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I was ruminating about thev grand
army of middle men that it takes to
carry on the trade and commerce of
this county. I verily believe that they
make more money than manufactur
ers and there are twice as many of
them. A friend of mine recently yisited.
a large manufactory of sewing ma
chines and the superintendent told
him that prime cost of a first-class ma
rines was $9.60 and they jobbed them
off at $13. The jobber sold them for
$15 to agents. The agents retail them
at $35, for he lias to rent a store room
and keep a horse and wagon and make
repairs free f and sell on installments
and sometimes has to take a machine
back for non-payment. When the orig
inal Bill Arp moved to Texas he took
his wife's machine with him and left
his note behind with $10 unpaid. Short
ly after that a new agent was sent
here wHb was not acquainted with the
Arp family and he came out to my
house and wanted mo to pay the note.
I had hard work to convince him that
I Mas another Arp. The note was sign
ed William Arp, his mark, and Cinde
rella Arp, her mark. My" wife was very
indignant, that she should be suspected
of . making her mark.
Well, now you see how much money
went to the middle men after the ma
chine left the factory $22 twice ' as
much as it cost to make-it. Just so it
is with thousands of other things that
go through the hands of middle, in en.
I was ruminating about this because
I received a report of 500 copies of my
new book that Mr. Byrd had sold. The
book cost 85 cents to electrotype and
print and bind it and I was to" have
half the profits arising from the sale.
The price was $1.25 postage paid, whici
was 11 cents. Thirty copies had been
sold here at the book store for $37.50.
The book store kept 25 per' cent, or
$9.37. Mr. Byrd got $28.13. The freight
and incidental expenses amount to J
cents a copy. So the cost was ;.88 cttrts
and it netted 93 cents andmy half of
the difference was 2V cents on a copy.
The publisher and agent or middle men
get about-all there jsjjn a bcoli. I am
not complaining at anTbady but my
self, for lr. Byrd tedd me that the
price would have to be $1.50 to make
anything, but I wasn't thinking about
charging so much and I wanted the
people to have it as cheap as possible.
But it can't go on this way. The pub
lication must 'stop or the price hi
raised to $1.50 and if an agent won't
sell for 25 cents a copy, he needn't sell
at all. He runs no risk. He loses no
time. The books sell themselves on the
counter. But Mr., Byrd can continue to
sell on mail orders for $1.25 and 10
cents more for postage. This will be a
fair divide all around and give the
poor author about 15 cents a copy.
Senator Hoar's speech at Chicago is
before me. Nothing since the war has
so cheered me and impressed mc , as
that beautiful speech. Why doesn't
every newspaper in the South copy it,
or that part of it that pays such a
tribute to the Southern people, Wrhen I
finished it I would have hugged the old
irian, if he had been near enough. Lis
ten "My life politically has been , a
life j of constant strife with the leaders
of tife Southern people, yet as I grow
older, I have learned not only to re
spect and esteem them, but I love the
great qualities which belong to my
countrymen of the Southern States.
They are a noble race. We may well
take'pattern from them in some of the
virtues that give strength and glory to
a free people. Their love of home; their
chivalrous respect for woman their
constancy which can abide by an opin
ion or a purpose through adversity and
prosperity and through years and gen
erations. And there is another thing
covetousness, corruption and the low
temptation of money has not yet found
any place in Southern politics.
7 "My friends, we cannot afford to Uve
in a state of estrangement from a peo
ple who possess these qualities. They
are friends of ours, born of our horn
ing, flesh of our flesh, blood of our
blood and if I have a right to speak for
Massachusetts, will say, 'Entreat me
not to leave thee or forsake thee, where,
thou goest, I will go. Thy people shall
be my people, and thy God my God.' "
This is only a part of it. I have plac
ed it in my scrap book along with the
admirable editorial comment of The
Constitution. .
The senator spoke truly when he
said that corruption in national poli
tics had not yet reached the South. If
the case had been reversed our mem
bers would not have unseated Butler,
but with the northern members the
ends justify the means. Yes, I remem
ber from away back how the old man
- fought us. My father was brought up
.In his State and my mother in Sfouth
Carolina and when the Senator and I
were in our early 'manhood (we were
, born i nthe same year) the war began
between those two States. Yes, more
than fifty years ago, and has been bit
ter and unrelenting ever since. This is
the first sign of a returning sense of
of justice that has come from any great
man of the Old Bay state ana we re
joice that it has come from Senator
Hoar, the noblest Roman of them all.
Its influence will reach from Chicago
. to Boston' and its generous sentiments
will thrill every breast la .the ..South
( land. ' : '
I care nothing for ; Mr. Roosevelt nor
his late letter. I am too " old to te de-
ceived by wordy paragraphs. When hp
retracts his slanders t on Jefferson
Davis and apologizes to his widow I
will have some confidence in his honor
and his professed good intentions, but
not until then. If he is a gentleman he
will do that. If he is not a gentleman
he won't, and that is all there is in it.
Thomas Nelson Page and Harry still
well Edwards and the Methodist
nreacher of Cincinnati, to the contrary
.mil kw.
notwithstanding Senator Hoar would
not have uttered and published those
slanders and if he had done it uriwrlt
tingly, he would have long ago made
the amends honorable. "Slander is
sharper than - the sword. Its breath
rides on the posting winds and its
tongue outvenoms all the worms of the
Nile." Roosevelt is a stubborn, con
ceited politician. He professes to be a
friend1 to the South; when he is not. If
we send a consul to. a foreign county,
and they do not like him he is re
called because he is . "non grata per
sona." How much more careful should
the president be to appoint no one to
office who is not grateful to our own
people. If , Roosevelt is a friend what
makes him keep on shoving Dr. Crum
on the people of a great city like
Charleston. And the negro is an' arro
gant conceited fool Or he wouldn't take
it. '). J 'vi'Cy-:
"1 know that you say that you love me,
But why did you kick me down stairs?"
Some on 2 asked Tom Reed if then
was such a thing as an honest politi
cian. He said, "Yes,; An honest pollti
ian is one; whom you can buy and he
will stay bought, but even they are
scarce." Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitu
tioa. :-v''':r xi-rr
Shoots His Brother.
Charleston, S. C, Special. A special
to The News and - Courier says that
Friday morning near Holly Hill, in
Berkley county, Fred Martin, a young
white farmer, who lives 18 miles away,
rode up to the field where his brother
was ploughing, and without a word of
warning, fired a load of buckshot into
the shoulder of his brother, Joel Mar
tin, killing him instantly. He then
quickly , rode off, remarking that his
brother had. "only gotten what he de
served long ago." Fred Martin claims
that his brother had been criminally
Intimate with his (Fred's) wife.
i General Strike Ordered.
Philadelphia, Special. A general
strike against the American Bridge
Company has been called by the exec
utive board of the International As
sociation of Bridge j and Structural
Workers. This general order includes
all construction work in the hands of
the company throughout the United
States and Canada, and involves thou-
sand sof men in all sections.
One Released.
Paris, By Cable. Mile Maria Danrlg
nac, who " figured in the Humbert
frauds as the prospective bride of one
of the alleged American brothers,
Crawford, and who was arrested in
Madrid with the other members of the
Humbert family and brought here, was
released, the physicians having de
dared that she is suffering from hys
teria and not, responsibe for her ac
tions. She was refused permission to
see her sister, Mrae Humbert, and
others of the family before leaving thr
prison.
Columbia Under Water.
Columbia, Tex., S:peciaL The crest
of the flood in the Brazos river has
reached this point and the town is un
der water. Rail communication with
f Houstcn has been cut! off znd there is
no likelihood cf its retoraticm for scv
eral "days. Farms are under water and
seme stack, has been lost, but all of the
negroes have gotten out cf the bottoms.
The water is going across the country
to the Gulf, the regular channels net
being sufficient to carry It.
Uncle Tom Dead.
Chicago, .Special. Norman
said to have been" the original "Uncbv
Tom," is dead at Paini Lick, at the re
puted age of 111 years, says a dispatch
to The Tribune, from Lancaster, iCy.
A rgo was born a slars and belonged
lo General Sampel Kennedy, a xealthy
planter of Gerard county, and a former
member of the KentuckW Legislature.
Mrs. Stowe is said to have obtained
most of the material for "Uncle Tom's
Cabin" from the Kentucky plantation.
- Bryan At Cleveland.
Cleveland, Special.-rHoh. Wm. J.
Bryan arrived in Cleveland from the
East, and is the guest of Major. John
ston. TVIr. Bryan will jleave for Michi
gan tomorrow to deliver a lecture,
whence he will ' return to Lincoln.
Those who sought an interview were
told that Mr. Bryan had nothing to
say of interest to the public. :
Large Lot of Crossties.
The tQwboat Russell Lord of the
AyrLord fleet came out of the Ten
nessee river last week with a -tow of
75,000 crossties. This is the largest
consignment of crossties ever brought
co Paducah, Ky., by any one steamer.
Former Governor Samuel J. Craw
ford of! Kansas has printed an urgent,
plea for the enactment of a bird pro
tecting law. He says: "Birds Of every,
kind and Variety except the hawk and'
the English sparrow, are! ti3cful, and
many of them are invaluable. They
should be protected by a- rigid, strin
gent law .with
:h a seyerer penalty at-
. One fjuail will destroy
sects iu a'elngW day, and
tached thereto
a th bus and ins
many other birds 1 do aa ranch.
LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS
A Lot of Business Crowded Into thd
Closing Hours.
. The. General Assembly adjourned
Monday. . - '
The House met at 9 o'clock and was
opened with prayer liy Rev, George F.
Smith, pastor ot Edenton Street Meth
odist church. ;
The journal was read and approved.
, Mr. Watts 'introduced a bill to pro
vide for the appointment of election
officers for municipal elections in Ire
dell county. The bill was passed under
suspension of the rules.
Mr. Williams introduced a bill to
better regulate the number of employes
of the House'1 and to fix their salaries.
The same was passed,
Mr. Drewry introduced a bill to pay
the sum .cf $5 extra to laborers and
employes' of the House.
To appoint a justice of the peace for
Camden county was passed.
Mr, Doughton introduced a bill to
authorize the State Treasurer to pay
interest on certain indebtedness , and
the same was passed.
Other bills passed:
To protccl owners of live stock in
Tyrrell county. , . -
For the relief of G. F. Kennedy.
To appropriate $10,000 -for an exhibit
at the St. Louis Exposition.
, To repeal the law establishing the
Tarboro dispensary was laid , oit the
table. .
To empower, the commissioners of
Wayne and Duplin counties to hire
convicts.
A bill to provide for the registration
of books sold in North Carolina was
defeated.
To appoint W. J. McLeold a justice
of the peace for Red Springs township,
Robeson county. '
General Davidson offered a resolu
tion to appoint a eommiFoion to repre
sent the State at the St. Louis Exposi
tion. Passed its several resolutions.
A resolution in behalf of the institu
tions for the Deaf. Dumb and Blind, to
pay mileage to directors. Passed. '
A resolution to pay actual railroad
fare to the pas;es of the House, and to
pay G. TV. Port in $25 for services to
the finance committee was passed.
A resolution to pay 55 extra to "the
laborers of the House w?s passed.
To provide a stenographer fcr thG
Supremo Court at a cost not to exceed
$1,000 war, passed. -
To incorporate the town of Honda,
in Wilkes county.
A resolution to pay the pages $5 ex
tra rarh. -
A resolution to pay mileage to com
mittee clerks.
To regulate Hie management of Blos
som's ferry passed final reading. .
A resolution to appfy the proceeds
cf the bond issu-.
Mr. . King, of Pitt, moved to have his
bill to proovido for a constitutional
amendment to divide the school fund
between the races taken up. The mo
tirn failed and be entered hi 3 protest.
Governor Doushron in a beautiful
speech, pr(sscntcd to Speaker Gattfs a
handsome silver service on ' behalf. 'of
the members of the House. Mr. Gattis
responded in a most feeling manner,
while the House cheered every word.
Mr. Self presented Jn an eloqrrent
P?ech a beautiful aofd-headed cane to
Principal Cl?rk Haekett. to which Mr.
Hackctt: 'flttfnsly responded, and In
doing so he paid a gracefuf tribute for
Mr assistants in the clerk's office.
Mr. Smith, on behalf of the padres
md laborers of the House, presented
t pretty gold'-bca'ded c-aT.? to Captafn
Kerr, door-kepr. Cautain Kerr's re
sponse was couched in feeling terms of
thanks to those with whom .he had
fteen associated in th3 uTscharge of fefe
ifnfies. -v."
Co!. Lucas. )n behalf of' the colored
employes presented to Captain Kerr a
pretty sot of chinaware.. This gift
Captain Kerr accepted with thanks to
Iff coloid friends.
Mr. New land made- a beautiful
sr?eech in presenting et pretty gold
beaded cane to Captain Lineberry; as
sistant door-keeper, f ronr the laborers
and pages: Captain Liipsberry thank
ed hi3 Jriends-. especially as it was r.n
honor unu3uari to an .loirstant cfoor-li-eepcr.
,:; .'. .. ." ,
At the f'lose of the preseirtatfon
.speeches the members rf thv; TToose
sang "Carolina Carolina, Heaven's
Blessings Attend Her."
A bill to increase the salary of the
idler in thV Treasury Bopar-Tient
from $750 to $900 a year was. lost. !
A joint resolution was adopted that
the Iyegislatrtre a'djoura sine dfe at 1
h c'clock.-' - -.vv-v .'.-
A message was recefred. from the
Snat-i transmitting , the information
that the Se-nate had adopted the report
of the conference committee on the ap
propriation bill, ; : ,
The last roll-call showed 75 members
present, and many of them made feel
ing parting remarks.
Durinpr a recess waiting; for ' the'
transmission of final matters from the
Senate many more songs were siing,
luwe was a season oi general hand
shaking and good fellowship. .
: : SENATE.
-When the Senate convened at 9
o'clock this morning 36 Senators were
present. The resolution by Mr. Lon
don appropriating $10,000 from the
State Treasury, for an exhibit at St.
Louis, provided the Governor and his
council find that there will be no de
ficit in the Treasury, was offered and
auvuuatea uy Mr. London and Mr.
BioWnand opposed by Mr. Mitchell,
oeiue. tine resolution passed.
Mr. London offered a resolution
prcasing the thanks of the Senate for
uio worK or the newspaper reporters
m r. Henderson said he had been in
Kiaiauve worK since 1868 and the re
ports thi3 session had
he ever knew beforej It waradonted
by a rising vote; - ; V C . IP
1 Hr. Gilliam introduced , a bill toVre
lal the 'dispeaaarj- law arTarbcra
in obedience to the election held there
last Friday! The bill passed.
Mr. Aaron introduced a bill for
working convicts on the roads in
Wayne and Duplin counties and it
nasscd
Mr. Beasley tried to get through a
bill to pay Mrs. W. S, Pressom a pen
sion of '$14 The bill excited a great:
discussion, I many' clamoring for
similar bills. After unmerous motions
the bill was voted down. " , .ri
Mr. Norris at 9:30 asked to have the
bill creating a police commission
taken from! the calendar and passed.
He said that the bill passed the
House and he had the bill Saturday
referred to j the committee on coun
ties, cities and tpwns so that they
could decide it on its merits. "I have
no personal! interest but I am not will
ing for any ; bill to .die by reference.
Since that committee has not been
able to meet the responsibility rests
with me. This bill is asked for by the
board of aldermen of the city and
since it was passed on almost unani
mously by the House and in view of
these facts 1 1 ask the Senate to pass
the bill. I have no personal interest
with either faction in the city but this
bill after passing the House should
be acted on by -the Senate." Mr. Lon
don safd the Senate did not have time
to consider! the matter now and he
moved to table. This prevailed Sena
tor Norris, IPharr and Travis voting
no. '.;!'. , v-v.'-- '.:.-
The following passed final reading:
To amend the charter of Hamlet. To
allow Hamlet to levy a special tax. -
A bill by Mr. Baldwin to.' pay the
directors of the deaf, dumb and blind
institutions ; traveling expenses was
passed. , . . ;., . . "
On motion of 1 Mr. Hoey the bill
amending the charter- of Randleman
was recalled and tabled. It was found
that it taxed every dog, chicken and
goose in the town $6.
Mr. Aaron introduced a bill giving
the commissioners of Wayne power in
stock law territory. .
The House bill to provide municipal
election officers for towns in Iredell
passed. '
Mr. Webb offered a bill to pay S. J.
Shelton $17.50. He came to Raleigh
and stayed I thre days ''expecting a
job arid he thought that ho should be
remembered. Senators BrownSpence,
Pharr and othejs had similar cases,
so they voted trie bill down.
The House! bill authorizing the Stat 2
Treasurer to pa interest on certain
indebtedness parsed without debate.
Lictitcnaut Governor Turner . ap
pointed Senator! Norris . on the joint
committee for enlarging; -the capital.
The Houe bill ; to hotter regulate
legislative eimplbyeB. This restricted
the pages iu the House; to 11, to he
selected by Ithe ! Speaker from each,
congressional district and one from
the State at! large. The pages in ths
Senate shall her". The employes n
the House shaill be 12, and in the Sen
ate li.. This Uill was offered by th
joint committee.! Mr: Milton and Mr.
Thayer advocated the bilL An amend'
ment by Mr Brown giving the door
keepers and! flvgt assistants mileage
was adopted by! a vote .of 13. to 12
The bit!, then; passed.
Jr. Spruili had the oill to levy a
special tax in Tyrrell recalled and.
tabled. . : 1 ' ! ;. . .'
The House bfll to appoint L. Fl
Hammeii a justice of the peace im
Granville- passed--1 " '
The House! resolution to pay George
F. Kenaedy for running the steam
heating plant dxa-ing the session was.
passed. : i
The Ifbuse; biffs to appoint justices
cf the pjaace jin Pamlico and Camden:
counties passed, j .
The House! bill to appoint W. lit:
Surratt a, justice of the peace in,
Pa vidson passed.! ;
After the conclusion of the business
on hand the! Senate adjourned sine
die. v . ' :; : : - l ' . ., : r
' Wrecked at Norfolk.
Norfik. Sne!al a
etorm swept o vr ; Norfolk at nooa
ua j , ana aia consitferable dam
age. The large building being erected
by the- American Cigar Company, near
the city limits,., was almost completely
uv0cu auu several worKmen nar
rowly escaped; the 'falling; walls. - ; "
Street Demonstration.
' Buvla-Pesthv Snecial
strataons by 3d,000 Socialists to pro-
xt :u6aiasit iae government military
bills; -took place here- Sunday and led
, ,"40,uuo wiiu , tuw populace and
breaking of windows Many arrests
were made and the police hadt finalW
t..al6U bub uemoJMtrators and dis
reirse thenx ! ; - i
Avenged Wrecked Home.
Roanoke, Va., S.peciat.--At Powhat
tan, W. Va.. a littJe mining; town iust
across the Virginia line. Jas. Hickman
shot and Instantly killed Jas. Maclc
Several years ago Mack induced her
home in westerif "North" Carolina.
Hickman had ! not! heard from his wife
until a few days ago when he learned
she was living with Mack in the coal
fields. He went in search of her and
located them in a cabin at Powhattan
He called Mack j to the door and
emptied both 'barrels of a breechload
er' Into the man who had wrecked his"
home. Hickman surrendered.
Terrible Snow Storms.
London, Byl Cteble.The St. Peters
burg correspondent oi The Daily Mall
telegraphs that terrible snow storms
have been raging during the past week
in the, government of Samara, and
have caused hundreds of deaths
Horses drawing sledges have returned
to villages with the passenger3 frozen
to death Many persons , have been
frozen to .death within . the vmtrpa
I' while s'sarching for their own homes.
jvu.i "tun iiiUUSjy
, Roanoke's $30,000 siij
In its issue of February 5
u.M.vbUAiM Slated tVi
tine Bliss of ! Srmnt at Va'
ctded to establish a bran'
, w mj mi ii ill II T
at Roanoke, Va., investing ,S H
000. A suitable building havi S
secured, a portion of the
has been installed, and te i
tives begun work this wQu -L oj
lives oegun worK this week r, H
twelve; thro ving machines in r?!
at present, but forty morn f
oraerea, ana are expected i H
before April .1. The mill M
rvA orarl anrl orn , udye il
"HII l'l .
ders on commission, it rerp- 1
Chinese silk in the raw t!
reeled from cocoons, and Vs M
chinery throws the same inti h
manufacturing dress tri
ian and Japanese raw silk f-'J
used later on. 111
Spindles in February.
There was more than the ik,
tivitv last month in fln 4:
.ilnjUjjQ0-
of, increases to the spindleaP r
Southern mills. Not for a yef
such a month's record been mad
usual, the. ; established compan?!'
ucc xy iou,uyu- amines aiii i-j
iuai as iu ue xuo'.ciuea. An in,
ment or 7 iu,uuu 13 indicate!
equipment of that extent. Estabfe1
cuunjames sue cieuiiea with J)
spindles and 1,550, looms, matV
investment of $1,610,000. This L
55,000 spindles and 950 looms fori
U,100,000. . 1
The Odell Improvements.
It was announced in these cok
last September that the J. m.
Manufacturing Co. had decided i
making extensive improvements to
plant. " These improvements t
stated to include the rebuildinzi
dam and raising . same from a he"
of four to ten feet. During tie
ent week John W. Hays of pet
uurg, va., was eugagea 10 prej
plans and specifications for tij
water-power improvements. The tc
pany will also carry out its plan
previously announced, to install a
looms 1 in order to manufacture i
yarns" into cloth. There are
spindles in the mill. About $olM
being expended for the additional d
chinery
Its Third Silk Mill.
A dispatch from Fayetteville. N.
states that the Ashley. & Bailey
will build another silk mill ia
city, making its third plant there.!
has been bought far the third s
This company is now operating 15,!
spindlea and 100 looms at Faysi;
ville,- the first plant having beei
tablished several years ago, and i
second, oae last year. Only negroes i
employed in the company's Southd
mills. The company has large mills)
Paterson,. N. J., and in several hi
sylvania. towns.
Textile Notes.
It is sratprl that HT W. f!njiwJ7S
New York city, while in Jacksocvi!l
na., recently, purchased zym.
crossties: from dealers in that citj
These ties are to he nspd in theco;
struction of an electric railroads
CatSkill ta Oakhill- which is to be cos
pleted by July 1 next. - Mr. Con?r
nrononnces th vT1w-ninp hparteros
'ties. of Florida well adapted for
purposes
The?' door, sashr. blind and builfc
material; business of the late Mr. Jos
R. Neely of Norfolk has been acquis
by a stock company which was 022
tered last week. The new company'
be known as the Hawks-Maupin Cos
pany, and will' begin business wiU
capital: of-$15,0Q0u The officers of t:
company are JmMe L. R.JfVratts
dent; Mr. E. Maupin, Jr.. treasure
and EL. B. Hawks, secretary.
Louisville annpnnce that; within 4
next few., mornths they will nw
through Pensacola $,000,000 feet of Bj
nogany logs, the first cargo of w
is. ntow nerc ine mahogany is com
from Honduras, and 250,000
logs is considered a good cargo
iressel ' The nrnri n of, will m shiDDed
the compana box f factory at IM
me. several vessels are now en
there. -
Calimo in Eruntion.
Colima. Mex., Special. The vo!'
Is again in eruntion. The peop'
.Tuxpam are : in consternation. Acc'
ing to advices from that point tne c
tion was accomnanied by showers
ashea and dense clouds darkeninS
sky. K Some - have, fled to .neigw
hills. Many houses and stores
been closed. .
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Lumber Notes.
The shipments of lumber tt $
.port of Jacksonville, Fla., fT A
month of February amounted to J
731,592 : feet, against 11,035,03 ,1
for February, 1&02, an increase
636,559 feet. J
The large new planing niU1 J
novelty works of the Douglass
facturing Co. of Douglass, Ga..
up last week. The company turs J
all styles of woodwork, and &a
ders for months ahead. J
A, charter has been granted0
Jtiaynes Furniture Co. 01 - jp
county, Tennessee, with a c
stock of $15,000. The incorporr 4
J. C Haynes, Jr.. A. J. Barnes,
1 Tucker and Floyd Estill, .