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. ... -A VOL. VIII. COLUMBUS, N. C'THU RSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1902. NO. 20. - r INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGSi ) i tie? res Col SPEAKS OF TRUSTS. PreSICfent KOOSeVeil S Utterances On TJiis Subject mi AT PROVIDENCE SATURDAY. tiis Views Supposed to Indicate the Policy and Feeling of the Admlnls tration Towards Trusts. , President Rosevelt spoke at Provi dence, Rhode Island, on Saturday. In discussing the subject of Trusts he said in part: : : " , ' , "For seme of the evils which have attends! upon the good of the changed conditions we can at present see no complete remedyfor the renie- dy must come Dy tne action r of men themselves in their private capacity, Vhether merely as individuals, or by comMnaticn one with another. For yet oi'-iers seme remedy can be found in legislative and executive action, na tionaU State or municipal. Uluch of the complaint against combinations I3 entirely unwarranted. Under pres ent day conditions It is as necessary to nave corporations In tne business jrorld as it is to have organizations among wage-workers. But we have a right to ask in each case that they shall do good and not harm.' Exactly us labor organizations, when man-, aged intelligently and lna spirit of . justice and fair play, are - of great ser vice not only to the wage-workers, but to the whols community, as the his tory of many labor organizations has ccnclusively shown, so wealth, not merely individual, or corporal, when isea aright, is not merely a benefit to ttic community as a whole, but ind is V penssble to the upbuilding of the -country under the conditions which at present the country has' grown " riot only to accept, but to demand as. nor mal. VThis is so obvious that ; it seems trite even to state it,' and yet. if we are to judge from some of the argu ment advanced against, and attacks rcade r.rcu wealth, as such. It is. a fact wcrth keeping in mind. A great lortimG if not used, aright makesits Possss?.cr in a peculiar sense, a men- ce to the community as a Whole, just as. a great intellect does if it is unac complished by develoDed conscience. C7 character. But nhvlmislv this no affords grounds for condemning mtellftt. Everv matr of nower bv the very fact cf the Dower.is eanable of 'ioiajr dn.mae'P tr hfa nplp-hhnrs hut e cannot afford to discourage the de- eop;:ient cf such men -merely be- j'Jse it 3 possible they may use their rpver to wrong ends. If we did so. ye should leave our history , a Wwi.. for we should have no great staterrnen, soldiers or merchants, no ?eat uen of arts, of letters 'or of iCnf e. Doubtless ' the most useful an to his fellow citizens, is apt to "6 the cue to1 whom has been dveu bat tils Psalmist prayed' for, neither puyeny nor. riches. But the great cap tain cf; industry, the man of wealth alrine or in combination With his fellcvsj drives through our great bu3i fis critsrprises. is, a' factor without - v. uus; country couia not possioiy in! thie world. Good, not harm, onnaUy comes from the piling up of eaith i throncrh hiiKiness pnterorises. Obablv thm mnsst sftrinna has been we harm ourselves by1 letting the fVli vices of envy and hatred towards fellows eat Into our natures. "Still there, is other harm, of a more ideht kind." and such harm it is bur to try to eradicate, if popslble. & in ; any event to minimize. Those ndency to ncnnnnl v which w e have ?ovrii to speak of rather loosely as JJ4 the State not only :has the right A WJL& (2 Ui VUbU 0 VA w w . tuem, um is,m uuu uuuuu 10 Control thorn whorovor tTiP nPPfl for such r' tj i vuui is snown. luere ia wtti JBaeed of supervision, need to exer- tne power of regulation on the Jt Of t)Q rpDrfiRfintAtlvea of the pub P xT : . "utrever. as in our own country av tloLPrLtime' business . cuuie very strong, uum Aw i weaefiopt r-t 1 wwb- if ia thsflv ays Deneficent It is Idle to say th lupi-o to ft nnnAmricinn - umcient warrant for it is to oe tv7a vcr and over again in-any of e various evils resulting from the teih nt system or rather lack of sys- iittThlre is in our country a pecular in v- ntmvnia no ' Cane oiuu - siiiu. uuuu ui UerS? of the peculiar division, of go v- coti- al Pwer. When the Industrial trol ?ns were simple, very little con cauV'J ' neded, and no trouble was Y by the doubt as to where pow- er .was lodged under the constitution. Now the conditions are complicated,! and we find it difficult to frame na tional legislation which shall be ade- experience State action- has proved cmueiji msumvicui aim in an numail probability .cannot or will hot be made sufficient, to meet the needs of - the case. Some of our States have laws, laws Which it would be well indeed to have enacted by the national legisla ture, but the wide differences in these laws, even between ; adjacent States and the uncertainty of the power of them, result practically in insuffi cient, control. I believe that the nation must assume this power Of control by legislation, and if it becomes evident that the constitution will not permit needed legislation, then by constitu tional amendment. To Dam the Chattahoochee. Atlanta, Ga., i'tcial The Atlanta Water Power Company, which "will build a $1,000,000 dam across the Chat tahoochee river, with the object ot furnlshinc the eitv of Atlanta with electricity, wa3 organized Saturday The following officers were electel: President, S. Morgan Smith, of York, Pa.; , vice presidenCForest Adair, Ak lanta ; board of directors, S. Morgan Smith and C. Elmer Smith, of York, Pa. ; v G eorge C. Smith, : of Pittsburg, Pa.; Forest Adair and J. C. Spalding; of Atlanta. The company is capitalized at $1,500,000. " '-; i : Taft Arrives at Manila. Manila, By Cable. Civil Governor Taft reached here Friday morning at daylight on board the United States 'gun-boat General Alva, ; frOm Singa pore, Straits Settlement.5 He was wel- corned with an entnuaiastic popumr demonstration. The .day had been made a holiday and the city was de corated. Eight large arches had. been erected on the streets. Twenty thou sand natives from adjoining provin ces participated in the demonstra tions in honor cf the governor's ar rival. V' KiUed In St-eet Car Collision. v Norfolk, Va., Special.-rln a head-on cbllision bteween two cars on the Bay Shore Terminal line late Sunday after noon, three people were killed and many others badly injured. The dead are : W. S. Yahdle, motorman ; C. B. Colden, mOtorman; Linwood Fentress, aged ten. The seriously injured are: V.- R. Waller, R. J. Davi3, George Stevenson, Mrs.. J. P. Stevenson. Joseph White, conductor; M. V. Ahearn, Eehj. Rowson, Mis3 Lillian Iand, John Taylor, colored; Maria Fentress, colored; Miss Ruth Banks, Phoebe Frederick, colored; Corlls Wal ler, nephew of Maj. Waller, badly in jured; Vicker Parks; skull fractured, and Louis Parks, internal Injuries, may die: . " ' Too Much Ovation. Berlin, By ' Cable. So much had been said about the ovation at Gum binned to Lieutenant Hildebrand; who 'was pardoned by Emperor Williams; after having served seven months of hs sentence of two years imprison ment for killing Lieutenant Blask owltz in a duel, that' a military in nulry has been ordered to ascertain by whose command the cavalry escort r,11lipf1 a niace in the line of the lieutenant's5 triumphal procession to the railroad station at Gumbinnen. - Power Released. New York, Special. Peter Power, who was named as complainant in the suit to prevent' the ;: turning over of Northern Pacific' stock Ho 'the North-, prn Securities Company, and who was sentenced to 30 days' V imprisonment M ntemnt of court, in failing to heV a subnoena to testify, was .-re r i-rTffinw inn Power cave Swaminer - Mabie and his ' lawyer odTirA1 vesteraay oeiuie . I pnfipri tnat tni3 snoum icaoTo m vl i ntmnt or me tuw&o y filmic Warfare. Rockport, i Mass., ; Special. Tne oair tleships of Rear Admiral Higginson'a t . . , . cmir?rnn dfifendins the New England coast from imaginary "attack by a fleet under command of -Admiral Pillsbury, were plainly seen, in the clear atmoa phere from this point Thursday; morn-. Ing, C The other -vessels of Admiral Higsinson's command -were scattered i QTrtno- Tnp nonzoii. ur iu view av ucuci The night passea wunouL siguais uum stations along the shore. The coast guard ships were on the move early in the morning. w - - ' - HONORED BY CUBA. Distinguished Americans Receive the : Decoration. GOVERNMENT IS NOT UNGRATEFUL The Island Republic owtF ApV preciatlon off Efforts Made In Se curing Its Independence. Havana, By Cable. It has ' been de cided by, the new republic of Cuba to decorate Congressman J. M. Moody, cf the Tenth ; North' Carolina district, and other Americans who rendered notable services to the Cuban re public, j . Resolutions are now pending in Con-" gress to prepare a list of Cubans and foreigners who rendered special ser vice in the interest of Cuban indepen dence and the establishment of self-; government " t I , The following are amongthe names which will appear ia:ttils list: Sena tors Morgan, of Alabama; Money, of Mississippi; Gallinger," of New Hamp shire ; Thurston, of Nebraska ; Repre sentative Moody, of North Carolina; William R. Hearst and James Gordon Bennett, of New York, arid others. General Gomez, former commander-in-chief of the' Cuban army favors the payment of j pensions to these men, but President Palma says many, of them are too distinguished to receive money for their services and. will be more honored by the decoration ; and the presontation of a -(Catefe counting their deeds and expressing the gratitude of the Cuban republic for the work done to secure for them self-government. This plan will be adopted, f x . Seaboard Not In the Merger. , Atlanta, Oa., Special. With refer ence to minors that the Seaboard Air Line would; enter into a merger with other South' era roads, under the con trol of J. Pierpont Morgan, the follow Ing telegram was received by an At lanta paper . "Reports that any nego tiations are now or have been under consideration looking to a sale of the ccntrolling jinterest in .this- systein by Its present owners are absolutely without foundation.- The Seaboard Air Line system is now and intends to re- ciain independent and will continue to. devote its besUenergie3 and efforts to ward advancing the interests of the territory which It now occupies, or which , it may hereafter enter in its work of development. John Skelton Williams, ' president of the" Seaboard Air Line. Farmer Found Dead. Tifton, Ga., Specials Hillman Paulk, one of the most prominent farmers of Irwin conty, was found dead in a tract of woods two vmiles, northeast -of Tifton, vnth four; bullet wounds in his body nny one of which would'; - have proved fatal. The discovery was made by a party 'of men who found blood stains and evidences of a struggle on a highway which led into the woods near by. No weapon, , beyond a small pocketknife, was found on or near the body and only. 11 cents was in the dead man s pockets. Faulk was last seen .alive in Tifton Saturday, arid it is.said, left later for his home, ten talles away, with several companions. Superintendents Changed. New York. Special. Belvidere Brooks, general superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph Company, has ' been " appointed assistant general superintendentv of the Southern di vision of the same company in place of James Merrihew, resigned, to take ef fect September 1. This combines the two superintendencies under one head. . Ax and Grindstone Trust. Louisville, Special.The Time? sayS: "Caleb D. Gates, president and general manager of the Turner Day & Wool worth Handle Company, ha3 just returned from New York, where he conferred .with capitalists who are promoting a $25,000,000 trust, to; take in all the; axe factories, handle manu factories and grindstone factories in this country . and . Canada, the plants ' to be operated undergone management. R,0T ,N PEN' Guards in Frankfort, Ky.y Thrown Into State off Excitement Frankfort, Ky., Special. The offi cials of the State penitentiary and the citizens of Frankfort were, thrown into the prison, ; started by an attempt' to Jain their liberty on the part of three Sesperate murderers, Lafayette Brooks Df .Morgan county, and Wallace Bishop irid T. Mulligan of Kenton county. Before the riot, which began- at 7 6 D'clock and lasted until after 10, was fuelled, the mutinous convicts : were saptured, NPope being fatally wounded, Mulligan shdt in the shoulder and a negro convict, Albert Ransome, of Louisville, whom the 'desperadoes had tressed into service, was hit by a. rifle ball. The rioting started while Brooks, ; Mulligan and Bishop, one of whom had a pistol concealed about "his person, were coming out of the dining rdom.to, answer a hospital call. Suddenly one of the convicts drew a weapon arid com pelled a guard, A. H. Gill, to givd up his, arms. Guard F. F. Hurst, who rush ed to Gill's assitance, was also compell-Pd-by the convicts to give up his arms. Capt. Mad. Radigan then rushed for- j ward with six guards and fired on the bunch, but no one was wounded. The convicts then ran across the vard and at the entrance to the j reed department of the chair factory captur ed Chas. Willis, of Clarke, county, a Corenian.'They covered- him. with their pistols and placing him between them and the guards retreated to the rocker department, in the chair factory, whence they could command ' a, good view of the entire yard. At a window they stationed Willis and; Brooks, with a levclver in his hand, took a position , just beside the captive, i resting the muzzle of the weapon on the foreman's side. The convicts then defied Warden Lillard to attempt to capture . them, shouting that they would -kill! the fore man at the first move against them. By this time rcveral . hundred citi- zens, many heavily armed, had gather ed at the prison gates, but the warden denied admission to all. - He, issued or ders for all the shops to close and for all the prisoners to be returned at once to their cells. He then placed a guard of GO men around the building in which4 tne dfsperadoes had barricaded themselves and called on them to sur render. The convicts' only reply was a tauut. For the protection of Foreman Willis,, the warden then determined to starve the desperadoes into submission. James Buckley, former city work hous$ keeper, and Morgan Brewer! a forrner guard at theprison, climbed to the roof of a residence overlooking the bulldlrfg in which the convicts had tak en refuge and fired several shots into the room where the desperadoes were intrenched. They were compelled to desist, however, as Foreman Willis was forced to the ndow in the line or nre. , -" -:-;.'V 1 ; ;;V; sVi ' j ; ' Finally a letter j was dropped- from the window saying that if the warden would come to the head of the steps leading to the reed department, the convicts would surrender, first send ing their weapons down by Frank Brooks. : . "" ; ; WavdQn Lillard prepared to accept the terms of this note; and as a matter of precaution a "half dozen convicts were placed in he hospital overlook ing the reed department.' Warden Lill M accompanied by eight men "then proceeded to the foot of the- stairway. The prisoners emerged from the reed room as they had promised, with hands up, but as they proceeded , down the stairway, Bishop dropped his hands to his sides as if to draw a weapon. , He had hardly made the motion when one of the warden's party fired, the bullet striking Bishop In the breastMnflicting a fatal wound. When Bishop fell Mul ligan ;rnd. Brooks sank, to their knees begging the warden to save their Uvea and at 10:30 o'clock the two deperadoes were heavily shackled and accomp'ari ied by ten men with drawn pistols, were placed in their cells and quiet had been restored. ... ' " : A Big Railroad ilerger. Baltimore, Special The stockholders of the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Company held a special meeting Thurs- day and resolution was unanimously adopted to merge the company with the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Balti more Railroad Company A' meeting of the stockholders of the latter, was held in Philadelphia for the same purpose, 'xiie detains or xpe merger pronae ; ioi the organization of the Philadelphia, Baltimore .& Washington Railroad Company, with a capital stock of 507, 009 shares, of the par value cf $50 a share, amounting in the aggregate tc $25,550,450. .This stock will be owned al most entirely by . the : Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and the Northern Central road. The company will alsc take "care of the bonded debt r of the two companies absorbed. This amounts to about $12,500,000. SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL African Cotton. Under date of August l&here was - telegraphed from Philadelphia a storjc ' published in one of the local' papers to the effect that options had been ob talned: on 50,000 square miles in the- cotton zone"; of Africa, where' cot- to meet the competition of the South. The story went on to say that cer tain; great financiers of England in- terested in South Africa were con- nected with this scheme, which, v it Was; predicted, was of ' such gigantic proportions as to threaten the su premacy of the United States as a producer of the staple. The names of Lord Kitchener and Earl Roberts are also linked with the scheme; On its face the story was a dream, and it was denied within , forty-eight hours after its first publication.. That the growing of cotton in Africa may be extended is a possibility. That Its , ex tension shall threaten the supremacy of the United States is a very distant 1 contingency, and an utter impossi bility should , the cotton-grower of -America adopt more generally the pol-M Icy of increasing the production ot v - thft sitnTilft rtov aorct. nlnnc , -with tm-. natural increase of :L acreage devoted to the crop. . , A $100,000 Addition.' The management, of the Standard Cotton Mills, Cedartown, Ga., has f or :j some time past been ; contemplating the establishment of an additional mill r which should utilize . the ; lowex grades of cotton. Wm. Parker, the company s manager, , r nas returnea from a trip to Boston, an d states :ihat . while in that city he placed the order, for this additional plant. The addition al' building required will be 75x300 . feet- in size, and- its equipment will manufacture the coarse number of xrittrttt iha mitmit pnrh xsrAftlr ' to . ha .1 about, 20,000 , poundsl ; This Important addition will enable. : the eotton-.grow ers in the vicinity of, Cedartown to dispose of their crop at acceptable ; prices, whereas heretofore there has been no local demand for coarsa grades. The Standard Cotton' Mills' -present plant has 12,500 spindles anc manufactures extra carded double woven mule-spun hosiery yarns. It is capitalized at $100,000. : p : The Drayton Mill. The Drayton Mills of Spartanburj S. C which was' reported at sonu length last month, is now laying the foundation for its building. 4: It has been decided that 12,440 spindles and about 360 looms will constitute tha principal textile equlpmentC and that fine goods shall be I manufactured. P. , J. 6. Smith Is the contractor' for the . buildings, and, as stated : several weeKs ago, tne maiij structure win ue three stories high; 150x205 feet; -the ; power-house - will be 67x106 feet. Arch B. Calvert has v been elected rwatriPTit ' Tho irnmTnTiv ist ' fanitalized at $250,000. ' : : ' . Will Add 6,ooo Spindles. - An addition of 6,000 spindles will be made by the Harriet Cotton Mills of Henderson, N: .C. The management has just decided upon this enlarge ment, ana prouauiy auuuv fivv.vuu will be expended. This new machin ery will utilize the remaining space in ; the present building and make use of the .surplus power. Thie company is operating 10.50Q ring spindles in the production of hosiery yarns, and has been manufacturing just twelve months. Last week-It. declared a divi dend of 3 per cent, and finds its prospects warrant the additions noted herein. i 1 '. T V. 1 V 1 111 1 I II III Nctes of Progress. , - - -Ware Shoals Manufacturing Co. hat begun the development of Its exten sive water-power near Laurens, S. C, and will push the work as rapidly as 'possible. It is also laying off the ground and preparing to build Its mill of 25,00t spindles, previously reported as to b located to utilize the power. Messrs. W, B. Smith Whaley & Co.; of Columbia, S. C., are the engineers in charge. . ; United States Consul J. F. Monaghat . writes tfiat there is no question that. American manufacturers of cheap cot ton half-hose can find a market foi their products if the combination ol 13 careful provided for. The Transatlantic Trailing Co oi Galveston, Texas, reports the clearan ces of cottonseed meal froa that port -. for the month of July at 450 tons, and of cottonseed cake 5895 tons making a total of JX);450 tons. The Dunn Oil Mills Co. of v Dunn, Harnett county, North Carolina, was incorporated last week, with a capital stock of $22,000, arid the right to in" crease to $200,000. The incorporators are J. D. Barnes, B. F. Young and T. Yo'ung. ; .