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VOL. VIII.
COLUMBUS, .N. C.;, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1902.
, NO. 32.
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1 DAVIS MEMORIAL
New Orleans Entertaining Influential
Gathering of v
DAUGHTERS QF THE CONFEDERACY.
Many Reports Made at the Second
Uay's Session $6,000 for the
Winnie Davis Hemorial.
New Orleans, Special. The second
day's session of the ninth annual con
vention of the Daughters of the Uni
ted Confederacy opened Thursday
morning. Greetings were received
from junior organizations of Georgia,
Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky. A
number of reports were read showing
the progress made by the society in
the different States. Mrs. Cooley, of
Florida, said that although the State
had a population more than half of
which was Northern, it contained one
of the largest chapters of the general
body and had lately raised a $35,000
shaft over the Florida soldiers killed
Jin battle and buried in Winchester,
Va.
Mrs. J. M. Arnold, of Kentucky, said
that through the division in that State
the play of "Uncle Tom's Cabh," had
been prohibited . and "Marching
Georgia" silenced in the city, schools.
Mrs. John P. Hickman, of - Evans
ville, Ind.; said the chapter there was
engaged in the work of building a
monument to the Confederate dead.
. Miss Mary M. Minoe, of Maryland,
said the chapter in that State helped
to support a Soldiers' Home and
helped tp erect a monument shortly
to be unveiled in honor of the vet
erans. '. " -;
Mrs. Helen D. Bell said the, special
work of the chapters in Mississippi
were to establish a Confederate home
at Peauvoir, the old home of Jeffer
son Davis.
Mrs. James Henry Parker, of New
York, said her chapter was composed
of Southern women, living in that
State and was ensraced in memofial
work.
The announcement : from Georgia
that $6,000 for the Winnie Davis me
morial had been raised through the
Daughters, was greeted with applause
Mrs. Robert Meade reported for the
grand division of Virginia. -Mrs M. T.
Sherry for West Virginia,1 and ; Mrs
Connor for South Carolina. A very
cordial greeting was given Miss Laura
Dugan, who bore greetings from the
chapter in Los Angeles, Cal. ;
Shooting at Lynchburg.
Lynchburg, Va. ,Special. A tragic
shooting affair occurred here Thursday
nieht hpfwppn 11 and 12 o'clock .as a
result of which E. Sherlock Oglesby is
dead and P. Norman Willis is desper
ately wounded .The shooting occurred
on Federal street, near " Seventh, and
there were no witnesses to it except
the two young men involved.
It is known that they had a quarrel,
but what it was about could not be
learned. The shots were heard, and
persons whose attention was attracted
saw a man lying on the sidewalk and
another walking away. The man on the
Bide walk was Oglesby, dead, a pistol
with three chambers empty lying near
by. Willis walked several squares to
his home On Fifth street. Doctors were
hastily summoned and it was ascer
tained that he had been shot through
the abdomen near the naval. His con
dition is precarious. He ., stated ! that
Oglesby had first shot him and then
shot himself. Both-the young men are
connected with well-known
spectcd families.
and re-
Veteran Editor Dead.
Baltimore, Special. Colonel Harry
D. Beall, 65 years old, for 28 years a
well-known and able member of the
Baltimore Sun editorial staff, died
Thursday as the result of a stroke of
Paralysis sustained two weeks ago. He
bad been in failing health for some
time and since the paralytic stroke his
death had not been unexpected. Colonel
Beall was, a native of Virginia and du
ring the civil war was a member of the
First Virginia Cavalry. Before the war
he was engaged in newspaper work in
New Orleans, and shortly after the war
was similarly engaged in Chicago, sub
sequently coming to this city to accept
1 Position on the Sun. , ; , ; - i
Dewey to Sail December I.
Washington, Special. t Admiral
Jwey, who will have supreme com
and of the combined fleets engagedjn
v wariunPan Qaa' mattnAlltflM
Onth. Will titt4- ki i.(iaMt: flflir
thYer pfesidents yacht; Mayflower, fit
I "'ubluq -navy yaru,:T jlcccuimci
. and will sail the same day with his
hae I!eLSonal staff direct for the naval
THE STATE DISTRICTED
leetinc of School Superintendents
" Plans Educational Campaign.
Raleigh, Special. Friday was the
anal one of the conference of county
superintendents. This meeting Is the
ne of the most important meetings of
tducators ever held in the State. In
fact, it may be said it is the best.
The opening work of the session Fri-
flay was a discussion of teachers in
stitutes and summer schools for teach
ers. Superintendent Ragsdale, of : Pitt,
ed a discussion on rural libraries.
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heir use, benefits and extension. Su
perintendent Clements, of Wake, led a
discussion on the school law and sug
gested changes. State Superintendent
loyner led a discussion on county and
State supervision. Superintendent Tur-
ington, of - Johnston, led a discussion
Dn the examination and . grading of
teachers. The committee on resolu
tions made its report, this afternoon.
This was followed by a report by the
sommlttee on the division of the State
Into district associations, the com
mittee recommending as to the num
ber of associations.
In the evening there was an educa-
Uonal rally, at which brief talks were
made by Governor Aycock, Robert D.
Douglas ,of Greensboro; Charles v D.
Mclver, H. L. Smith; F. Pi Venable,
Editor Bailey,- of the Biblical Record
er; Rev. Plato Durham, Editor Dan
iels ,of the News and Observer, and
Dthers. At this rally there was a not-
ibly large gathering of educators.
A.mong-those present were President
Hobgood, of Oxford Female Seminary;
Principal E. McK. Goodwin, of the
State School for Deaf Mutes; J. F.
Foust, of Greensboro; R. L. Flowers,
tnd W. P. Few ,ot Trinity College., .
The following districts were created:
Northeast district Currituck. Cam
fen, Pasquotank, Gates, Hertford,
Northampton, Halifax, Bertie, Chowan,
Perquimans, Dare, Tyrrel, Washing
ton, Martin, Edgecombe, Nash ,Pltt,
Beaufort, Hyde, Pamlico. -
Southern district Craven, Carteret,
Lenoir, Jones, Green, Wilson, Wayne,
Johnston, Harnett, Sampson, Duplin,
Onslow, Pender, Bladen, t Cumberland,
Robeson, Scotland. Columbus, Bruns
wick, New Hanover.
' Easte Central district Warren,
Vance, .Granville, Person, Caswell,
Rockingham, Orange, Durham, Franl
! in, Wake, Chatham, Randolph, David
son, Montgomery, Moore Richmqnd.
West Central district Surry, Cleve
land, Wilkes, Rutherford, Yadking Da
vie, Iredell, Alexander, Caldwell, Ca
tawba, Rowan, Stanly, Cabarrus, Meck
lenburg, Lincoln, Gaston, Union;
Anson.
Western district Mitchell, Burke,
McDowell, Yancey, Madison, Haywood,
Buncombe, Alleghany, Ashe,' Watauga,
oik, Henderson, Transylvania, Jack
son, Swain, Macon, Graham, Clay,
Cherokee.
Three delegates represent each, dls-
rict at a conference oalled;by the Su
perintendent other than the State con
ference. Permanent state organization
of the State association was affected
with J. Y. Joyner president and W. G.
Gaither secretary.
A resolution was adopted which reS
ognizes the following as the greatest
needs of the public schools of the
State and favors the legislation neces
sary to supply them: (1) Reasonable
consolidation of small districts into
larger ones. (2) Adequate and comfor
table school houses with enlarged and
Improved grounds. (3) Supplementing
by local taxation the school fund raised
by the State and county taxation. (4)
To lengthen the terms of county insti
tutes and make them more efficient. (5)
To increase the salaries of good teach
ers. (6) To increase the salaries of
county superintendents wno aevote ail
their time to educational work. (7) An
Increased appropriation ; .- for rural
school llbrarlee. Thanks were offered to
the woman's association for the bet
terment of public school houses, which
pledges the co-operation of over 2,000
women who nave voiuiteerea to mate
school houses more comfortable and at
tractive. The great value of the work
dorie by the Southern educational
boar4 and the generosity of the general
education boara were recognized, xne
resolution . favors most ;. heartily the
continuance of the present special ap
propriation tor the public schools of
the State. :-;;:v;:v
The following resolution was unani
mously adopted: ''Resolved, - That we
endorse and most heartily commend
the able and efficient administration of
our worthy. State ; Superintendent,
James Y. Joyner ; ,and we pledge him
our Individual support in carrying f or
ward the great ' educational campaign
n which he is now engaged." "
f
Jag. A. Butler, J. M. way, u. w. maa-
sey, J. A. McAlister, uommmw.
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MINE OWNERS' SIDE,
Statement Filed With Coal Strike
lr Commission - :
STATEMENT OF LEHtGH COMPANY.
Report Says Miners Have the Best of
Homes, Pianos and Organs, and Al
the Comforts of Life.
Philadelphia, Special! The stateJ
ment of the Lehigh Coal and -Naviga
tion Cdmnanv. submitted to the An4
thracltei I Coal Strike Commission now
In session at Scranton, Pa., In answer
to the' j demands of the miners, was
made public here Sunday. The answer
recites the developments of the com-,
pany from' the date of its charter In
1822, refers to the expense of operation
and to the comparatively small profits,
and declares the demand : of the em
ployes for an Increase of 2 per cent. Is
unjustifiable, the 'reason given in sup
port of the demandnot being founded
on fact j Accompanying the statement!
came two exhibits. One shows the
earnings of the employes of the com
pany for one year based on the time
workedjduring 1901, the number of the
several jclasses of workmen,- and the
rates paid according to the pay roll
for the jfirst half of 1902. .The other is
a catalogue of overt acts charged to
the striking employes of the company
during the recent contest, the riots, as
saults ind disturbances of. various
kinds, ;benig' numbered at upwards of
60. The answer says:
"The j Lehigh Coal and Navigation
, Compahy. is the, pi ast corporation en
gaged in the mining of coal in the an
thracite region. It was chartered in
1822, ani was the successor of the Le
high Coal Mine Company, which was
organized in 1793. It also acquirred
certain j rights on the Lehigh river
which were granted in 1818. .
"It oiwns and controls about 14,000
acres of coal land in Carbon and
Bchuylkill counties, Which are esti
mated! to contain over 500,000,000 tons
of available unmined coal. Its em
ployes! jnumbered about 6,000 and its
capacity of production is over 200,000
tons a month. Its capital stock and
funded debt amounted to upward o
$32,000,000. All of its capital stock and
bonds 1 Were issued for full value, but
although its more important coal lands
were j purchased at a time when the
country was a wilderness, and all its
lands have been acquired at moderate
prices, 1 the dividendw upon its capital
stock & date only averaged 4.02 per
cent. The profit on coal mined by the
compaiiy during the-10 years ending
December 31, 190L has averaged 11.0U
cents per ton; after charging off taxes
on coal1 lands and depreciation, out not
including any charge tor royalityl
which Represents the value of the coaj
in the ground. Nor were the rates o
freight! upon the railroad exorbitant, as
is"" shown by the fact that the company
operated its 'own caiial, but found H.
advantkgebus to send the coal to mar.
ket over the railroad, rather than bj
the canal." ,
Referring to the claim of the miners
that better wages are paid in the bi
tuminous fields for substantially simi
lar work, the answer states: .
"This company does not know wha,
rate ofj wages is paid.in the bitumlnouii
coal fidlds throughout the country, bu ;
theie is nowhere in any fields, subatanj.
tially Similar work to that which i
Anno iknder contract in the mines o::
this company. It is a fact, howevei,
that miners oif ordinary skill and ex
periehie have always been able togy
from the mines of this company to anv
other ! tnlnlng region throughout thfe
country arid obtain employment, j
"In 1901, for a day of 10 hours, con,:
tract bilnecs earned an average of ?3,lp
skilled! laborers $1.93; boys $! for work
underground. The rates
flrp.rt as follows; SKlliea m-
bor ll96; unskilled labor $1.23; boys
Tl cents. -The average annual
1 ;u. Voro 1475.25." Denial is
made ! of the claim of the miners tha,t
their earnings are lnramciew w w
vi Amprlrfln standard of living.
"Out of 3,043 families, 870 own their
- Pianos will be found In
146 and house organs in 337. The cony
pany owns and rents: to its employes
671 houses at an vertt
$4.75 ai month. The character of thes
homes is fully above the average li
tHa country occupied d,
-ii.. urnrTrTTlftn. It naS
been the policy of the company to sel
surface with the dwellings is now own-
. . ji . i..i.a Ykr om ninvAFi or tne
a ana uwuywu r .7" u
company. .The f amUies of the employes
have f ample school j : accommodations,
with I capable teachers and over 3.000
children fa flttendanca, TThllo over 75
per cent, of the whole fund expended
in the region is derived from taxes
paid by this company on its coal
estate -
"Some of the foreigners prefer to
live in a very niggardly and squalid
manner so that they may accumulate
the larger part of tnelr earnings and
return to Europe to live in ; idleness,
but those who have their permanent
home in the region have at least $1,
000,000 on deposit In banks and saving
funds in the vicinity, saved from the
wages earning in the employment of
this company. The annual remittances
to their famllltes and friends abroad,
thrqugh agencies In the region and
Vicinity, amounted to $150,000 or more.
In 1884 the company established a
beneficial fund, to which it has contri
buted the sum of $196,889 and the em
ployes $154,768." :
Stromboll In Eruption,
Rome, By Cable. The volcano on
Stromboll Island1 (off the north coast
of Sicily) ,has commenced a terrible
eruption. A colossal" column of : fire is
rising and Incandescent stones are be
ing emitted from the craters. Many
houses on the islands have been de
stroyed. ';.
Six Craters at Work. T
Auckland. New Zealand. Bv nahip i
According to advices received here
from Apia, Samoa, via Tongoa, an
eruption has broken out in Savail, the
western ana largest Island of the Sa.
moan group. Six craters are reported
to be emitting smoke and flames in
one village in the vicinity the earth is
covered two inches deep with ashes, v.
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More Boodlers to Be Tried.
a t nh Sneclal. Circuit Attorney
Folk, who has returned from Columbia,
Mo., where he prosecuted tne case
nMinaf p.nl "Ed "Rutler . who was con
victed of attempting bribery,, is pre
paring for the trial oi oiner axieseu
boodlers next week. The cases against
Chas. A. Guttke, T. B. Albright .Adolph
Madeira, Chas .J. Denny, Emil Hart
mann, John A. Sheridan- and Juliud
Lehman, former delegates, on the
charge of bribery in - connection with
the suburban street railway franchise
deal, are docked for trial.
Attempt Failed.
Frankfort, Ind., Special. Four men
attempted to hold up the south-bound
Monon Express, at Cyclone, early
Thursday. The train slackened speed
on striking torpedoes pn the rails, but
when the engineer" faced four revolvers
he threw open the throttle; The four
men fired rapidly, but ,all escaped in
Jury. Sheriff Corns and deputies after
ward caught the men, who gave the
names of Chas. Johnson, James Mack,
Frank Smith and Henrv Qray, all
claiming to live in Cincinnati.
Coal Situation Critical. J
Knoxvllle, Special. The local coal
situation is growing desperate arid at
though this city is within 30 miles of
large coal mines, many manufactories
may be forced to close on account of
inability to secure cOal because of the
Southern Railway's car shortage. The
Proctor Furniture Company has al
ready shut down Its plant. The cham
ber of commerce has -decided to i send
a committee to Washington to see if
the Southern's management cannot
give this section some relief.
Mackays Body Reaches Home.
New York, Special. Resting in
mortuary chapel, a large room: be
tween decks, having been fitted for
that temporary use, the body of John
Mackay arrived on the White1 Star
liner Oceanic from Livernool. Mra
Mackay and her daughter, the Princess
Colonna, were passengers on the same
steamer. The body of Mr. Mackay was
taiien rrom the steamer and imme
dlately conveyed to Greenwood Ceme
tery in Brooklyn, where' it was placed
m a vault beside the remains of J. W
Mackay, Jr.
t Davidson Wins.
.Atlanta, Special. Davidson
won
from the Georgia Techs here Thursday
afternoon, by a score of 7 to 6. j The
Techs made a touch-down in the first
half on a double pass and a 40-yard
run by Brinson. In the second half, Da
vidson made two points. McLeod, Da
vidson's full back, was the star of th
game. -.- ; :;:. : :.,- .
The New York Supreme Court ' de
cided that an express Company's liabil
Ity is not limited, even if so stated oa
its receipts. '-'t:y
Removing .Boer-bullets. "
.. Lord : Methuen ; has undsreone
successful operation in London, sev
eral spent bullets being .removed
from his, injured leg. U There la every
prospect of a speedy recovery, al
though it is expected thsUthe limb
will be elightr ccatracted, a
TUB COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS.
Gathering of Prominent Educators ia
City of Raleigh.
Raleigh, Special. Wednesday the
State Association of Public School
Superintendents met here.' State Sup
erintendent Joyner is presiding. It
may , be said" that all the' counties aro '
represented. The address made by Mr..
Joyner was forceful. He pleaded for
consolidation of school districts, say
ing that of the districts . 50 per cent,
have less than 65 children of school
age. There are 5,653 white and 2,421
colored districts. He said that last
year $1,369,714 was raised for public
schools, exclusive of $161,363 raised by
cities and towns by local taxation. The
school tax has increased in 27 years
from 12 cents on the $100 to 18
cents. x Then the school fund was only
$324,000. The school term has been
engthened. three weeks, but there has
not been a cent of Increase in the sal
ary of teachers.
The speech ;was of half -hour's length
and was admirable, jn Mr. Joyner'a
best style. He spoke of the view of
school consolidation, saying it was
easy to see that with larger schools
the larger the amount for each district
and school and vice versa. v
There were present at the opening
of this convention of superintendents
those from 61' counties. Dr. Wallace
TJuttrick, of the general . education
board, was there. His presence Is an!
inspiration. Dr. C. 13. Mclver was also!
present. Superintendent W.' G. Gaither
of Perquimans, was made temporary
Secretary. There was a bright discus
sion of the consolidation of school dis
tricts. Superintendent Boger, of Ca
barrus, led it and those followed him
were Cooper, of "Onslow; Hudson, of
Caswell; Dr. Buttrick and venable, or
Ashevllle. The latter was heartily ap
plauded. He told of the big graded
school in the middle of each district
and the primary schools around it,
easy of access for the little scholars.
At the evening's session of the coun
ty superintendents' convention Super .
intendent Venable, . of Buncombe,
spoke on the location and plana of
schoolhouses, and two architects ex
plained plans of the same, while sug
gestions were made by several superin-
tendents, and Superintendent Way, of
Randolph, spoke on the observed Dene
fits of better houses .and equipments.
State Superintendent Joyner discussed
ways and means of raising money for
better houses, grounds and equipment.
Superintendent Ledford, of Davidson,
read an able paper on the necessity fo
a county school map and how to get
it. State Superintendent Joyner made
a report on local taxation for, public,
schools ; and Superintendent J. R;
Wharton, of Guilford, spoke on the
benefits of local taxation and ways and
means of securing it. C. D. Mclver
and ex-State Superintendent Scar
borough followed on v this subject.
State Superintendent Joyner Is deeply
gratified at the success and interest of
the meeting. He says 80 superintend
ents are now here. -
Death By Faith' Cure.
Marion, Special. Thomas Odom,
about 21 years of age, from South Car
olina .died-at EJlhanon Institute of
typhoid fever, making the ' second
death at that institute within about a
week. A Miss Hunstall, from Craven
count, died there last week with fever.
Young Odom died without having a
physician at all, and Miss Hunstall's
sister called a doctor., after reaching
here from her home, but it was too
late. Tnese young people were follow
ers of Miss Mattie Perry, and believ
ers in divine healing or faith cure.
Mr. Jordan Robbed.
Mr. R. H. Jordan, of Charlotte, .was
robbed of $400 on a Pullman car while
en route to New York Wednesday
night. As he was retiring Mrs. Jor
dan asked him about some money she
had given him to keep. "I put-it," he
said, "with mine in my book and put
the book in the Inside ' pocket of my
coat" He laid the coat on the back
of the berth. When he awoke, he found
that his thoney was gone. He thinks
some one overheard his conversation
with Mrs. Jordan about the money.
Bolivia In Stat of Seine. ,
Lima, Peru, Special. Dispatches re
ceived here from LaPaz, Boliva confirm
the report that the-goyernment of that
republic on Saturday declared Bolivia v
to be, in a state of slegel It is rumored
this step was due to the Bolivians jiav-
ins been defeated, by the revolutionists
in Acre and owing to the presence, of
Peruviaa forces on the frontier,
"zi ai tjuiebra Island. ' ' -
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