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14E problems that f:
problems that face
The extraordinary
half century brings
the gravest social a
of combination am<
wage workers. It i
tions. Our efforts s
good, and not for th
New devices of law are necessary
changed and chatging 'conditions. Bt
that, although the problenis to be so
tion, the spirit in which their solution
same.
It is in peace as it is in war. Ta
Ccntinental troops in their blue and
Greene and Wayne. differed entirely ir
or gray faced one another in the armi
of Johnston. And now the sons of t.
as who serve in our gallant little a
carry a different weapon. and practic
But the soul of the soldier bas :
qualities which drove forward to vict
men of '61, are the very qualities wl
changed if in the hour of need the h
nished.
So it is in civil life. This goverE
the principle of treating each man or
to whether he was rich or poor, no k
but only to the way in which he peri
bor, to the state.
From this principle we .,annot
breadth. Many republics have risen
long, but sooner or later they fell. and
their fall was in almost all cases the i
the interest of a class instead of a go
It made no difference as to whi<
own advantage the governmental ma
the cause of freedom whether it was
poor who plundered the rich.
The crime of brutal disregard of
when it manifests itself in the shape
side, as when it manifests itself in th
the other.
Our aim must be to (leal justice. t
purpose must find its expression and
'ion- through the agencies of the gove
Rich man and poor man must a
protected by law and that on the oth
for each is entitled to be fairly dealt
and if we as citizens of this nation ar
of our forefathers such fair measure
man; so .that as far as we can bring il
shall be given the chance to show th
against wrong, and in turn prevented
More f.n this no man is entitled
Millio
IAncient a
By the Editor ofS3
+b+++++4. HAT classical sayint
* - -~of Seneca, "A grea
+ + seems simply a tra:
norous phrase of th<
+WU+ osophy. as when Ar
+ * habit of hoarding."
_______ -~ they have made an
- ++44-4..4-+-4,4them." To such ap
a Carnegie there at
erns feel in the life of the Roman er
imperialism it is supposed to parallel
ners constantly harking back to it for
for an "awful warning."' Thus, with 1
sec Roman history of the first centurl
contribution to our knowledge conce
ence-as in the case of Dr. Dill's rect
from Nero to Marcus Aurelius."
The picture Dr. Dill draws for ri
century seems, cursorily, to be a cast
his entertainments, of which the extrt
haps $150,000 for Egyptian lilies for
quent appearance in the role oft "self
people"-the freedmen; his acknowl
municipal objects. as baths and temp
roads; his contributions, more or les
unions of the timet his genuine and
it of charity, in modern phrase-despi
shows and slave punishments: his lia
special taxes that ir. the end develop(
-in these and many other respects t:
ject to familiar modern conditions. t
View."
o-oWh<
Free IKinde
r,..dJ~m.By Hamilt
.PV kindergarten hat
thanical kindergart
schools sometimes
~3J give certificates to
ELI schools were to be c
a speedy end~ of foi
deal of criticism ba
ten proposes to do.
junctions of' the kindergarten and the
siderable criticism because of lack 01
The. person of liberal mind, who beli4
ing out keen, sharp, mechanically ac.
understand the spiritual idea of brin
personal relations with God, nature. r
this practical turn of mind compr'eher
the critical years between three and
covery of the world and of himself, is
the free field of his age, and is receiv
which are to color and shape his thot
.to the very end.
The free kindergarten, which co
conducted by the New York Kinderg;
education of foreign-born children or
into the spirit of American life and t
Harper's Magazine.
A Wooden Wedding.
Several friends called on a New~
York clergyman one evening andl were
kept waiting for him for some time.
'm sorry to ae kept you wait
ing." the minilster remarked as he en
Tered his library. "but I have just
kad t o pe:-form a wooden wedding iin
"What!" :;aid one of his visitors. "I
uever heard of such a thing. What
kind of a ceremnony was it?"
"Oh." answered the clergyman, with
a twinkle in his eye. "it was thc mar
tent by Either
ass
t Roosevelt. G Wf
ce us abroad are important. but the
is at home are even more important.
rowth of industrialism during the last
every civilized people face to face with
fd economic questions. This is an age
ng capitalists and combination among
s idle to try to prevent such combina
hould be to see that they work for the
harm, of the body politic.
from time to time in order to meet the
it after all, we will do well to remember
ved change from generation to genera
must be attempted remains forever the
ctics change and weapons change. The
m;ff. who fought under Washington and
arms and training from those who in blue
es of Grant aid of Lee. of Sherman and
ese same Lnion and Confederate veter
*my of today wear a different uniform,
e different tactics.
emained the same throughout, and the
ory or to death the man of '76 ai the
ich the men of today must keep un
nor of the nation is to be kept untar
ment was formed with as its basic idea
his worth as a man, of paying no heed
eed to his creed or his social standing,
rmed his duty to himself, to his neigh
iford to vary by so much as a hand's
n th past. and some of them flourished
the cause most potent in bringing about
act that they grew to be governments in
vernment in the interest of all.
h class it was that thus wrested to its
hinery. It was ultimately as fatal to
the rich who oppressed the poor or the
the rights of others is as much a crime
f greed and brutal arrogance on the one
e shape of envy and lawless violence on
o each man: no more and no less. This
support not merely in our collective ac
-nment, but in our social attitude.
ike feel that on the one hand they are
'r hand they are responsible to the law.
with by his neighbor and by the state.
e true to ourselves and to the traditions
of justice shall always be dealt to each
about each shall receive his dues, each
e stuff there is in him, shall be secured
from wronging others.
o, and less than this no i-an shall have.
naires,
d Modern
~ribner's Magazine.
strikes a more tmodern note than that
fortune is a splendid servitde?" It
slation into the Latin philosopher's so
commonplaces of our own familiar phil
drew Carnegie speaks of "slaves of the
id adds: "At first they own the money
I saved. Later in life the money .owns
parent identity of view in a Seneca and
taches the peculiar interest many mod
ipire, because in its materialism and its
our own civilizaton, the student of man
a curious resemblance andl the moralist
e modern more or less on the watch to
repeat itself in the twentieth, any fresh
ning it attracts almost a popular audi
ntly published sttudy of "Roman Society
sof the Roman millionaire of the first
of history repeated. The lavishness or
vagance has been so often detailed (per.
a single feast is a novel item); his fre
made man" ,wh.o nad "come up from tile
dged obligatio~;. to spend liberally on
es, and also hospitals, schools and good
compulsory, to the collegia or trades
~eneral pity for the proletariat-his spir
e the hideous crtuelty of the gladiatorial
Ality to the inheritance tax and to other
d into a system of practical confiscation
xe Roman millionaire is picttured as sub'
cual or possible.-From "The Point or
t the *'~'"'*
garten Does
n W. Mabie. e te
been criticised because there arc me
ens; for, unfortunately, the training
hare the fate of' the normal schools and
incompetent and uninspired women. If
losed however, 'iecause some instructors
uiremens of their work, there would be
mal edttcat ion. There has been a good
ed on igrnorance of what the kindergar
on confusion bet Aeen the purposes and
primary school: and there has been con
imagination on the part of the critics.
ves that edIuca-ion is a process of turn
turate men and women, fails entirely to
ging the htuman spirit into original and
rt and the race. Nor does the critic of
d the educational opportunity offered by
ix, when every child is making the dis
passing from the shclter of the home to
n' into his soul those first impressions
gft and put their impresson his character
ts fourteen hundred dollars a year as
irten Association, is the most searching
of the children of foreign-born parents
he fellowship of Amercian citizenship.
THE SENATOR'S ACUMEN.
"I have always nc'iced." remarked
Ithe man who c'omments on things,
"tht the man who eats tile most is
not always the fattest."
"True replied Senator Badger, "and
I have also noticed that the man who
talks the most is not always the Wi's
est."-Milwaukee SentienL.
A posse of indignant Indiana farm
ers spent the night in chasing a man
who stole a pumpkin pie. There 1s
MORE TIME fOR PATRICK
Time to Bring Before Court Alleged
Newly Discovered Evidence is
Granted by Gov. Higgins After
Hearinrg Addresses by Counsel of
the Man Under Sentence For Mur
der of Millionaire Rice.
Albany. N. Y.. Special.-Albert T.
Patrick. the New York lawyer con.viet
ed and awaiting execution in Sing
Sing prison next week for the murder
of Win. Marsh Rice in New York eity
in September, 1900, was reprieved by
Governor Higgrins until March 19. a
space of 56 days. This reprieve is
granted for the purpose of giving Pat
rick 's counsel time to bring before a
trial court alleged newly discovered
evidence. Its granting followsd a
hearing before the Governor and was
in accordance with the request of for
mer Senator Fill and Judge William
K. Oleott, of counsel for Patrick, and
with the full consent of District At
torney Jerome who was present in per
soi. Senator Hill came forth for the
first time from his sick room after
an illness of more than two months
in order to attend the hearing and ad
dressed the Governor at considerable
length.
I: announeing the reprieve of Pat
rick. Governor Higins gave out the
following memorandum:
-It appears that. Patrick is not at
this time an applicant for executive
clemency, but that lie desires to pre
sent newly discovered evidence bear
ing upon the question of his guilt or
innocence which has not been pres
ented to the court. A motion for a
new trial on the ground of newly dis
covered evidence may be made at any
time before execution in case ol a
sentence of death and Patrick's
counsel state that it is their intention
to make a motion in his ease if time
is given them. Patrick should have
ample opportunity to present his case
to the court. and when his case is
ended in the courts an appeal to the
executive for mercy will be in order.'
Southern to Build Coal Road.
Knoxville. Special.- Chief Engineer
of Construction Wells. ufr the~ South
ern Railway, awarded a contract here
for the construction of the Johnson
City Railroad, a coal road which will
run froni Embreeville. Teun., to Mar
ion. N. C. The Southern has been
practically forced to build this line
proposed by the construction of the
South & Western R'ailroad along the
Wautauga river into the Carolinas.
The nev road will be about 90 miles
long and will have many tiunnels. It
will save the Southern a haulage-of
aboUt 70 miles. the road now hauling
all coal from the Virgi.ia tields into
the ('arolinas by way of Morristown.
Tfhe Southern has awarded this con
tract to W. J. Oliver & Co., of this
city, and the price will be in excess
of $5.000,000. It will reqtuire fully
three years to comiplete lie enterprise.
Re-Elect President Jordan.
New Orleans. Special.-The South
ern Cotttoni 'Association held its an
nual business meeting with almost a
full board sitting. Harvie .Jordan
was r'e-elected president and Richard
(heat ham was re-eleceted secretary.
F. 1H. Hiatt. of Columbia. S. C.. was
elected treasurer and George T. .les
ter,. of Corsiciania. Tex.. was chosen
vice president in place of Mr. Peters.
oft Texas. The salary of t lhe prIesidlent
was fixed at $5.000 a year. Secret ary
(heathiam 's salary was raised from
$2.500 to $3.000 a year. The salary
of) the treasurer was fixed at $~>0( a
year and the vice-president is to
serve without salary. The salaary of
le general fi nancial agent and oir
ganizer. E. D. Smuih. who was elected
according to lie sugest ions of the
mass meeting. was tised at $5.000 a
vear.
Arrested on Charge of Forging Mon
ey Orders.
Mont gomery. Ala.. Special.,.J. P.
Coker, alias Powell. was arrested by
the .\onitgomery police Monday. it be
ing alleged that lie is wanted by the
Unitedi States governmienit for. the for
gery of -postoftice money orders at
Pensacola and Mariana. Flat. it is
said by the police that Coker skip
pd a bond of $500 in Pensacola.
Confederate Bills in Vienna.
Vienna. By ('able.-Whait seems to
e iin org.aized( effti lto piss off bills
of theW Amieicanmii(4 Confderney has
conc to not)1ice lately ini Ibhis cety. the
shop-keepers of whlich have been vie
tiizedl to a .onisider'alhe amounmt. The
first case occurred duing thi~le 'hrist -
ins ho]lidayvs when several .iewel ers
acceptedl 4onfederat e inotes imi1my
ment of purtchases. Thle pubbeiat ion
of the swindle causedl tihe operalors to
cease. but t hey have aga in become ac
tive and have securied atnot hier cr4p I f
vit ns ,
Bornaparte to Charleston.
Baltimore. Specil!. -Secretary of
the Navy ('hiarles .1. Botnaparte left
on the U'nited States dispatch hoat
Dolhin for Hampto'n Roads, where
he will board the U~nited States crti
ser, Charleston and proceed to (Char
leston. S. C.. where the citizens of
Charleston are to pres.ent ai silver ser
vice in the cruiser. Seeretary Bona
parte is expected to reach (Cha rleston
in t ime to attend a reception on fTes
day eveintg.
Shot and Cut to Pieces.
Elizabeth City. Special.-The body
of George Hopper, colored, was fo~und
Saturday afternoon by Henry Dun
ston, c'olored fisherman: it was float
in in Currituck sound. near' Coinjack.
The body was horribly hacked and
slashed with a razor and a pistol ball
had plowved its way throogh his head.
Dunston was manipulaating his line in
Piney Island bay. on the east side of
teAlbemarle and Cheaspeake canal,
when he discovered the body floating
INSURANCE BUREAU'
Plan For a New Department of
Government
REVISED DRYDEN BILL READY
New Jersey Senator and President of
the Prudential Will Soon Re
Introduce His Measure Designed to
Correct Practically all the Evils Ex
posed by the New York Inquiry.
Washington, Special.--Senator Dry
den has revised his bill contiiplating
government control of insurance and
will re-introduce it in the Senate
soon. lie has followed very closely
investigation now being conduct
d by the New York legislative com
mittee and this has aided him in per
ecting his measure. until lie expesses
Lhe belief thaat it. will correct par
Licularly all of the insurance evils
exposed by the New York inquiry.
Publicity is- the keynote, and coupled
with are safeguards for the detect
ion of wrongdoers and the punish
ment of those so offending. It de
ines politics. or insurance contracts.
as instrumentalities of commerce, and
provides for the regulation of the
business through the medium of a
Comptroller of Irsurance and along
ines similar to the control exercised
>ver netional banks. The Senator
says that the bill has the endorsemen
f the President, administration offi
ials, and eminent enstitutional law
yers in and out of Congress. Discus
sing the principal features of the bill.
Senator Dryden said:
"The bill contains some 50 separate
provisions. of which the first 13 relate
to the organization of -,he proposed
Bureau of Insurance in the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, in
harge of Comptroller of Insurance.
ondede at $100.000.
Dominician Rebels Routed.
Cape Haytian. Hayti, By Cable.
A sanguinary and what probably will
rove to be the final battle has taken
pace near Guayubin, between the
troops of General Caceres, the tem
porary President of Santo Domingo,
nd the insurgents. The former
were victorious. Several generals on
both sides were killed or wounded.
rhe gunboat. Indipendencia, which
recently went over to the insurgents,
intends on the advice of former
President Morales, to return to Santo
Domingo and surrender if the gevern
ment will guarantee the safety of its
afficers and crew. It is expected also
that the Governor of Monte Christi
will follow the advice of General
aorales and surrender that place.
rovided the n1ecessarmy guarantees as
to safety be given.
$25 '000 Fire At Ayden.
Greenville. N. C.. Special.-Ayden
his county, had a lire Sunday. F ive
stores, all wood were destroyed. The
otal loss is about .$25.000 w ith not
>ver one-third insured. Those burn
ed out were the follow'ing named:
W. C. Johnson & Co.; S. W. Tyson. P.
S. Cannon, Mack Stancil, W. H. Dew.
J. H. Tripp & Bro.. and Horton &
Ifackbone. The t wo last named saved
most of their stock. .T. J. Edwards &
o. and J. W. Quinerly & Bro.. on
he opposite side of the street fro
he fire, sustained some damage to
stock. Fridlay night the Quinerly
school building, near Grifton, was
burned. It was the best rural school
building in the country.. and had good
ibrarv..which was lost with the build..
ing.
Schooner Goes to Pieces in Hampton
Roads.
Richmond. Special.-Marine ex
perts on the coast believe that the
scooner. Samuel L. Russell has gone
Lo pieces in Hampton Roads, and that
Captain Jones and four men are lost.
rugs comig ini report wreackage
which has been identiled as being
timbers from the Russell. A 650
mile gale has been blowing off lie
oast for~ several day s and it is al
most certain that the schooner' is lost.
Girls Have A Dewel Over Lover.
Mexico City'. Speial-Twvo girls.
Nicolasa Eliztalde and Francisea
Emnte, rivals in love. decied to set.
;le the puestion of passession of their
over by a dewel and met in a tield in
he suine~bs of the city and fought
ith knives. The Elizaide girl was
~tabed tieve timres and fatally injur
ed. The scr vivinz duelist- has been
rrested.
News Notes.
President W?' 'am Rainev Harper.
,f the (Chicago University. died of
nner.
The United States Court of Appeols
it Cincinnatti denied the motion of
frs. Cassie Cltiwick 's at torneys for
i new trial.
President h'oosevelt was amt the
Vhite House initiated into the Im
proved Order (f Red Men.
Mrs. Julia H. Simpson told a graph.
Le story of the shiooting of her father
Bartley T. H<.mer. by her husband.
Dr. James H. Simpson.
The battleship Louisiana again
eads the Conner-et ient in the construl
:tion race.
The Serate. under protest, fmnally
;hed Senator Bacon's Moroccan vr
;oltion.
Anti-Foreign sentiment is growing
n the south and in the Tangste valley
EIGHT DIE IN A FIRE
frightful Scenes of Death in
Attempts to Escape
fIRE-PROOF lOTEL DEATh TRAP
In Large Minneapolis Hostelry Ele
vator Shaft Wood Catches From
a Packing Room and a Sheet of
Flame Mounts to Seventh Story,
Carrying an Immense Volume of
Smoke and Causing Pandemonium
Minneapolis, Minn.. Special.-Eight
persons dead of suffocation or of in
juries sustained in leaping from a
"fire-proof' 'hotes building, a score of
persons injured and a building dam
aged $25.000 by fire, smoke and water
is an epitome of the ravages caused
by a disaster which befell the West
Hotel, Hennepin avenue and Fifth
street, throwing 700 guests and em
ployes into a panic.
The dead:
Fire Captain john Berwin. fell from
the - fourth floor to the Fifth street
sidewalk while attempting to save a
woman 's life.
W. G. Nickels, Minneapolis, suf
focated in his room on the sixth floor.
Thomas Rummervi:;e, Springfield.
Mass., salesman for Atkins & Com
pany, suffocated in his room on sixth
floor.
J. E. Wolfe. Northwestern agent
for Sperry & Alexander Company, oi
New York. suffocated :n his room.
Clinton B. Lamie, New York. trav
Eling man, suffocated in his room.
J. B. Peisniger, New York, travel
ing man, jumped from the seventh
storv.
Mrs. M. E. Hodges. Minnealr is
jumped from seventh story.
William Black. New York, suffo
cated in room.
The fire was confined to the eleva
tor shaft and the two top floors in
one corner of the building, but a dense
smoke pervaded the building and the
wild excitement which followed the
first alarm hurried people into halls
and out on to window ledges in a
frantic effort to save themselves. The
fire started in a packing room on the
first floor near the elevator. The wood
in the elevator shaft caught fire and
smoked like tinder. A sheet of flame
20 feet wide meunted the shaft to
the seventh story, carrying an im
mense volume of smoke which fright
ened the guests out of their sense
and started a panic.
Big Fire at Charlotte.
Charlotte. N. C., Special.-A fire
broke out in the seed house of the
Charlotte branch of the Southern Cot
ton Oil Company, and destroyed prop
erty to the amount of not less than
$120,000. Within a few minutes af
ter the first tinv blaze was discovered
the entire seed house was a mass of
flames. the blaze having spre-ad with
increditablo rapidity. Less than half
an hour after the fire caught the in
tense heat had set fire to the oil re
finery of the company. Here the
flames were checked, saving the cotton
oil mill proper, the power house, mat
tress works, the tanks of oil and the
other parts of the plant.
$100,099 Car Barn rire in Balti
more.
Baltimore. Special.-The Waverly
car barn of the United Railway which
company controls all the street r-ail
ways o fthis city, were almost en
tirely destroyed by fire. Of the con
tents. 56 ears were destroyed and 17
were damaged. The loss is estimated
at about $100,000. which is covered
by insurance. The cause of the lire
is not definitely known, but a spark
from a trolley wire is believed to have
started the blaze.
Date For Confederate Reunion at New
Orleans.
New Orleans, Special-General Wil
liam E. Mickle, adjutant general
makes o05icial announcement that the
sixteenth annual reunion of the Unit
ed Confeder-ate Yeter-ans will be held
in this city April 26 and 27.
Dr. Harper's End Comes.
Chicago, Special.-William Rainey
Harper, president of the Univer-sity of
Chicago, since its inception in 1891,
regarded by many as the foremost He
brew scholar in Amer-ica, and equally
renowned as educator and business
man. (lied of' cancer of the intestines
at his home ini the University campus.
Although his death was known to be
inevitable within a comparatively
short time. the end of his life, due to
physical exhaustion, came suddenly.
lie was 49 years old.
Clark Howell and Hoke Smith Open
Joint Debate.
Columbus, Ga.. S~pecial.-Clark
Howell. editor of The Atlanta Con
stitution. and Hoke Smith, candidate
for the Democr-atic nomination for
governor of Georgia. heldf their first
joint debate here Wednesday. A large
gather-ing of voters fr-om different
parts of the State was present and the
closest interest was manifested in the
address of each speaker.
Becomes Honduras Health Officer at
$7,500 Salary.
v-annah. Ga.. Special.-Dr. Thom
as F. Richardson. of the Marine Hlos
pital Service, has been designated by
its chief, Dr-. Wyman, to go to Hon
duras at a salary of $7,500 a year
from that country to act as its health
officer. Dr. Richardson was chief as
sistant to the surgeon in charge dur
ing last summer's fight against yellow
fever at New Orleans.
HE Ig LIMI A
Committee Agrees to Report Ai
favorably
AMID BOUNDLESS ENTHUSIASM I
In View of Reports Alleging Discord I
Sent Out by Supposed Agents of
New York Bears, Decision of Hold
ing Committee is Announced Be
fore Due and Resolution to Make
Fact of Harmony Known is Passed
New Orleans, Special.-With a
large and representative attendance
from the cotton-growing states, the a
Southern Cotton Association opened E
a three days' session here. The hall s
was crowded when President Jordan
called the convention to order. A
feature that attracted attention was
the presence of a negro delegation 0.
from Hines county, Mississippi. See, a
retary Woods of the Mississippi asso- h
ciation said they were regular dele- A
gates and entitled to seats. President h
Jordan was given an ovation when ti
he ascended the platform. The invo- i
cation was offered by Rev. Dr. Bever- b
ly Warner. b
John M. Parker of New Orleans, h
planted 7,000 acres in cotton last year.
and one of the most progressive and
successful men in the entire South, as
chairman of the reception committee.
welcomed the delagates to the South
ern Cotton Association convention.
New Orleans. Speial.-That the
sum of work of the Southern Cotton
Association was to be ~a declaration w
for 15-eent (otton. with reduction in
the for of diversification, was prac
tically settled at the afternoon session
of the convention when Chairman a
Dancv. of tie committee on holding
in advance of the presentation of its 0
report. announced that the committee hi
had unanimously decided favorably b
on that proposition. The announce
ment provoked the convention to a d
whirlwind of cheering. .
The premature announcement of 0(
the conclusions of the committee was
forced by advices from New York to
the effect that newspaper dispatches
and Wall Street reports printed and b]
circulated there indicated a lack of tl
harmony among Ahe elements making M
up the convention and dissesions over t
the 15-cent proposition.
Secretary of War At Charleston.
Charleston, Special.-Secreary Bon. B
aparte and a party of officers of the
cruiser Charleston visited the navy
yard, which followed an excursion s
around the harbor on the light house tE
tender Wistaria. The reception com
mittee had looked carefully after the
wellbeing of the guests and the tripe
was a very pleasant event. At the ~
navy yard full honors were paid the d
distinguished head of the navy. A
specially fitted car was prepared for i
the party and they were wheeled over D
the grounds, visiting each of the build- w
ings in turn and the dry dock. Seere- G
tary Bonaparte followed the govern- is
ment work with keen and intelligent
observation. Commandant Nickles
and the engineers and inspectors of
the navy yard were on hand to en- 1
lighten the visitors about the work P
The secretary and officers of the ship p
seemed well pleased with all that they
saw. Secretary Bonaparte did not f:
hesitate to express his interest and tc
satisfaction in the construction of r;
the yard, and his favorable comments ti
were greatly appreciated by the Char- w
leston people in the party. The kindly ti
riticism, coming on top of Admiral S
Dickins' hearty commendation of the C
harbor and the ability of the largest t(
battleships to enter the port, whoch bi
is capable of sheltering scores of ships 0o
the kind, proved a source of pleasure 0
to those interested in the welfare of w~
the port.
Fegro Murderers Bxecuted at Kings
tree; S. C.
Columbia, S. C., Special.-John ~
Burrowvs and Arthur~ Williams, two of j
the three negroes convieted of the d
brutal murder of Julian Wilson, aT
prominent citizen of Williamsburg Ii
county, were hanged. Robert ScottK fi
the third negro convicted of the same C
rime, has been respited for 30 days. w
Dividends by Dallas Mills. C
Dallas, Special.-At a meeting of ~
the stockholders of the Morowebb e
Cotton Mill Company Tuesday, the b
regular 4 per cent. sehi-annual divi
dend was paid, and Mr. J. B. White
was elected vice president and Mr.
Fred Smvre, of Gastonia, a director
to succeed Mr. C. B. Armstrong. At
a meetig of the stockholders of the b
Dallas Cotton Mill. on the same day. ei
a 4 per cent. semi-annual dividend ~
was apid and the folowing g;ntlemen tl
elected directors: John 0. Rankin. tl
J. 0. White and HI. B. Moore, all s!
of Gastonia. . P
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Serious Fire at Pantha, W. Va.
Roanoke, Va., S5pecial.-Meagre re
ports were received here that a fire
is raging in. the little town of Pan
ther. McDowell county, W. Va. The.y
telegraph wires hav been burned and
details of the conflagration are not ob.
tanable. The Ritter Lumber Coin-jn
pany 's largo plant is located at Pan-i d
ther, near the '--ilroad depot, whiebJ A
building is believed to haw~ been des- t
troyed.a
Burned to Death.
Monroe, Special.-While burning
broom straw around her home. Mrs.0
Rebe-ca Louny, of Buford, was burn.
ed to death Wednesday evening. She b
lived alone and was about 60 years of
age. Miss Gracie Belk, her niece, who
lives about 300 yards away. was theh
first one to discover the accident. She e
went to her home and missed Mrs. a
Louny. She found her aunt's elath
ing scattered over the yard and her
body in the corner of the fence. Dogse
HEAVY SIMDLE
rrest is Made for Offering
Forgrd Certificates
'ORKING ON A LARGE SCALE
rewspaper Writer" is Nabbed on
Charge of Selling Oneof Bogus Nor
folk & Western 100-Share Certifi
Cates to Broker and Subsequent
Revelations Show That Operations
on Large Scale Had Been Planned.
New York. Special.-Following the
-rest of Samuel Humphreys. "a
-wspaper writer," on the charge of
fling a bogus certificate of 100
iares of the Norfolk & Western Rail
ay Company to a dealer in securities
t this city, it was learned that 500
the bogus certificates were printed
ad that the operations appear to
ave been planned on a large scale.
s only four or five of the certificates
ve been discovered and each of
em is for 100 shares with an aggre
te market value of about $S,000. it
evident that the amount realized
F the operators is very large if they
ve disposed of many of the certifi
tes. The police say that they be
eve that at least three men had a
and in the transaction.
Humphreys was arraigned on an af
lavit that he acted in concert with
Augustus Seton, in selling a forged -
rtiflcate to Bernard & Clark. of this
ty, last September, for $8,000. He
as held in $2,500 for examination,
i default of bail he was remanded
i police headquarters.
According to information given out
the detective haurean; Humphreys
ent to the0o5ee of Bernard &-Uark,
this city. with a letter introducing
imself as "Mr. Collins," a wealthy
2ilder. of Pennsylvania, and present
I two forged certifieaies of the Nor
>k & Western which he wanted to
Espose of at the market value, $14,
)0 to $15.000.
Shot Father's Slayer.
Thomasvifll, Ga., Speeial.-A
body shooting affair took place on
ie publ'ic road near Akridge. 20
Res northwest of Thomasville. in
e new county of Grady, and as a
sult William Driw and Newton
hrelkeld, two prominent and
ealthy farmers, are fataly wounded.
:erbert Drew, the 13-year-old son of
illiam Drew, took a prominent part
L the affair, firing the shots that
ruck Threlkeld down. Young Drew
ls the story of the encounter and
tvs that when he and his father met
relkeld in the road the latter be
n to curse his father and tehn pull
i his pistol and fired three shots into
rew's body. Young Drew then
cove 12 miles to the nearest tele
lone and told the sheriff of the af
ir. Threlkeld is a brother of
rew son-in-law. Both families are
idely connected in Thomas and
radv counties and further trtouble
feared.
Must Pay Georgia. Taxes.
Atlanta, Ga., Special.-The suit of
ie Central of Georgia Railroad Comn
an and of the Georgia Raihzoad Comn
any against Comptroller G~enera!
Eiliam A. Wright to enjoin him
om the collection of taxes alleged
i have been due the State from these
tilroads, on ownership of stock in
ie Western of Alabama Railr~ad,
as decided in favor of the State by
ie Supreme Court of Georgia. The
tate asked, in the case against the
eorgia Railroad, that it be coinpelled
pay back taxes from the year183
at the decision bars the cogebien
taxes prior to 1895 by the statute4
limitation. The road therefore,.
ill be compelled to pay about $70,
)0 on its million and a half of stock.
Greensboro Firm Bankrupt.
Greensboro, Special.-A voimitary
tition in bankruptecy was filed in the
nited States Court by J. A. Caima
ty, a merchant on Fiyetteville street.
he assets are stated to be .$7744;
abilities. $4,072.62. The petition was
led by Z. V. Taylor, attorney for.
annaday, who said the reason for it
as that certain creditors were push
ig him. The Southern Life and Trust
ompany was named as trustee. pend
tg the hearing before Maj. J. E. Al
tander. of Winston-Salem, referee in,
aikruptey.
To Close S. C. Bucket Shops.
Columbia. S. C., Special-The State
[ouse et. Representatives pasw.d a
ill prohibiting the operation of buck
shops in South Carolina. There
'as no debate on the measure andx
e 'act ion of the House was~ some
ing in the nature of a s-:rprisr. AIU
.iops are declared to be itmbilling~.
laees. It is more than probable t hat
ie measure will pass the Senate.
ame Time and Place For Sons of
Veterans.
Montgomery, Special.-Dr. Thomas
.Owen. comnmander-in-chief of the
ons of Confederate Veterans. an
>unced that the reunion of the or
rs will be held in New Orleans
pril 5, 25 and 27, coincident with
e reunion of the United Confeder
e Veterans.
Philadelphia Jury Acquits.
Philadelphia, Special.-Actim: up
a the instructions of Judge Auden
id, the jury acquitted John W.
[ll, former chief of the filteration
areau, who was on trial charged with
rgery and falsifying the records of
is bureau for the benefit of a firm of
ntrators. The scenes following the
equittal have seldom, if ever, been
itnessed in a local court room. For
ier Chief Hill shed tears of joy as
is son, Henry, clasped him i close