company, Colonel J. H. Tillman's
: message to President Roosevelt , was
f fully discussed and the following reso-
lutions unanimously adopted:
S I "Resolved, That the president of the
Exposition Company be, and he is here
by requested to' communicate as once
with His Excellency, Theodore Roose-
; velt, the President of the United States
I and extend to him the cordial greeting
I iand good wishes of this board of direc
l tors, with assurances that we look for
ward to his promised visit to the expo-
f .sition' with the greatest pleasure and
that he- will ecefve from our people
the warmest welcome. .
"Resolved, further, That the Presi
dent be informed that the board of di
rectors deny any responsibility for, the
recent communication made by Col. J.
H. Tillman to President Roosevelt, and
express their utter lack of sympathy
A committee was appointed by the
I board of directors to convey this action
to President Roosevelt.' The city coun
cil will hold a special meeting to take
raction in this matter.
Colonel Tillman was interviewed at
Jignt oy my conduct of. having been
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the cause of President Roosevelts de
cision not to attend the Charleston Ex
" position. I am in no way connected
with the exposition, officially or other
wise."
The Cotton Supply.
New Orleans, ; Special. Secretary.
4K?Ster's stateEPent af tne world's vis
ible supply of cotton, issued Saturday,.
snows the total visible to be ; 4,437,989
"against 4,493,841 last week and
,020J22 last year. Of this the total of
-American cotton is 6,390,989 bales,
gainst 3,484,841 last week and 3,039,
722 lost year, and of all other kindSr in
cluding Egypt, Brajeil, India, etc.; 1,
' W.OOO against 1,009,000 and 8SL000. Of
the world's visible supply there is now
afloat and held in Great Britain and
continental Europe 2,322,000 against 1,
"89,000 last year; In Egypt 252,000
.fgainst 186,000; in India 542,000 against
' 502,000 and in the United States, .122,
' C00 against 1.541,000. , .
nia Vi nw. a X M j ri T i . I
.r:: "V1 corresponu- Thanking you for
V ews and Uourier and saia: in the matter, I am.
i "'I do not propose to bft nlaoed in the : . ' -tlt Vi
TILLMAN SPEAKS TO IRISH
Speaks About Our Wars and Other
Y flatters.
New York, Special. Under the aus
pices of the Clan-Na-Cteal, the one
hundred and twenty-fourth anniver
sary of the birth of Robert Emmet
was celebrated Sunday night at the
Academy of Music. A large crowd was
In attendance. State Senator Victor J.
Dowling presided. United States Sen
ator Benjamin R. Tillman,-of South
Carolina, delivered the oration. Reso
lutions were adopted condemning
England's colonial policy, deprecating
entangling alliances by the United
States with other nations, sympathiz
ing with the Boers, protesting against
the United States Government allow
ing England to use tho United States
ports for the fitting out of vessels in
which to ship her horses and mules,
and pledging the people of Ireland
hearty support ; in their struggle for
freedom. Senator Tillman was receiv
ed with great applause. He said:
"I am.no orator and if I have any
claim to it, it is because I speak the
truth and fight the devil with fire."
"Well,'' came a voice from the audi
ence, "If you're not an orator, you're
a good fighter."
A little later ho said: - "I was afraid
1 would have to postpone my visit be
cause of an incident you all probably
recently read about, that occurred to
me in Washington, but one of your
committee came to Washington and
with' his- Irish, eloquence made mo
promise to be on hand unless T was
in jail. Nowhere I am, so take a good
look at me, for I am going to talk
nininiv
The. Senator launched into an at
tack upon England for trampling un
der the ( Irish. "For long centuries the
Irish have been trampled upon and
murdered by the English," said he,
"and it may not be amiss to here
state that bickerings and petty
squabbles among Ireland's own sons
have been responsible for her condi
tions today. They make grand soldiers
for her awayfrom home, but fail to
show their qualities in her own be
half." Turning from this subject, he said
in strenuous tones: "If being a
flunkey and aping nobility and , estab
lishing a system that is akin to Eng
land's policy is making Tories of us,'
then I think we are there at last, or
at least the Government at Washing
ton has "got there . England," con
tinued the Senator, "can squint " and
shake its thumbs at us and say 'Your
work in the' Philippine is as bad as
ours in the Transvaal.' Why have we
eot such a Government? There is the
rub. Why do you pass resolutions such
as you have tonight and on other oc
caslons, and then go out and vote for
thofee who are stifling liberty at Wash
in
on? We are losing our love for our
institutions and if we continue thus
we will go the way of
lies.'' -
other repub-
Senator Tillman then said the
American people were slaves to party
iRTn and nould zet alone without a
hoRs" -who. he nredicted. in time
would betray the people.
flaj. Jenkins Declines
Warrenton, Va.; Special. Major
Micah'J. Jenkins has declined to ac
cept the sword which it was proposed
i . . . . j. t i a. a '
to present - to him at Charleston, a .
f! when the resident visited that
place Major Jenkins, who is a mem
ber of the faculty of Bethel military
academy here, has sent the following
, telegram to Lieutenant, Governor Till
man, of South Carolina:
. "Lieutenant Governor James H.
Tillman floltimbia. S. C. You - are
represented in the press as , having
ronnost of Rubscribers to the
RVTorA recently offered ine through
Vrvn rfinnestine him : to ; withdraw : ac.
npntAricfi to . nresent same. If this Is
oA t miiBf HeoHna under - these cir-
rnmfitances to accent : tne r swora.
personal Kinaneas
truly yours.
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Strike at Norfolk.
-Morfoiir Rnedftl: The street car
at4Vo hprft continues to be a strike.
The strikers gather in ;.the vicinity of
the Norfolk Railway and Ligm torn
pany's barn to see - that no
move. The 3 officials have been
conference with the sheriff and
TTiiHtia to devise a plan to
cars
in
the
pre-
vent a disturbance when an attempt
is made to move the- cars.
Pottery Plant Burned.
7nnAsviii O.. SDecial. The
large
nlant of the J. B. Owens Pottery
Company was destroyed toy nre faun-,
day, causing a loss of $300,000 with
insurance about one-half .Many valu
able designs, the, accumulation of
years, were destroyed ; Four - hundred
employes are out of work. The works
will be rebuilt at cace L : -.
FLOODS IN SOUTH.
Gulf States Suffer From Excessive
Rainfall.
MANY PLACES ARE DELUGED.
The Dome of the Capitol of Georgia
Injured Flood Warnings Issued by
Weather Bureau. :
Atlanta. Special. The southeastern
Gulf States were deluged by rain
Thursday night land Friday. : The pre
cipitation" was very heavy and at Co
lumbus, Go., a bridge was swept away
at 5 o'clock. Thfc rainfall was almost va
cloudburst, the Chattahoochee river
rising at the rate of two feet an hour.
Several washouts were reported on a
number of roads and trains out of Co
lumbus were annulled. There has been
no loss of life. The Columbus bridge
broke in two about a hundred feet from
down stream at a frightful pace. Just
four and a half blocks below it is the
other bridge which crosses to Girard,
Ala., and it also would have been car
ried away had not the fall over . the
Eagle and Phoenix, dam demolished the
floating bridge bef ore it reached it. The
electric, light and telephone wires run
ning over to Phoenix City and Girard
went across on the bridge and . they
were snapped like -threads.; The water ;
pipes which supplied the city with
water were also on the bridge and they,
too, . were broken? like sticks and car-
Tied,, away lenz ing the cixy- -without
water for a. time. The water company
has an old submerged main across the
river and this was placed into commis
sion saving the city from a water
famine.
The rain has been falling In torrents
all day. No trains except the Central
of Georgia from Macon have, reached
Columbus since noon. A; washout, near
Seale,' Ala., holds the Mobile and Girard
passenger train due this morning. The
departing of trains was annulled
There art several washouts on the Sea
board; Air Line. Washouts are also re-v
ported on the Southern Railway be
tween here and Shiloh. Tonight the
Associated Press wire is the "only one
in , operation toward the North. After
an intermittent rain of 20 days Bir
mingham was deluged early this morn
ing. The rain flooded the streets . and
many street crossings were torn away.
All streams are swollen and ranidly
rising, i
The total rainfall in Montgomery
Ala., up to 7 p. m., was 4.50 inches and'
a heavy downpour is reported in other
parts of Alabama. The barometer re
corded '29.23, the lowest reading on re
cord in the city. The excessive rainfall
has caused a rapid rise in the Coosa
and Alabama rivers. The director 'of
the weather bureau 'has issued warn-
i . . . 5 -.
mgs Tor points below ,Wetumpeka, and
advised that stock be. removed from
lands subject to a high stage of water.
At West Point the mehchants are busy
removing goods from stores to places
of safety. The .unprecedented rainfall
there has rendered the recent improve
ments1 along, the .river utterly useless.
Fancy; pries - are being paid for. all
kinds of labor. A patrol for all-night
duty along the river was established
.In Atlanta rain fell in torrents all
day; The wind damaged the ventilators
to the dome of the apitol and blew in
several panes of glass. The water dam
aged many of the- offices. The telegraph
companies were severely handicapped
by the rain and lightning- which was at
times incessant. The rainfall up to 8
o'clock at night was 3.36 inches. ' ..The
barometer was the lowest on Tecord.-
The Atlanta Weather' bureau sent flood
warnings to all points in Alabama and
Georgia reached, by the Chattahoocha
and Alabama rivers. 5 s ' : ; v
In, the southwestern section of this
State the rain and wind storm almost
attained the proportions of a cyclone
andf it is feared considerable damage
will result. In Americus trees- and
fences have been blown down by the
gales.
Trust Buys Pig Iron Cheap.
Pittsburg, Special. One hundred and
three thousand tons of , Bessemer pig
firon was bought. for the mills of the
United States Steel Corporation. ?hls
purchase, although calling for delivery
In the third quarter of the year by the
merchants' furnace interests of the
Mahoning and Shenago valleys, made
at a remarkable low price, $16 a ton at
the valley furnace.
IN CONGRESS.
Detailed Doings oA Our National Law
makers.
V HOUSE.
Fifty-second Day The House passed
the diplomatic and consular apropria
tion bill. It was the fifth of the reg
ular annual supply measures to be sent
to the Senate at this ; session. No
amendments X of Importance were
adopted. The feature -of the day was
the speech of Mr., Richardsonr of Ala
bama in reply to Mr. " Corliss -speech
a few days ago "in favor of the -construction
of a Pacific cable by the gov
ernment. The question of reforming
the consular service was, debated at
some length, but; no amendments upon
that subject were offered, ;s j i
Mr. Richardson protested against
Mr. Corlis's' course in delivering what
he termed his ; "well-prepared and
widely-disseminated speeches"" before
the subject had come before the House
for consideration and said it; looked
like an effort to forestall the judgment
of .the House. ; He warned the mem
bers -Of the House not to. decide the
question until the facts on both sides
had been regularly and finally ; presen
ted. ; -,
Representative' Champ Clark j of Mis
souri, made aw characteristic I speech,
urging - that instead of criticising the
present' consular system, definite plans
tor .bettering the system should be retary: of the British Iron Trade Asso
presented. For himself, he did not fa- .of. . . ,
vor the so-called merit system When ciaVon who1 s convinced by a-closeob-
the Republicans carried the election he
believed they had a right to the offices;
when the Democrats carried the elec-.
tion he believed they had a 'right to
the "offices. Mr. Clark caused much
laughter by referring to the Democra
tic success in the election of Mr. Cleve
land as "the greatest, calamity that has
befallen the -human mco since the fall
of Adam." - . r
Mr. Dlnsinore mkde a strong speech
against permanent consular service.. .
Cs The House then adjourned; ' 'V
Fifty-Third DayThe House sent
the -Philippine" tariff bill to j confer
ence, non-concurring in the Senate
amendments. The Democrats sought
to adopt the amendments by reducing
the rates of duty and declaring the
United States should relinquish all
claim to the archipelago, but all prop
ositions were defeated..
SENATE.
Fifty-second Day Quite unexpected
ly the Senate adjourned within 15 min
utes after it convened. An hour before
the body convened the galleries began
to fill with spectators, all expecting a
sequel to the great debate of yesterday,
On the right of the Senators from
South Carolina to cast their votes
while under the ban of contempt of the
Senate. '
Several Democratic Senators had
books upon their desks and it was evi
dent that they;Were preparing to con
tinue, the contest of Monday. This was
made the more evident immediately af
ter j the Senate convened. .When the
clerk began the reading of the journal
ctf "Mnn ri n v'a TvmpoorHnfrtt tTi a nonal ra.
auest that the readihz be susnended
was made by Mr. Stewart, Republican,
of Nevada. ; v -i!.;.-;.:
"i object." interjected Mr. Turner,
Democrat , of Washington, and Mr. Du-
bois, of Idaho, in unison, and the read-
hoo;vuuuuudu. i tuutiuajuu
the .announcement was made to the
Senate of the death of Mr. Crumpack-
er, w imcuigau, itesuiuuous were pre-
sented of sorrow of the Senate at the
announcement. ' These were adopted,
and then the Senate, as an additional
mark of respect, adjourned.;
The Democratic Senators were evi
dently surprised but offered ho objec
tions. "-'';,
Fifty-Third Day Again V the gal
leries of. the. Senate were filled with
spectators. All were . anticipating a re-
opening of the discussion of the con-
troversy respecting the right of Sen
ators McLaurin and Tillman, of South
Carolina, to participate in -the pro
ceedings of the body while under - the
ban1, of t. contempt. .Immediately after
the jihapjain . had prpnounced the in
vocation Mr. Foraker,iof Ohio, was
recognized. He said that onj account
of the McKInley memorial exercises,
which were 'to be held in the hall of
the -House of Representatives at or
about 12 V o'clock Thursday, he moved
that when the Senate adjourn, it be
until .11:45 a. m. The motion was
agreed to. . ;.' "- j .:::r'
Biggest Cargo of Cotton
, Savannah, Ga., Special. The
man steamship Drychenf olz,
Ger-
Capt.,
Linitlz, sailed for Bremen and Ham.
burg with the largest cargo of cotton
ever cleared from a South -Atlantic
port. She carried; according to the of
ficial way of i estimating 'the total by
counting round bales, two for one,
19,332 bales, valued- at $804,397. Tn
addition' to the cotton the Drychen
fplz also took 2,100 barrels of rosin,
3,404 sacks of - cotton seed r meal and
2,491 tons of phosphate rQck,
The
tion.
irreverent receive no reyela-
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
New Enterprises That Are Enriching
Our Favored Section.
The Future of the South.
Baltimore Special. A striking f ea-
ture of last week's issue' of the Manu
facturers' Record, its twentieth anni
versary number, is the unanimity of
the views expressed in it by authorities
in diverse fields as to the wonderful fu
turp of the South. These contributors
include,officials of the scientific depart
ments of the United States government
men of national standing as experts in.
finance and transportation, others who
have made prolonged study of South
ern condition and others who have long;
been prophets of Southern development
and have participated therein by actual
investment, or through publicity in. the
undertakings which have made the
South today. Their views must have a
world-wide influence in strengthenings
the upward movement of the South's
material interests;
Prominent among these contributors
is Mr. Stephen Jeans, of London sec
bvduon oi southern endeavor that
he knows of no section in the United
States, "with its cup of blessings fresh
from nature's hands, so overflowing- as
the Southern States."
Figures tracing the wonderful prog
ress in Southern railroads during, the
past .20 years are re-enforced bv the
opinion of Mr. M. E. Ingalls, president
Of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago" &
St. Louis. . "
Col. Alfred E. Shepperson, the noted
cotton statistician of New York, quotes
the expert opinion of Mr. Thomas El-
lison, of Liverpool, that "it looks as if
the South will very shortly consume
more cotton than the North," and adds'
himself: "I heartily agree' with him
that itls only a matter Of time when '
the Southern mills will undoubtedly (
use more cotton than " those of the
Northern StteR." Tn
lution wrought in the cotton mill in
dustry, based upon the long establish
ed Southern . staple, Secretary James
Wilson, of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, does , not think
that the South will be much longer
known and thought of primarily as the
land of cotton. He says: "With the
great industrial progress of the South-
ern States and the development of their
wonderful mineral and manufacturing
resources comes the best of all markets "
for the farmer the great home mar-
Aeu 1Ylore ana more 1 nope to see the
agriculture of the South diversified as -
zais great nome market expands. Let .
the cotton crop continue to increase in
total production, but let its growth be
I rather by higher average per acre than; .
i o. very large exiensiou oi tne area
under this croD. Let' Southern farmers
keep the plant food at home, and send
the oroducts of thA farm marVot f V
the form of manufactured articles
(manufactured on the farm by nature's
procession) rather than in the form of
raw material. Let them grade up their
flocks and herds, and keep many more
of all kinds of domestic animals. Let
them renovate the soil by the use of
legumes, and save all , the fertilizing
material that the farm itself produces.
Then will the agriculture of the South
show In the census to be taken In 1910
advances greater by far-than even the
great progress made In the last 20 years
of her history. '
Mr. O. P. Austin, chief of the bu
reau o( statistics of the United States
Treasury Department shows that the
growth of foreign commerce at South
ern ports has more than kept pace with
the phenomenal development of 1 our
national commerce.
: A fit climax to the expressions of
hopefulness - Js the statement of that
practical minded prophet of". Southern
greatness, Hon. Abram S.- Hewitt, of
New York: "There is t no correspond
ing region On this habitable globe
South, all available by natural or ar
tificial communications, and capable of
more" economical operations than ltt
any other part of the country." . .
Textile Notes.
Ouachita Mills of Monroe, La, -men
tioned , last week, states that its full
complement is 5,000 spindles and .150
looms (not 10,000 spindles, as slveii"
previously); mit it will start with 2.50O
spindles and seventy-five looms. About
seventy people will be 'employed, and
the production will be 20 to 25 yams
and four-yard ; sheeting, 36 inches, 5S
inches by 60 laches. ;