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Loi eyes are made for the light
And souls are mane tor joy
And eves must be blinded
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ted bv erii
H - And souls must be darken'
grief.
That alike they may find relief
Belief from the strain of the light. ' '
And strength from the-strain of Joy,
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BlSliOa FOTTEft.
r . Atlanta Journal.
Bishop Potter, of New York city, ia a
: great man,, he is a broad, man, he is ail
i sorts of a man, he is everybody's man.
- It is not because he is a bishop nor be
cause he is an Episcopalian that makes
i me say what I say, but it is because of
' his views so widely circulated, wnicn i
am sure - the devil himself approves.
; Bishop Potter, of New York knows as
little about us poor white people in
Georgia as we care.about him in New
York. He runs with a different gang
- to what we run with and -train with,
The good, God-fearing people of Geor
gia are for prohibition, and we don't
like the names he calls us and- the
name he calls our pet theory, such as
"impudent fraud and impudent fail
ure," and such like. If' the bishop will,
allow me in a brotherly way, I will say
to him that what he says on the sub
ject of prohibition, drunkenness, and
' o on stamps him . as an "impudent
fraud" whether he. be an "impudent
failure"- or not. The business of a
minister of God in this, world is to
champion and fight for everything
that's right and to denounce and fight
against everything that's wrong. There
is not a good man in Georgia who en
dorses the sentiment of iJisnop .rotter,
of New York; there is not a rummy
or red-nesed rascal in Georgia who
does not fully endorse his utterances
on the liquor and prohibition question,
Bishop Potter may vaporize about edu
cation and transformation and so on,
but what the good people of Georgia
want is prohibition,
I tell you, in New York when they
take a bishop' around with them and
dine him and wine him and stuff him
vand toast him,4 it don't take him long
to imbibe the views ef wine-bibbers
and gluttons and to preach the doc-1
trine of voluptuaries from the plat
form. How long before the bishop and
his gang will -be broadening the Ten
Commandments and liberalizing the
moral law so they would have it read:
Thou shalt not steal less than a million
dollars; thou shalt not break the Sab
bath, but bend it 'double if there is
money in it; thou shalt not commit
adultery by having more than one wife
at your home; thou shalt not covet but
get all you can and keep all ypu get;
thou shalt not kill a single man, but
like John Bull kill them by the thou
. sand and it is. all O. K.; thou shalt not
- be guilty of idolatry, worship the true
and living dollar, etc.
I mingle and mix much with preach
era and poeple. I don't know a faithful
: true minister of God today who is not
- a Prohibitionist in sentiment and heart,
nor do I know a God-fearing member
of the church who is not anti-whisky
from the bottom to top. You may
take Jerry Macaulay's work in "New
York city among the bums and thugs,
' a man whose life was consecrated to
the salvation of the poor and the hum
. He. His sentiments were as much at
. antipodes' - with Bishop Potter's as
heaven- is from hell. Bishop Potter
when dining with his millionare friends
- with their flow of wines and glow of
: spirit,, is in very poor position and atti
tude to talk to us poor Georgia people,
or to advise and counsel anybody, but
the 400 Of New York. vYon can mighty
.nigh tell what gang a fellow is running
with when you read his sentiments
and listen to his views.' It is a very
hard matter for a preacher to say any
thing that will wound a brother in his
church, that is worth a million- dollars,
or ; oonimdnt - scripturally upon f the
conduct of the rich and great lie runs
with socially. ' -: ::vr (
j I.am, satisfied that-; BiBhop . Potter's
views on the queetion at issue are well
pleasing to the devil, and he has done
that old gentleman a service that he
will remember . him kindly for; ' no
doubt, in the days to come, and when
Xlook upon the faithful, tried and true
men of iGeorgia who have seen the
wrecks.along the shores of intemper
ance and the vile work of the saloons.
and see their tears and prayers as they
struggle to rid -our' state of f this the
' worst enemy we have,' and then have
: them ridiculed and cajoled and guyed
by a pampered priest, I feel like pray-
v ing for snch -a man1 like Paul prayed
for Alexander, the coppersmith: "Uh,
' . Lord, ' reward - him according to. his
i'. ' - works," and. I . dare say that if the
-:f;;-; bishop will eome to Georgia and utter
'V v sentiments Hk6 that, he. will be where
-'f ; the Spiritualist -Speaker ' was who had
-v f : tieen speaking for an hoar and had his
crowd ; all- aglow, with his wonderful-
rhetoric and logic, and by . and - by he
; said:, "Now,. ladies -and gentleman I
:--t-y',.;?r announce the most marvelous phenom- j
r&jjena in the spiritualistic world when-1
. O- -gay to ypu . that in . the' realm .of. the
spiritual veiything becomes real, that
.".-sfu-can there handle a ghost like'jrou
;: v cf n handle a man.'4 About that time a
; U. .!a, measly-faced, red-headed, squint-1
-e7?I, half -deaf fellow; sitting back in
-:ti y tdieneei! hollowed oijt, "Amen." -2;V
Ti. 3''epeake atobped and said; 1 am
;;'tl '".niiul tat a witness to ;:rthis wonier
;;f ; jTpositioni' come, forward, - ray
I, and give them the fc3
I cf this wonderfjil phenoraer-t."
isaow up
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? "At.: thA ifevil.". said the feuow, . J.
thnncht vaa said a coat. ' r i;T jS
f It is no ghost, gentlemen, uie viauup
has jqmped up it is goat, and that
goat has butted millions into liell, and
f have no doubt he was butting the
bishop to good effect when the bishop
hAfohol nr. m ch sentiments as are ac-
A Masonic lodge ia not responsiwe
thai nnA of its members eot drunk or
committed a crime. ' A great church
is not responsible that one of its mem
bers violated the law ox w,
Masonic lodee is responsible Jtor the
man thev elect worshipful master.) A
church is responsible for who they pnt
at 2 its bead, xnere responsiDuiijr
flxl and mnst be met. ' Give us min
isters of God who are true to the right
and who look not with the least allow
anrtn nnon fan and crime, and ; then I
have mopes xor toe .raumpo u ngu.
and the defeat of wrong. Yours truly,
v - " r 8am Jf. JONES.
BsnMia Bar Help Cane of
Cor. Atlanta Journal.
I It is believed that the plan of those
who desire to have Governor Aycocfc
go to the United States Senate as the
successor of Senator Pritchard, the Be-
nnhlican incumbent, will be the nrat
to uree the election oi ex-oenaior mats.
W. Bansom. who was defeated for re
election after serving four terms when
the fusionists came into power in North
Carolina in 1894. Senator Jtansom,
who is 76 years -old and quite feeble,
has no intention of re-entering pontics,
and hence it is considered safe to start
a boom for him to be turned later to
the advantage of Governor Aycock.
In this connection a rumor tnat was
current a year ago is of interest, it
was to the effect that Aycock would not
have been Governor had it not been
for his senatorial aspirations. There
were several strong candidates for the
nomination, and it is believed by some
people that Aycock did not intend to
enter fhe fight, preferring to stand for
election to the senate. State Unairman
Simmons, who also had' senatorial as
pirations, paved the way for the unan
imous nomination of Aycock for gov
ernor, and thus assured his 'own elec
tion to the Senate.
Should Governor Aycock enter the
present senatorial contest he would
doubtless receive the united support of
We eU.UCau.UIUU xurvoo Ul me omre, iu
no governor of North Carolina has ever
been more popular
people.
with the school
Needn't litre HTltb Drunkard.
No West Virginia , woman need live
with her husband if he is a habitual
drunkard, for Supreme Court of that
State has decided, that, if, after mar
riage, the husband becomes a drunkard
the wife is justified in deserting him.
For this cause, furthermore, the wife is
entitled to dower athough at the time
of his death she be living apart from
him. The decision of the court is re
ported in the case of Neeley vs. Neeley
from Doddridge country. In his
opimion Judge Dent says:
"No woman is compelled to live
with the worst of all brutes a drunken
brute to the peril of her health and
life, but she has a right to leave him
and live apart from him until he fur
nishes her in indubitable evidence of
reformation."
A Dream Reveals at Pot ef Gold.
A remarkable find was made on the
22nd by a young man near Caroleen.
For several generations it has been be
lieved that somewhere on the William
Morrow plantation was buried a pot of
gold and for years -people who have
lived in that locality have dug for the
hiddfin trefianra. Mrs. : Morrow. . i a I
wirinw hn ia a venr mwd ladv. dreams
1 ed out the mystery and directed her
grandson, Tom Tomes, where to dig
for the long-talked-of pot of gold. - The
young man went immediately and ex
cavated an old soap-stone pot, which
will hold about one gallon,! and found
it filled to the top with gold. ; There is
one large nugget in the pot. The bal
ance seems to be old coius hammered
out and without date or device. ' There
was also with the pot an Tndian flint
tommyhawkf
Bow are the BUghtT Fallen.
Raleigh Post.
Ye gods and little fishes! "
For Collector of the Port of Wilming
ton, Citizen d. F. Keith, erstwhile run
ning mate of Dr.. Mott. in their mad
rush for free silver or Bust.
For District Attorney, Citizen Harry
Skinner, ; the original ; author of that
soul-stirring f little drama, The; Sub-
Treasury or Death to Both Old Par
ties orbuster. . --.t. .: ";t-'f
And both busted. . i: ? . -
That was a few, brief summers ago.
But yesterday what: a transformation
scene tickled the heart,' -mind -and fu
ture hopes of the President,
Senator-, Pntehard,Vther Bepubhcan
. . : " - -
leaAef i?atronSP emfH:iing
suooessfully corraled the erstwhile en
emy of all .parties save themselves and
led them captives into the presence of
the Heap Big Chief, modestly an
nounced, "These be my jewels whom I
would - have thee take in out of the
wet."
. And ex-Governor- Russell bows in si
lent consent, but "rt winked that other
eye,'1: while District Attorney Bernard
welcomes his kickics: -down stairs with
something like real cheerfulness.
Cn&tor Pritchard seras t3 be pock-
eir-j the Pep "trzieri" r ;ht along.
13 rc:t cf th.9 V.zry will come
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BILL ABrS MSXTKU. -
Atlanta Consti&atton. ; i"' . ''
Mv special pets, the mothers -an-l l
children of this blessed Und, have been
neglected of late, for J. havetd a ume
of it in taking care of myself. .. For a
month past I have been perplexed and
burdened with a correspondence that I
could not avoid. I have answered
more than a hundred letters concerning
the Monticello fraud, but that trouble
is now about over and once more I am
calm and serene. : It was a most mar
velous enterprise. Nothing equal to it
has ever occurred in the South, v One
woman writes that she has written oyer
eleven hundred letters. The area cov
ered by it and the victims who suffered
is astounding. My correspondents are
all women, dependent, " struggling wo
men, and they neck the - land from
West Virginia to Western Texas. I
learn that Monticello ' has surrendered
and assigned, which means, of course,
that the army of these agents win nave
to surrender and be resigned. ' Blessed
are they who expect nothing; for they
shall not be disappointed .
Just now there seems to be a lull in
the excitements that have agitated the
press and the public for some time past.
The negro has almost -retired from dis
cussion and is the . same : unconcerned
creature he has' always been. Profes
Bor Stone, who has been studying them
in Mississippi, says tnat in tne ueiia
- Kva - a 1 I II . Jll.
where they oonstitute - 87 per cent, of
the population they are more contented,
more industrious and more law-abiuing
than in any region he has visited.
Maybe Bishop Turner is right and they
can take care of . themselves if left to
themselves. But my philosophy is, let
the problem alone and let it work out
its own solution. It may .take twenty
years, it may take fifty, but it will solve
itself.
Politics, loo, is somewhat tired and
in a dormant condition. The country
has ceased to make much ado over the
antics and romantics of the new presi
dent and is just waiting to see what he
will do next. . He is a Sphinx. He is
going to do what he - thinks is right,
but the trouble is he thinks wrong too
often. He is whdtyou might call nmky.
When a man is finiky, he is hniky
that's all. The word is not in the dic
tionary and has no definition. Finiky
is finiky.
Well, our State politics has subsided
for a time, i The pot boiled over at
first, but has simmered down and we
are not making as many governors and
other officers as we did before Christ
mas. I don't feel very anxious about
the next governor, for with those who
are in the field we can't hardly make
a mistake. As Cobe would . say,. "It's
all optionary with me. There is noth
ing left hardly to fuss and fume about
except the Atlanta depot. This is en
during stock.! I have not been to At
lanta since last March and I am - not
going until they j build a new" depot
Nevertheless, we still have the usual
amount of horrors and wrecks and horn
icides. It takes .'all the big type to
keep the headlines going. .Forty years
ago there never was a displayed head
line nor the picture . of a . woman in a
newspaper. The mchmond wnig and
National Intelligencer did : not even
have a caption to their editorials. You
had to read it to find out what the ar
ticle was about. Now we glance at the
heading and read nothing else, and as
j for the pictures we old men can't tell
the difference between JLydia 11 nit nam
and the belle of Frowtown.
' But the mothers and their children
are sua leit us. i was ruminating
about the books we boys had to read in
the olden time and how they . had dis
appeared and gone out of print. There
was the "Arabian Nights" and "Rob
inson Crusoe" and "Gulliver's Travels"
"Baron Munchausen" all were" made
lies, but the bigger the lies the better
we liked them, for children I are imag
inative, and the little stones of "Jack,
the Giant Killer" and "Jack and. the
Bean Vine" and "Cinderella" have to
be told oyer and over again to the lit
tle ones before they go to bed. mere
are two little ones that I have to put
to sleep many a night repeating these
same old s'tories.. But the ."Baron
Munchausen!' type of lies passed away;
although- it went . through many edi
tions and I have seen nothing like . it
antil recently, when . I received a little
book called, "I'm Something of a liar
Myself," published in Xondon and
New York and manufactured by Baron
DeVore, ef Edgefield, S. C. 1 think
he is a lineal descendant of Munchau
sen and has improved upon; his great
ancestor-: It seems that he feu in with
a dwarf in Kansas City, whose name was
Ban. ; This Ban had lived nine years
on the banks of the Amazon river and
told Baron DeVore how: theT ammonia
of that region produced forests of great
trees that were two or' tnree thousand
feet high and big around in proportion.
He says it took him eleven jdays and
six hours And - thirty-nine minutes - to
Ml A lHlllin Ailil a.nii '!--
alV amnnd one of them
Kan says
the ammonia dwarfed him'. It en
larged ; his ; head ' and lengthened his
I fest. "but shrunk, np his shanks and
neck." He wore a No. 10 hat and Ho
7 collar. His feet were 18. inches long
and flattened like a duck's bill and his
les about the size of a 'hoe' handle.
His feet grew, long- on purpose, for the
soil was so soft .an ordinary loot wouia
hare rank down it. Everybody knows
him in Kansas City and it is dangerous
to doubt cr caputs his. stones.: . Ran
ssys thai e 3 cf t-ose trer3 are awfully
crooze
C-3th
lit T"-J
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' Ls me -across
n frcm old e:
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crushed down the lor-, ior 1 miles
and rolled over towns and. villages and
crushed the people and 'the-honey
marked its way in a stream big enough
to turn a saw mill, and the tree finally
got to the sea and rolled -in. '. Then he
tells about sitting on a log one day to
rest and after a while the log began to
tremble and rise up in' the middle and
suddenly bowed up in a spasmodic mo
tion like one of these measuring worms
or like the loop' that Schley made, at
Santiago and threw him 50 feet in the
air and he found out it was a snake
and the snake opened its 'mouth wide
for him to fail into it when he came
down, and he did fall ' in, all but bis
right arm, and with that he opened his
big knife with his teeth and cut the
snake's head off and crawled out- "
Well, it is strange that we like to
read these lies and how we becc me fas
cinated with them and read on to see
how he got out of the scrape that he
got into. But still the world is full Of
lies and if we have got to read them, it
is best to read these whoppers that
Baron Munchausen and Baron DeVore
tells us. This dwarf Ban has a but
name of Isoalm. which letters, the
baron says, stand fpr "I'm somewhat
of a liar myself." That is the title of
the little red book, and at first I took it
as a reflection on my character that the
book was sent to me. It was an insin
uation and so I have given it to a friend
who has more reputation in that line
than I have and is proud of it. Ail
this, of course, is for the children and
maybe will keep them from sitting on
an old rusty log in the woods. There
Is no harm in a lie that is told as a lie..
Until Baron DeVore came forth Edgar
Poe was the most, refined and plausible
liar this ' century has ever produced
His "Goldbug and his Murder in the
Rue Morgue have never been equaled.
. HILL ABF.
They Crowded to Hear Elm.
Baltimore Sun.
. This week there was an unusual oc
currence in Wilmington, N. C. CoL
A. M. Waddell, for more than two
years Mayor of that city, delivered an
address last Sunday night in the Con
gregational Colored Church at Wil
mington, and the church overflowed
with the large crowd that wanted to
hear him. He spoke to the negroes
on "Morality and Virtue," and they
seem to have appreciated his en
couragement and kindly advice. .
This is the same Colonel Waddell
who led the "revolution" that over
turned the black-and-tan city govern
ment at Wilmington just after the elec
tion of 1898 and was denounced-by
some of the New England newspapers
as the leader of a band of- ' 'redhanded
murderers."
He fought the vicious element that
controlled in that city, and the emigres,
both white and black, have been prob
ably driven out forever.. But when
the rule of ignorance and ' vice was
broken he became once more the dig
nified friend and kihdlv adviser of the
colored people.' If they Ji.t no! o re
gard him the negroes would aardlv
! have invited him to lecture to them and
rowded to hear him.
: Fate of n Disciples.
St. Matthew was slain with the sword
in Ethiopia
St.' Mark was murdered in Alexandria.
at. Luke was hanged to a tree in
Greece, v
St. John died a natural .death at
Ephesus. -
- at. James the Great was beheaded at
Jerusalem;
St. Paul was beheaded at Rome by
Nero,
St. Barnabas was stoned to death by
Jews at Salama. '
St. Simon was crucified in Persia.
St. Jude was shot to death with ar
rows. - .
St. Bartholomew was flayed alive.
St. Andrew was bound to a cross till
he expired.
St, Thomas was kmed by a lance stab.
St. Phillip was hanged from a pillar.
St. James the Less - was clubbed to
death. :-- -' ; ..,
The Wrong Connection.
8alt Laxe Herald. . ,
The telephone girl and the bill, clerk,
to whom she had promised her heart
and hand, .were sitting in front of the
fireplace talking about the ; happy days
to come when tney would be one.
From one little , detail to another the
talk finally drifted to the subject of
lighting the fires in the morning. On
this point the young was decided., lie
stated it as' his emphatic opinion that
it was a wife's place to get np and start
it was a-wuca place to get np ana start
the fires and let her Wr hard-working
husband resk
After this declaration ; there was si
lence for the space of about three quar
ters of a second. Then the. telephone
girl thrust out the flngef Encircled by
her engagement ring and murmured
V: "Ring off,, please. . You have got
connected with the-wrpng number.'
' liTtinia WomenCoAnaej. '
"In view of the frequency of assaults
npon -Virginia women of .late some' of
thOf. ladies in the: Sunout section who
have to drive or walk alone have begun
to. arm themselves wherever ; they go
unattended. .Miss uinnie liboaea, a
ypuhg woman who keeps school at Dri
ver and whose; home is near, llamson
bursr iaone ; of the girls "who travel
readv to averre insults.
A In an interview ehe said it . Yes,?c t
always carry a revolver when driving to
cy school as 1 1. kc? it with-me while
t:-:..-r'' L .1 ezy t z."p;acu3 man
ISNEWtCBEBEFOBUTA HUSFITf
Baltimore 8un. ??t''-:-ft-V-'V;ft
The. anti-Tammany fusion reform
administration I of New York : is three
weeks old," and some Gothamites are
becoming impatient, as the millennium
is. by no means in sight.
Your average reformer wants things
to be brought about in a day . and to
come upto campaign plans and specifi-
siders the plans a good thing to carry
around before election, but about of
the same use after inauguration as a
last year's bird's nestr -
The clergymen and temperance work-
era who preached and worked for Mayor
Low-and his associates have not been
particularly pleased by the zeal of -District
Attorney Jerome and others to
have a more liberal excise law passed.
One of the reasons they opposed Tam
many was that the Karnes law was not
enforced, and Mr. Jerome's new plan
to open saloons for certain hours of
Sunday will legalize and countenance
the very practice now prohibited by
law, which law Tammany has been
condemned for not enforcing.
Dispatches from the metropolis each
Monday state that the usual eide doors
have been open on Sunday, there was
the same beer drinking, the same mix
ing of cocktails and fizzes as during the
wicked Tammany administration, and
the Raines-law - sandwiches were still
suffering from over work. .
Realizing this, a doubt has begun to
filter into the minds of the truly good
as to whether the new reform adminis
tion is altogether righteous.
That energetic and forceful dominie,
Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst, who is ever
the first to voice discontent when it pre
vails, has written a formal letter to Mr.
Low, in which" he tells how his heart is
grieved at the bloom which has been
taken off reform and the blight that
has come upon his hopes.
He even ventures to say that there is
little choice between a Tammany gov
ernment that is open in its wickedness
and a reform administration which has
not the courage of its good principles,
But it appears that the new city offi-
iWVO IAJ U1C VUIIUIUOIUU tUUt
New York wants reform in extremely
small doses and does not want any of
its freedom to do wrong interfered with.
The city appears to like reform until
it begins to try it on. One faction
complains that the shoulders are too
loose and the other that the sleeves are
too tight. Another believes the fabric
too. gay, while some think it somber
enough for a Quaker and not at all be
fitting a lively city.
The question arises in the minds of
the friends as well as the foes of the
new
administration. Do the great
majority of the people of the metropo
lis really want the laws strictly and
firmly administered ?
It really seems that "reform" may
be something of a misfit in New York.
Prltcnard Prepares to Shift Respon
sibility.
United States Senator Pritchard has
grown weary of the responsibility rest
ing upon him as the representatives of
the administration in the distribution
of federal patronage in North Carolina.
With a view to relieving himself of a
portion of the burden, he will shortly
call, the Republican state executive
committee of which he is chairman,
together for the purpose of appointing
what will be known as . a campaign
committee. It will be the duty of this
committee to examine all applications
for appointment to office and make
recommendations to Senator Pritchard,
who will be guided entirely by the voice
of the committee. It is also expected
that this arrangement will bring about
mofe harmony and a better- feeling in
the Republican party in North Carolina.
Civil Servlee Examinations
The U. S. Civil Service Commission
will hold examinations at several places
in each state during March and April,
to secure young men and women for the
government service. 9,889 ; persons
secured positions last year through these
examinations. Probably lu.uuo ap
pointments will be made this year. .All
appointments- are for life and. for most
positions only a common school educa
tion is required. - salaries at appoint
ment vary from $660 to $1200 a year
with liberal promotions afterward.
Politics is not considered. : There is less
competition in the southern states than
in other parts of the country. This
affords a good oppertunity for people
between 16 and 45 years of age. - Those
desiring places of tins kind .can get f
information about them free by writing
1 y - - 4 .
OoUege, Washington, D.; C.j and asking
to ' the v Columbian ' Correspondence
for its Civil Service catalouge -number
three,"-. ;.. ; - y ..f---'.'.
Tovn Udr Barned to Ieath.
"Miss Carrie Barringer,' the youngest
daughter of the late Noah Barringer, a
former well known farmer, of Catawba,
was burned to death early on the morn
ing of the 15th. ' '-'::' '-':-
Her mother left her by the fire to go
for water at the spring some littie . dis-
tance from the honBe.h On. her return
she found -her daughter' enveloped I in
flajries. : The mother attempted to ex
tinguish -.the re, r- but - the daughter
evaded her and ran out into the yard.
ThTr?S
years Of age. J
:' : The,ETInlte rs Powe.yw?
Willie had swallowed- a -penny and
his mother', was m a state of much
alarm. i't'Helen,'; she; called to" her
sister in the next' "room, "send for '- a
doctor; -Y7il-i3lia3 tz21oTtl &-pev.r j."
The tsrr:?.?i toy lrciel c- irrrlcrir -.
ly.:-.'i:o, 'Eisuma,: Lei.-ic:c -"seir-Ifcr
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STATE NEWS.
The trial of James Wilcox is set for
the third week in March. ". - i
The Snow Basket Company's plant at
High Point was burned at noon Tues
day, the 21st. ' .
-Mr.-Wm." S. Frost trainmaster of the
Southern Railway died in Salisburv
Saturday night, aged 88. ;
Mrs.- Alex Coffin died at Asheboro on
the 20th of pneumonia at 3:80 after a
brief illness. Ten days ago her hus
band,' Mr. Alex Coffin, died of the same
disease. . --- ; .. .
The gross sales of liquor by the Mon
roe dispensary during the past year
were $21,975.67. The profits ? were
divided - thus: Town, government,
$1,601.03; chain gang for roads, $1,
603.63; Monroe graded sshool, $1,195.-
Xle .- '
:- J. L. Wright, white, 34 years of age,
met a horrible death in the Erwin Mill
at Durham on the 17th. Caught in a
1 body was jerked to the pulley
above and his right leg torn off at the
hip joint. He lived some eight or ten
minutes arter tne accident. -
Mr. W. C. Dowd,-of Charlotte, is an
avowed candidate for the Democratic
congressional nomination in the ninth
district the district : which stretches
from the South Carolina line across the
mountains to Mitchell, Madison and
Yancey on the Tennessee line.
liun Brown, colored, an inmate of
the Montgomery county home, was
burned to death Saturday night a week
ago. lie was an epileptic and it is sup
posed he had a fit and fell or crawled
into the fire. When found he was lying
ueau witn nis bead in the. hre and his
clothing in,a flame. ,
Gpvenor Aycock will call the "Good
Roads Congress" to. order at Raleigh
February 13. Delegates, named by the
Governor, are expected to be present
from all parts of the State. The
sessions will occupy two days. It will be
tne greatest movement for good roadp
ever inaugurated in tis State
Tne entries tkJieRe senatorial race are
increasing!' So far Overman of Rowan,
Glenn of Forsyth, Craige of Buncombe,
w.Tm v, k g ti
Osborne of Mecklenburg, are avowed
candidates, while Gen. J. S. Carr, of
Durham, and Cy, Watson, of Forsyth,
are prospective candidates; and there
may be others. -
Mrs. Zebulon Vance, will spend this
winter An Asheville. She wUl be the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Martin.
Mrs. Vance has always resided at Gom
broon, her beautiful conntry home near
Black Mountain, since Senator Vance's
death, spending a portion of the winter
months in Washington, where she lias
also a handsome residence. " '
Tom Yount Shot in HIelsory. -Hickory,
Jan. 21. One of the great
est tragedies that has ever taken place
inside of the corporation was that, oc
curring last night in the eastern por
tion of the town when Tom Yount, a
well-connected young 'married man,
was shot from ambush. The ball, from
a 38-calibre pistol, entered through'' the
upper lip, knocking out three front
teeth, clipping the tongue and lodging
in the right lower jaw.
There is, much exciting comment
over the affair and there is a great deal
of circumstanciai evidence as to the
guilty parties, but so far there has not
been any arrest, although onenight
policeman was on the scene at tfie time
of the shooting, thereafter locating
some of the parties in hiding, one of
whom was clothed in a woman's garb.
Leading up to the tragedy it -is said
that a fascinating widow of this town
1 1 j v . i j ,
ua piayeu a part wmcn causeu a greaj
noai m laainnnir rifiraraAn .oi-ain nomiaa
vv mnvuoj uvvnvvuvuMuu uwt
"Lmehbarg- Necro Fiend Confesses to
-"; Crime. ... v:''u-v- -
Roanoke. Va., Jan. 22. Mrs. Ralph
Webber, who was criminally assaulted
by a negro who then cut her throat
and left her for dead in Lynchburg, on
the 11th instant, was brought here last
night and taken to the jail, where Joe
Higginbotham, who is charged " with
the crime,. has been-confined . for. the
past week. When Higginbotham ;was
brought before Mrs. ; Webber she ; at
once identifield him as the man Who
assaulted, her. The negro broke down
and confessed to the crime with which
he is charged and further stated that he
. had attempted some months ago to as
pattent 4n
sault a "White girl who was a,
. ycahnre hosnital
1
N ecroes Still Xreavlnx the Parma..
Prloewagj :
-.Meckienburg farm, hands are'still
leaving for Lonisana and Mississippi.
A large number from, the1 Providence
section-: left - recently J A 'prominent
farmer tells the News man- that if the
presents ; exodus ' continues, Mecklen
burg farmers will be compelled to' go- to
Other countries for negroes farm-help
Several negroes who i have - gone : to
Mississippi from Jthis section have writ-
ten back - home i that they; like the
! change..; . This has caused a number to
!K . I.-!'. -
Ptilied. Oat HcrEy4 rieU
a1' '--"'x i "-" 1' 1. '2 -1 m "
jvirs. isuia ADney,-wii3 . ycan
merchant near Sparta,. Tc
as the result of a pulling c
her eyes in a fanatical ar '
pretation of the Scripture i
'"If thine eye offend r
cszt it fra thee, for it :
iul tfava-haTiES onl
to r-.l!:r-f:.9 torr:?t3C.- "
3 1--. Lian-ch e:
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Cf C
cf
The Census Bureau givet ' ut the in
teresting statement' that , the value of
the cotton crop of the United States for
1900 including the -seed audits availa-
hie crude manufactured product, was
$419,208,296.
Eight negro school teachers were ar-
rested in- Henry county, Alabama, last
week claiming to have come for exam
ination with a full list of questions and
answers. - It is said they paid a negro
preacher $5 each -for them, he securing
them from a negro teacher at lTroy for
$15 ' -
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, in whose
interest the matter of a $5,000 pension
rou agiuiiu at vt aamngujn pn
the ground that she is the widow of
an- ex-President, has notified her friends .
tnat she does not care to have the mat
ter pressed and no further effort will be
made in that direction. . - ; . f 3
. General James Longstreet. of Georrfa.
will nbt be reappointed as oommssioner
of railroads, as . the . president has in
mind some younger and more vigorous ':
man for this place. -Senator Morgan
has introduced a bill placing General
Longstreet on the retired list of the
army with the rank and pay of - major.
It is believed there ia a possibility of
passing una in view of General Lone-
street's rank in the federal
17 at the
outbreak of the war.
Opening ofParUam
- King .Edward opened
arliament
wun eiaoorate ceremonies o:
the 17th.
The speech from the throm
expresses-
gratification at the reception of the
Prince and Princess of Wales on their
tour; states that Great, Britain's relations
with foreign powers are of a, Vfriendly
character;" refers to the canaK treaty
with the United States', sugar bounties
and other problems, and', .praises the
British soldiers for their huiaiane treat
ment, of Boer captives and residen ts in
the war in South Africa.
The reference .to the conduct' to T sol
diers -in South Africa caused cheers
and applause"' it he House of Lords,
the first time- it has occured ofn snch an
occasion in many.years. -
The Irish question was broached in
the House of Commons immediately, a
i.; ,1 TTLSiiLZ.
resolution being offered i declaring
Colonel Lynch's election an f 'insult to
the House"; and Mr. MacNeill protest
ing against the confinement in dun
geons of Irish Nationalist nf embers of
Parliament. ? f
Earl : Spencer plead , f or granting
liberal terms to the Boers, and Lord
Salisbury defended martial law, and
said British victory was first considera
tion. Sir William Har court ' attacked
martial law in Cape Colony, and Mr.
Joseph 'Chamberlain made a heated
response.
Visit of The German Prla
Prince Henry wUl.a.rrive in Ne
February 22; will be met down t
by a squadron under command' r
oay
iear-
Admiral Evans and escorted to .ue city.
He will go to Washington on a spe
cial train to meet; the President while
there stopping at the German Embassy.
The Kaiser's yacht, which will be
named the Meteor, launched February
26 m New York. -
After the launching the Prince and
suite will return, to Washington,- going .
thence to Cincinnati and Chicago and
returning; via Niagara Falls to New
York. .
The Kaiser will send a handsome
present 'to Miss Roosevelt, who will
christen the. yacht.
The Imperial yacht Hohenzollern is
in readiness and will probably sail from
Kiel, ' Germany,-Saturday. She will
bring one of the 'best German military
"""5
l nte, which
is practicing favorite
and will give several
i .
1 Am AjiAan aiTS
concerts in the United States.
. .- A farewell dinner to the officers and
crew of the Hohenzollern was given at
Kiel. ; - ' ;
Wedded His Step-Granddaughter.
Suffolk, Va, Dispatch. I6tb.
' Being refused a license in Virginia
James M.Turner, a well to do farmer,
arose before daybreak this morning and
after riding over 50 miles with Maggie
Stevenson, his step-granddaughter,
,they were married this afternoon by
Justice. Walton,? at Hayes' Hotel, in
Gatesville, N. C. They live in Isle of
Wright county i" Virginia. Turner gave
his acre as 4& vears but looks v older, -
whileMaggieis a comely blonde of 19.
I i knew it . waH against the law,"
saidj Turner ;';hut we were in love and
X meant .to marry her or die. . When
we get back' I expect to sell everything .
and. leave.'-;.. JLhe maxim 11 m ypuw
' for such marriages in Virginia is .$500
fine and six months in prison.-' Should
they, live here the statute would apply
fey.en though the" ceremony : was per-:
1 formed elsewhere. "
. Gorham Sues tor Pardon,
A:' tiorbain. exattorney Of tne
J Southern railway, who was comdeted at
I Statesville for tampering witb!?'t jury in
the :$50,C00 ; Long damage "suit, . baa
been to see Governor Aycock and asked.
.a'feardon. - v
; He was icomnanied by Locke Jrai,
one cf ta 1 rnevs. : It is Said two
hundred 1-Ti-
3 t -
-a ask for his pardon. .
3 court, it will be remera-'
-d the verdict cf th3
this case, that. Gorl -ra
and pay a fine. ' 11 3
led, however .
3earer lav' . - t. -MWlthT2,C
onia, Euror: 1'
bearers of t3 1
tone and hr-
them t7
r (Roume.
to the r
mpani'-d I
bered,
lower ecu
must r t
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