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LENOIR NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1903.
NO. 36.
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mm. V. Long, Esq, of Statesvffle. is
candidate for the nomination for. judge
:ln his district i : i ? i
; ' The gift of $25,000 to Trinity College
-oomea from Trinity's benevolent mend,
.Mr. j. n. isuxe. : -. ..... i-;vs;
: The public school authorities are
notified that when the second $100,000
of the State's aid. to schools is. needed
it will be forthcoming. . ' : . j.
.: 1 The Chattanooga Times thus describes
former residence of North Carolina:
"Bev.. L G. Broughton is a man with
185 pounds of backbone and 5 pounds
"of hair." ; :: -y-:
: Emery E. Baper, of Davidson, will
be a candidate for judge in his diBtrict,
- and the ' Lexington Dispatch says the
prospects are that he will be - nomi
nated. :-
Four men are to be executed in
- North Carolina on February 26 for hav
ine committed burglary. This recalls
the fact not generally known that three I
ether states aside from North Carolina
made - bnrelarv a " caDital - offense I
Louisiana. Deleware and Alabama. : . I
A number of Bohemians are employ-
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eave a ball. : A number of the natives
attempted to enter the building - and
participate. A desperate ; fight with
knives resulted and thirteen persona
were injured, seven seriously.
A Mrs. Tucker was burned to death J
particulars as reported are that she was I
not feeling very well and made a pallet
before the fire and lying down with her
one-year-old babe in her arms, dropped
off to sleep, when the bed clothing
caught fire and burned her so severely
that she died in twenty-four hours.
Strange to say the baby was not hurt.
There is a wrong impression on the
part of the authorities ofjt number of
counties in regard, to the meaning of
the term " available school funds."
They appear to think it ; means only
funds which have come in since July
1st last. The law in regard to the ex
penditure of the schools open four
months, requires that the "schools mus
use all the funds to their credit before
they draw on this State fund. They
must use all their credit, even if it goes
back 5 years. On the 1st of last July
the great sum of $227,000 was in the
nands of county treasurers to the credit
of the school fund.
Then and Now.
Charlotte Observer.
Dr. Henry Louis Smith, the accom
plished president of Davidson College,
evidently read Coin's Financial School,
and heard the arguments of ourorbus
ter orators a few years ago. In his. in
structive and entertaining lecture, last
night he re-ihtroduced us to some old
acquaintances in reminding us of the
-times when we were told that the price
of wheat and the price of silver were
- arbitrarity dependent upon each
other cheap silver, cheap wheat; high
"silver, high wheat. And when we were
also duly informed that five-cents cot
ton was the dire and legitimate pro
duct of "The Crime of '73" and that
' 'cotton could never be higher until
silver was "restored." But there was
one argument that Dr. Smith forgot to
; : mention, and it was the hardest of all to
answer. We were told by Mr. Coin
and all the other Napoleons of finance
i that the Almighty had planted silver
and gold in the bowels of the earth in
the exact proportion of 16 parts of
silver to 1 of gold and that, therefore,
to stand out against the immortal
K "rashio" was to defy God's law. This
proposition was always received with
great applause. It was what the f late
Jack Hall, of Salisbury used Jto call a
gurbinder." The opposition could
- not look into the earth, and when the
- gold-bugs were told that if it wasn't so
they must.prove it,' they stood - naked
and defenceless before their enemies.
Those were pleasant times. - Every
- man was a financier. : Wisdom' cried
V aloud and knowledge was increased.'
r We are indebted to Dr.Smith for re--minding
us of some almost forgotten
P: history. - .
Cottonseed added in 1899-1900 as
much as 1.14 cents to the value of each
. - pound of cotton. This, too, when not
one-half the seed was crushed for oil.
Had all been crushed the added value
would have .been 1.69 cents per pound
of cotton. , In 1900 cottonseed added
54,845,677 to the wealth of the cotton
- raisen. It would have added $80,000,
000 had all of it been crushed for J oil.
One-half of this value was that of the
oil, and of the other half - four-fifths
was the value of the cake and meaL the
s remainder being made up of hulls, etc
j.S5Weiw tne IHOerenee Idea..'
Wherein lies the difference between
.' photography and courtship V.' he asked
- vr;"oftls. - v-r-f --:-r"::- '"M" :V?;
'l don't know," she replied, u ' f ;
C4r c'fcue negative is, ueytsiupeu in wiu uara.
I r . room, while in courtship that is where
' VZ"f the affirmative ia.is 'detekmed.!::?'
i blushed, but made no answer
- - - - -"Let us," he suggested, proceed to
: develop an afSrmative.."; :
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A FICTDBB TO UWK VPOH:
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The following from the Charlotte Mill
News, a paper devoted exclusively and
intelligently to the interesoTinm ope-
silly twaddle indulged in by "agitators"
and their allies that we reproduce it.
We have often thought that the opera
tives in our North Carolina mills would
resent sooner or later the ' sudden in
terest in their welfare i by : those who
picture them as "paupers" and "op
pressed hirelings," without the spirit
much less the opportunity, to resist the
cruel despotism under , which they live;
The following from The Mill News is an
excellent and truthful picture of the
general; condition: : ; which ? v prevails
roughout the nulls in this state:
"A certain class of writers are Having
much to Bav these days about : what
they term the denlorable condition of
the Southern cotton mill operatives.
They are striving hard to make the im
pression on the public that the average
mill operative is the most oppressea
and downtrodden person on the face of
the earth. It is true many of the mill
operatives are doot and hard run, but
there are noor Deode in all walks of life.
"lher " "jftages offered
the Southern mill operatives that , are
superior to thoseenj6yedbymany other
classes of people, and the mill people
themselves appreciate these advantages.
It makes no difference to them how
much the -professional crowler. who
makes, his living by showing his teeth,
talta nJtnnt thair "terrible condition."
They know he is either lying or don't I
the condition of the Southern mill op-
erative is notall that could be wished
for, it is much better than that of the
average farmer, and a thousand times
better than the worthless men who do
not toil themselves, but eke out an ex
istence by making others feel miserable.
"To show how baseless this charge of
squalid poverty and merciless oppres
sion of mill operatives is we will give a
fewfacts and figures from one mill vil
lage in this section. The operative of
this mill have on deposit with the com
pany and in banks amounts as follows:
One family $1,200
One family. . 800
One family . . . 700
One family of two- . . .... 225
One family of two 180
One young lady . . " 120
One family 200
"In addition to these, there are quite
a number of small deposits ranging
from $10 to $100. Some ten or twelve
other families are living in their own
houses and paying for them ' through
the building and loan associations out
of their weekly wages.
"The above all belongs to a moral
and self-respecting class of people who,
instead of moving from place to place
every few weeks, stay at one mill for
years, and by work and energy mate
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for themselves places at good wages,
"What is true of the operative of this
village is true of the operatives of many
other mills throughout - the Boutn.
These people have more money to-day
then four-fifths of the farmers who own
their farms. This does not look like
the mill operatives are - such a law.
downtrodden lot of people as they have
been painted by a set of men who claim
to be their friends. i
"No; if some of those fellows who
are strolling around over the country
slandering and belittling the honest mill
operatives of the South would go to
work themselves and earn an honest liv
ing, the country would be much better
off." - .. - : ...
Following ITp tne Armament.
"Dr. Fourthly, does the performance
of one good act make a good, man r
; Hw tin mnana." - t
"Then why should the oommitting
of One sin make a man a sinner r
"Well, suppose a man is covered
with fleas. If you remove one flea
from him him you don't make him
happy, do you?"
"No." :
"Yet if he has' just one flea on him
he's a miserable man, isn't he ?"
' . A Plena! ns Freoletlon.
The professor was explaining to the
class at a girls' high school the theory
according to which the human frame is
completely renewed every seven years,'
and. addressing one of his pupils, he
said : '':''
; j "Thus, Miss Brown, in seven years
you will be Miss Brown no longer.'.'
1 "I devoutlv hone that may be so."
said the young lady, demurely casting
.down her eyes. . - - -
It was morning, and as he glanced
ont of the window he was surprised,
- "Whv it rained last nightf ' he re
marked. - - - - . - ' -
.There was a flash of lightning in his
wife's eyes as she turned on him.
.".Bainr she exclaimed. "Well, -1
guess if did rain, and I had to pull up
the awning and put doun the win
dows."." - -' -
. "But you needn't have done that,"
he protested. ."Why didn't you wake
mef
rtried to,,-she answered coldly,
idl found the othere easier job.'M
'and
'Ihd ?Te show ' Casey, the - con-
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asked llr. Bafferty.
he was deeply inrzzzad." "
"What did La Ey V ' - - -
"He said it wzx the tallest one-story
buildin he iw:r raw."
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DUCOIIF1TED BT BB. IB.ISO.
Mr. John P. Irish, Naval Officer of
Customs at San Francisco, who has
been spending considerable time in
Washington this winter attending to
Federal matters is an Iowan and a
former neighbor of the . new Secretary
of ? the Treasury, Qovernor Shaw.
Iowa..- has produced many " brilliant
orators," said Mr. William I Uuoert
son, President of the First National
Bank, of CarrouV Iowa, who was present
in Washington to welcome Governor
Shaw, "and Irish is One of them."
The naval office which Oolonel Jnsn
fills is a branch of the Treasury Depart
ment. It is one of a series' of similar
offices which were established for the
sake of convenience and economy in
certain Customs districts where the ex
tent of transactions makes it impracti
cable to forward a daily accounting to
the Department at Washington
The power of Mr. Jxisa as an orator
has been recognized by politicial leaders
and he has been much in demand in
biz campaigns. '', Prior to Bryan's first
nomination for the Presidency, Mr.
Irish had ; engaged in several joint
debates with the Nebraskan, and dur
ing both national campaigns he was
commissioned by the Kepubiican man
agers to follow ; in Uryan's wate.
Wherever Bryan spoke, there on the
following night Irish would address the
people.
Irish is a-man of nimble wit. un
one occasion, while addressing a con
vention, some delegates opposed to the
course which he was urging began to
hiss.
Instantly his followers shouted re
buke. The voice of Irish, which in
carrying power has been likened to
Webster's, rose above the clamor.
"Gentlemen," said he, addressing his
supporters and waving his hand toward
the hissing delegation, "let them hiss
I have always been an advocate of abso
lute liberty of expression. Neither in
this convention nor out of it would l
apply, closure to the means employed to
vocalize the thoughts of men or tne
predilections of animals. The snake
hisses out of instinctive venom, the
goose hisses out of the stupidity of its
nature, and all creatures, including
man should have equal rights to ex
press themselves according to thcir
congenial endowment." -
Then turning to his disturbers, Mr,
Irish added: "You may, gentlemen, if
that is the ordained method for the ex
pression of your emotions, continue to
HUP.
Iteltner Sampson Nor Sebley Entitled
to any Unusual BewarA
The . salient features of President
Roosevelt's decision in the Schley case
are as follows:
All -the accusations against Schley,
based on his conduct prior to the battle
off Santiago, are thrown out. The
president-holds that if Admiral Schley
C
erred during that period his offenses
were condoned by his retention as
second in command.
On the question of command the
president says:
"Technically sampson commanded
the fleet and Schley, as usual, the west
ern' division. 1 The actual fact is, that
after the battle was joined not a helm
was shifted, not a gun was fired, not a
pound of steam was put on in the
engine room aboard any ship actively
engaged in obedience to the order ox
either Sampson- or' Schley, save on
their own two vessels. It was a cap
tain's fight."
Sampson was hardly more than teen
nicallv in the fight. His only claim
for credit rests upon his work as com
manner . ra cniex in puuumig iu uicn
the SDanish ships when they should
come out.
Schley is entitled, as is Captain Cook,
to the credit for what the Brooklyn did
in the fight. On the whole, the presi
dent finds that the Brooklyn did well,
though he considers the vessel's "loop"
the "one grave mistake" made by any
American ship during the battle.
The president considers that the most
striking act of the battle was that of the
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uioucester. wnose commanaer, wain
wright, pushed into the fight through
a hail of projectiles in order that he
might do his part in destroying the two
torpedo boats. :;.For this conduct wain
wright was enti tled to receive more than
any other commander with the pussi-
ble exception of uiarfcv oi tne uregon.
It was just to Admiral Sampson that
he should receive, a greater advance in
numbers than Admiral Schley. There
was nothing done in the battle that
warranted any"; unusual 2 reward lor
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There is-no eXOTse whatever from
either side for any further agitation
ier agitation of
this unhappy controversy. Xo keep it
alive would merely do damage . to the
navy and to the country. -
Itortn Carolina Postal Clerk Stricken
with saaallpoxon tals Bo ney 1
Washlnlrten Post, 19th.
Arthur B. Craver.of Lexington, Ni
I C . a postal clerk on the Southern Bail-
ay, became iu ew-oays agoin una
city nd was sent to thejsmallpoxhos-
pital yesterday when it became evident
that he was. suffering from a mild at
tack of that dread disease. Mis. bride
is closely . quaranonea r at oiu x ixin
street, ; northwest, '. where the ' couple
have resided since arrival in tne -city.
Craver'was mamed'-in-l)ecember and
came to V7 -.iii.?ton with his bride to
live. Hi3 ricta lay between this city
and C "lcii3. IT. C, and he traveled
it r?
b3".
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arpny
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Atlanta Constitution. - w' , ' Z
This is a bright and blessed morning.
I feel better a - good - deal -;- better.
Think I will write a verse or two of
poetry. If a sick man has good sur
roundings it beats medicine. -: Good,
cheerful company to pall and not stay
long good children to sympathize and
watch : the .clock for -medicine time,
good grandchildren to' come and - - kiss
you and go to and from and talk and
make a noise; a good wife to scold you
and tell how imprudent you have been,
and a good doctor - to look at your
tongue and choke you with 1 a spoon
handle so as to: see away down- the
esophagus. ' But nature has the best of
medicines stowed away in the blessed
sunshine that gives life and vigor - to
everything animal and- vegetable and
revives the drooping spirits of the sick.
It has been ja long and hard winter
the coldest and most disagreeable one
hundred consecutive days that we have
had for years. How I envied the good
people of Florida while I read Tom
Sawyer's rhapsodies in the Clear Water
paper over the advent of spring with its
peach trees and yellow jessamine per
fuming the balmy air with their fra
grant blossons. ' But it is coming
gentle spring is not far away now and
a day like this is its a harbinger. If it
were not for the daily catalogue of hor
rible things . that headline the daily
papers even a sick man could be calm
and serene on such a day as this. An
aged country friend told me that he
had quit taking the daily papers for it
distressed him to read such things. "I
haven t long to live, said he, "and I
don't wish toloud my mind with a
daily record of human misery." But
most all people have to mix up with the
affairs of nationsand of men and keep
posted about everything that happens.
We can't skip the bad and read the
good only. There is a fascination
about horrible things that we cannot
resist. They are the first things we
look for. They excite our pity or our
indignation or our wonder. . Our child
hood began that way for we never tired
of Jack the Giant Killer and Bawhead
and Bloody Bones and : Robinson
Crusoe. And now the editor of the
press dispatches carelessly looks over
the little sups that are laid upon his
desk and reads 'Another explosion in
the mines one hundred killed;"
"Another railroad wreck thirteen kill
ed," and then resumes the little anec
dote he was narrating to a friend. We
are all growing case-hardened to pain
and grief and suffering for the same
reason thai tthe surgeon becomes case
hardened to the pain of bis patient.
But even and anon some new horror
comes along that shocks humanity and
astounds the world. I read three long
columns last night about the horrors of
adulterated food in Pans and how
18,600 infants died the last year from
poisoned milk. How the great mcor-
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porated dairy companies in the subur-
ban towns have to deliver 800,000
Quarts every night. It it skimmed
before it is canned and then is watered
20 per cent before it is put on the cars.
On arrival at their depots it is delivered
in cans to 800 milk boys (garcons) who
get $1.40 a night and as much more as
they can made by watering the milk
from the hydrants that are supplied
from the river Seine, the filthiest rier
in all France. One hundred detectives
are employed to watch these boys, but
the boys have , detectives, too, and are
seldom caught or arrested. , The super
intendent of police says it is impossible
for one hundred men to follow and
watch eight hundred boys and he now
asks for two thousand. This watered
milk quickly sours and by the time it
is delivered to the retailer at day break
it has to be watered again with a solu
tion of bicarbonate of soda. This is the
milk that supplies all Paris, ; and is
daily fed to infant children and in a
brief time they take cholera infantum
or diarrnoea ana aie. xne meaicai
faculty" all testified that this milk
caused the death of over 18,000 infants
in Paris in one yearand the mortality
was On the increase, and this does not
include the death of children over one
year old, 7 These eight hundred boys
are organized into a powerful syndicate
for -protection juid defense.
pays into their treasury $ a week,
making a total of $l4,uuu a month
with which to pay lawyers' fees and
fines and the wages of those in jail and
to bribe the city detectives not to catch
them when watering the nuilc. . . 'Xhey
water it while the wagons are on the go
pumping in behind with cans of
water. -' The milk suspected is turned
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over to the city chemists, who analyze
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and rerrt
most of toem escape, pnnisnment in
come corrupt way, but none are dis
charged. . They go back at once into
the company's service: L; uut .jf aris .is
aroused - as -. It i never '. has - been rand
declajes ; the death-leafing husiness
shall be broken up if it takes two thou
sand detectives to pursue the eight
hundred boys. v "Our children are fed
on microbes from" the 'river Seine," is
now on every tongue. Other cities have
taken- up' the cry and Bouen and Dun
kirk show a larger' death rate of infanta
than Pans, and now they say - no - won-
j der the popular of France is decreasing
instead of increasing. We are poison-
ing three-fourths of all the children be
fore they are year oiq, ana iuur tne
remainder soon after. fr Seine water, mi
crobes and t i-carbocate of soda I ;
Thia exposure comes from late official
sources and is no doubt the truth,' or
very near it. : Just think of it -. and
shudder 18,000 innocent helpless
tr bes murdsred in one year in one
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f 3rocr zz-.i-j v-cneitli"tr rcz.-z Jail
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and hope and pray, but : the destroyer
wines ana wen an sue can do is to
grieve and weep. England slaughter
ing the Boers and France her innocent!
children. What next?
A graphio writer in The New York.
Press describes a different kind of hor
ror that we know not of, but is a living,
breathing, seething thing that is not
new but has come to stay and grows
Digger ana more norntne as the years
move on.: Ma un- ' f Tt. vmiid h.i I
been unnecessary for Gustavo Dore to
n . TV A I
follow Dante for a text in orde? to pic
ture the horrors of hell." The govern
ment has established free baths at Hot
Springs where thousands, of the most
miserable of all God's creatures congre
gate and bathe for relief and a cure
from their loathsome diseases. The
wretches Teave j their ? rags upon the
cemented floors which- are an inch
deep in water, then stagger or reel or
crawl naked as the hen da in the cham
bers of hell. From thence they crowd
into a third room where the water and
the air is up to 110, and the stench of
foul odors is horrible. In this room are
two large pools like vats in a tan yard,
and the victims tumble into them like
hogs into a mud puddle. No doctor,
no soap, , no towels, no attendants, 'and
they are soon hurried out to make
room for more, for several hundred : a
day is the maximum. Ten. -fifteen or
twenty at a time soak their loathsome
infirmities in the nasty, fif thy, hot heal
ing waiers,ana men reciotne tnemseives
with their wet rags and go somewhere
to dry; All are benefited and 10 per
cent, are cured. What a' picture! Their
lives, such as they have made them,
are not worth saving, but they cling to
tnem and live in hope and defy despair.
One hundred and seven ty-eigl thou
sand of these human beings passed
through the free baths last year. One
bath room is for white men, one for
white women, one for negro men and
one for negro women.
Not far away is a magnificent hotel,
ana mere is a fashionable ball going
on. The rich, the gay, the elite are
there. .One moment a man is waltzing
with his wife, the next with some other
man's wife, the next with' somebody's
mistress, and the next with his own
mistress. Everything goes, and all is
hell. A famous physician took his
daughter there this season, - but sent
her home quickly to keep her from the
company of wealthy and diseased para
sites. Almost every one who goes there
registers under an assumed name and
plays incognito during his stay. A
southern judge was recently called upon
for a toast at a hotel banquet and ssrd:
"Here's to theo?S we left behind
us.". But tbeftS has not been told
some of it is too bad to tell. Every
night the poker rooms are in blast and
thousands won and lost. The reader
ponders and wonders can such things
be in this Christian land, and in this
God's country. Verily, the humble
and the poor who live around us on the
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ix tne valleya or down in the
j ney WOods should be thankful for the
pmey
health and morality that comes
poverty. Burns never wrote a
from
truer
verse than that which says:
"And I know by the smoke that so
f ullv curled
grace-
From among tne dark elms that a cottage
was near.
And I said to myself If there's peace in this
world.
The heart that Is humble might hone for It
nere."
Bill Aep.
Pie for Aarrlajce Fee.
Baltimore Son.
"A Lutheran minister in a Western
Maryland town told me an amusing
story the other day," said a gentleman
to a reporter of the Sun. "Some time
ago, as this minister was walking along
a street of the town an old German ad
advanced : toward him with extended
hand. The minister shook hands, but
remarked that he could not recall his
name. " . 'Oh, yes,' said the old Ger
man, 'you remember me. I am the
man who gave you a pig when you
married me.' . ; ,
"The minister smiled as he recalled
the incident, and as he was about to
ask about the wife, the "old German
said: "Now, I tell what I'll do. When
you married me A gave you a pig, so
.I'll give you two pigs if you will now
unmarry me.' ".
Two Generous Clfta.
News and Observer. J: - "
' Trinity College has been the recipient
this month of - two . handsome ' gifts
which are to Tbe completed- before,: the
opening : of . the J? aii , session one a
modern dormitory to' oost : $25,000 or
i ksii mill .rw hatii. j mrA. nn . rtiA
ZZCIZ
jau.uuu by itenj. JN. Uufee, . and the
ouut petween wieaieway 01 ine college
and tne Wasnmgton -XraKe building,
the gift of Mrs." James E. Staggr- the
Jhtar vrf iMrJ WhfUrfhn
ThesV- two iadditions,: together
uuKe
with the - magnificent . J. B. , -Duke
Library Building, will add. greatly. to
the equipment, comfort and adornment
of Trinity tiouege- . -
1 Our icorrespondent gays: "It seems to
be the. policy , of the Messrs. puke to
concentrate their gifts here to the end
that Trinity College - shall have - an
jv. Av a nn - .;ff- tpvi
the first American m8utufaons' :T
will be a wise policy. rThe late Governor
lioit gave good .advice when he soun-
selled men of wealth "to invest in .im-
mortal mind." ': Such investments pay
I fin hundred fold and are more perma-
: nent than investments in stocks and
bonds. : - These generous gifts to educa
tion by" father, sons and grand-daughter
will be' hailed with pleasure by all
who are Interested, ia the educational
prcrezs cf ITcrSi C.-jcUsa.
"CzzItt-
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A IIEPBESEHTAT1VE GATHERING
rarneat, vigorona Vonatc men BK.-et in
Convention.. L-X
The twenty-sixth -npnnl convention
of the Young Men's Christian Associa
tions of North Carolina will take place
in Charlotte March 8-11. It will be
unlike any convention, ever held in pre
vious years. Not more than one-half
a dozen topics will be discussed, as the
convenuon : wiu enntlne : itself tr the If
fllHnllfl&inn nr BAVAMI into I . Tiva ank-iAfra 1
which have to deal with the religious
life of men. It will in every respect be
Twentieth Century Convention.
actically every-important college and
many preparatory schools for boys will
send delegations of their choicest men.
City and towrT associations will be rep
resented by some of their leading men.
Jiaiiroad men from several terminal
points are also coming to participate
in the convention programme.
Xhis year the convention will open
on Saturday evening, closing on Tues
day night. Sunday will be a red letter
day in Charlotte. - There will be ser
vices in nearly all of the prominent
churches, with union meetings at night,
addressed by some of the most promi
nent - association leaders in North
America. In the afternoon there will
be a great mass meeting for - the men
of Charlotte. The' local association
hopes to have Over a thousand men
present at this service. Mr. Augustus
Nash, the Behgious Work Secretary of
the Cleveland, Ohio, Association, will
address . this mass meeting for men.
Among other prominent speakers who
are to participate in the convention are
Messrs. Don. O. Shelton, of New York
City. C. L. : Gates, of Atlanta; H. E,
Bosevear? of Louisville.
The music will be a special feature.
The executive committee have so
cured Mr. E. O. Sellers, of Washing
ton, D. C, to have general charge of
this feature.
A cordial invitation is extended to
every-pastor in North Carolina and to
all men who are interested in their fel
low men. Young men from towns and
rural districts where there are no asso
ciations will be especially welcome. It
will be necessary, however, for them to
secure the proper ; credentials. -By
writing to A. G. Knebel, State Secre
tary Y. M. C. A., Ashevilie, N. C.
within the next ten days these creden
tials and all other information will be
promptly forwarded.
The good people of Charlotte will en
tertain all delegates. The majority of
the railroads have ' granted reduced
rates. It would be well, however, to
see your local ticket agent in advance,
and ascertain whether or not he has
received instructions.
New England. Tribute Xo Iee,
Charlotte Observer.
The Boston Herald, in a recent edito
rial discussing the celebration in the
South of the birthday General Kobert
E. Lee. said: " '
It can nowhere be regarded as an un
natural thing that, so long as there is a
numerous body of survivors of the Con
federate States' armies, the memory of
Lee shall be held in affectionate ven
eration. Nor would it portend any
harm to the. Union if the custom should
be kept up by the following generation.
we may unoerstana tne : regard in
which Lee is held as a great soldier and
as one who sacrificed much in following
what he esteemed. to be the way of duty
and patriotism. As time passes, it will
not be so much the cause that he served
as his personal character and his rank
as a great American that will command
this testimonial.
The South does not expect the North
to consider the cause that Lee served in
the light in which it does, but it can
expect Northerners of breadth to look
beyond the cause and - consider the
man, as The Boston Herald does, in the
above extract from its gracious-editorial.
in ail tne uae 01 time tnere was never
a more perfect character then Bobert
E. Lee and the wars of all ages have
developed few great - commanders.
These facts the fair-minded student of
history must concede. However much
at fault the cause of the South may be
thought to have been, the world already
stands prepared to admit that the com
mander of its armies . was
among ; gentlemen - and as a soldier
entirely great. ....
Does Smallpox Disfigure?
Charlotte Observer. . i?--.; -
The question is often discussed here,
: Does smallpox leave scars? ; It is stated
by.physicians that in the great majority
of the cases that have been treated and:
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i ui uin ua&za uiau uov isvrcu ucawu auu
."""
luegree, uw n. ia. waieuaea uuu, in
I accordance with the modern methods
of the treatment of the 'disease; almost
l every patient should escape 6!i8figure -
ment.- -Yet the few cases where marks
are left are unsightly enough to make
the disease still dreaded as l a ; beauty i
destroyer. . , . . .. . ; -;' ;
.Bow the Firemen Were Pooled.
ChtcaKO Plspatclu ?&t$$$M?$:?
Firemen5 who grouped' their" way
I six dead bodies into ;tie street from
Wai aa - a
and
streets last night; carried oh their
heroic labor in the belief that they were
rescuing persons who had. been -as
phyxiated and not until the flames had
been subdued did tney letirn that they
had been in . the dist s -.ctinsr room of
Bennett Medical Ccl
rescued bodies we: : :
3 and that
i the dissec
the
tables of the c' -
f -?-t.l cf tie
caoavers were .
brought to the
Johnnie,"
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Tle'"Wno .See t leujv!l5s
Charlotte Observer. ' : .: . " " -'
Dr. Chas. D. Mclver. in the addraw
which he delivered on the evening of ' :
the 14th of .January when he and Gov-
ernor Aycock spoke . before the Char
lotte chamber of commerce in behalf . .
of public education,' recited'a poem
which divided the inhabitants of the ,
earth into just two . classes "the peo
uwuwnuu nu.
Kuv UID U1IU1UU uua
not go deep enough. There are those "--
who liftand those who lean and like
wise those who destroy. There are .
drones in all hives those who lean-
but we are not without thdse of the
last named class also those who de
stroy or seek to destroy. There is in
the State a class which is at war with
its best . interests which,' instead of
fostering these, instead of ; seeking: to .
promote the welfare of the young in
dustries which are springing up, instead -:
ui noiaing up me nanas 01 tne men
who are doing things for North Caro
lina, find their occupation in promot
ing legislation and in creating a public
sentiment calculated in the .one case
and intended in the other to tear down
these interests, and which finds its
chief delight in defaming and seeking
to discredit the workers.
This class can be at once identified
by observation. It is never heard of
except as fighting some one or some
thing, trying, not to help, but to hurt
somebody or something, except as sel-
nsn interest may occasionally suggest
sycophantic praise. Whoever or what
ever fails to answer to the personal or
polical whip is named for slaughter,
and the danger as well as the villainy
of this warfare upon the State's best in
terests and best workers lies in : its in
sidiouBnesa it is waged in the name of
patriotism- for "the people,' in" the
interest of "the masses," if you please
as if it were not the highest interest
of "the masses" that Worm Carolina
should become . prosperous and great
and glorious and shine in the galaxy of
States. - - " '
Spot Cotton Too Hick) 91111a Uay
Close Down.
Charlotte News.
Spot cotton in Charlotte is as high.
if not higher, than any of the surround
ing towns. . In speaking of this a well-
known manufacturer said: . "At the
present price of spot "cotton, it is almost
impossible for the mills to come out as
good as even on their manufactured
goods. Our people are getting the
same prices now as they werejvhen cot
ton was selling around nfaven cents.
Cotton yarns have not advanced any
thing like in proporUonto the advance
in spot cotton. Just how long the mills
will hold out under these conditions, I
am unable to say. Surely it will not
be long."
Other manufacturers were approached
on the same subject and they, with one
accord, corroborated the above state
ment. '
One went so far as to say that he
was afraid if conditions did not change,
and that too, at an early day. a num
ber of mills would, of necessity, be
compelled to shut down until higher
prices could be obtained. , vi;
Another manufacturer :admitted that
the mills he was connected with had
made no money - for some time and
that, at the present prices obtainable
for yarns, it was a losing game all - the
way through.
The mills that are making the finer
grades of goods' are about the only ones
blearing any money. Charlotte has
several of these and the News man was
given to understand-that business with
these . was thoroughly satisfactory.
However, one of these manufacturers
said that his mill was not making any
big thing at present.
Black Mafia In Charlotte
Charlotte, Feb. 21. Recorder Shan-
nonhouse today unearthed a secret so
ciety among the negro offenders of the'
city which would rival the most ..ap
proved Italian Mafia.
It is called the "Market Association,"
and the objects of its members have
been to never bear witness against a fel
low associated That the association has
been effected have been proven by the
failure" of officers to convict negro of
fenders upon, the testimony of negro
witnesses.
The existence of this secret society .
came to light today by charges being
brought in the recorder's court at the
instance - Of an unwilling member who :
was initiated.! by a ride across . tne
greased floor of the negro market here.
: The nwmhero iuVin wn noncamed in
th iniHAtnnr nmrrRmme told a . story
i - " " .
Sir wr.
i wm wumuuuwu,v,-., .,
Ms iratn pi tne anair ironi me 11
concerned by threatemng perjury
l charges, which he later had sworn, out.
As a result, fifteen negroes are awaiting'
trials v-:. - ' 1
iSaJor BoBlttns' Opinion of Predesti
nation ana Card Playlas. -;,;
StatesvlUe lndmarkj .
To the Editor of The Landmark; In :
j response to the lady who last week said
ilajor Iicbbins did not believe in
destination, the' major begs tor assure.?
her that he does believe that boys who ;
are tau-btto play euchre and other
games cl cards around the family fire
side 73 ilmost certainly predestined to .
! become amblers when they grow cp.
Ti - i Boosevelt Goes I2efe.
Feb 21. Theodcr 3 T ;
r-rl ve. t . -ho has been iu wi. :
r two. weeks in tl.3 C
rmaryVis bound :r
.ight.. Bundled
;tsh was tal '
i from- the inf--
z which had I.
3 GrOton station
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