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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., or otnerwl.e?


The appearance of the printed volume
of laws passed by the last session of the
Legislature disclosed tho fact that
there IL a material discrepancy between
the enrolled cory Of tho act in relation
to the appointment of tax collectors for
New Castle county, and tho original
copy Of tho act as it passed tho Legis.
latuEe. In view of this discrepancy,
the Secretary of State prints tho en-
rolled copy in the body OF tie volume,
as he WAS obliged IL do. and in an ap.
pendiy prints the Law as it was actually
passed. by the Legislature. The latter
authorized the appointment OF two pol
tax collectors for Wilmington, while the
enrolled copy provides for the appoint,
ment of but one. The Levy Court, in
taking action, followed tho letter Of the
original law, and appointed two.
This law was one OF those partisan
schemes which the Legislature should
not have given countenance to. 1t was
designed 10 Gurtail the powers OF tho
Republican elected TO tho Office Of re-.
ceiver Of taxes and county treasurer,
aud to divide his collecting functions
aiming some Democratic politicians OF
the respective hundreds. Naturally,
there was opposition TO the measure,
and ii was hurried through during the
closing hours OF tho session, with the
result that some of its provisions were
very imperfect Now it appears tina;
there ia a discrepancy betwcon tho bill
as passed and the enrolod copy.
Whether this discrepancy is the result
of careleBsness or criminal intont Ia a
matter that the | legislature should in.
yostiGate at ncyt winter's adjourned
session. On its face it appears as il
tho bill was changed in the eurolmen;
for the purpose Of making it conform
to what was it's original intont, but
while this purpose may he all right in
conception, its execution is in violation
of law providing severe penalties fuI
such alterations. No great harm hut
been committed in this instance, hut
| tina precedent is an evil ono, and tho
Legislature should treat it in a manne,
that will tend To deter others in tht
future from making the slightest altera
tions in bills after their pasaage. nc
matter how worthy their intentions
may be.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23
WANAMAKERs. wANANEAKER'S. ---e
PHILADELPHIA Monday September 90 4
Most Startling BicycleNews
wANAMAEkER,s.

Hereafter firm Philadelphia Yorl, will have the sole
agency OF the HUMBER WHEEL for all this regonom Baltimore
and Washington to New England, and the Atlantic coast -
The HUMBER universally acknowledged throughout the world
THE PEER OF 1t has years never less than
S15 for mems and S1220 for women and prices
because was and the perfection bicycles This agency coming
to Philadelphia great DEAL The Humber Company man
uares wheels English patents branch companies
almost every country the globe The Humber Com
Pany has splendid factory Wesboro Humber Com
pny sold Their goods their offices and saeooms and
other makers OF wheels mont
rent salaries, etc. TO do ourmons
the other find that the Of running dpots
all or more than the profits. They therefore confronted
stern necessity either keeping high prices finding way
reduce selling expenses
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23
RELEAsED nERxELr
Mary Giipin Walled Out OF Jan Jps,e,
of Going TO tho Kttnben

mary Gilpin Walked Out of jail Iustead
of Going 10 IN. Kitchen.
It was reported Friday that Mary
Gilpin, the domestic formerly employed
by Or. II. @. Moore. who was sent Ia
jail on September LIST in default Of s20u
bail, had released hesrelf from the jail,
Sho had been employed in tho mil
Kitchen anu Thursday morning wac re-.
leased from thu cell where she silent
during the night to 60 TO her duties.
when she picked up her effects and
walked out the front door with two
colored prisoners, whose terms OF i'm.
prisunment had expired.
She walked about threo squares
away from the Jail and boarded the
9. II o'clock trolley car at Third aud
Chestnut streets, and came to this
city, where she got off tho car at
Fourth and Pine streets. She want
direct to the boat and went TO either
Chester or Philadelphia.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23
FAIR ~ SPANISH YOURS

Conditions Probably WIN be Changed by
the Action of the United states In Regard
tn the Island Of Cuba.
London, Eng, Sept. Tine Pail
Mall Gazette, this afternoon, com
ments in it's financial article on the
fall of three. quarters in Spanish foura
on heavy sales for continental accounts
saying:
1.-The bonds were ahsurlly high,
owing to the support Of Paris, which
was loaded IN; but probably conditions
will be changed by tho action OF the
unitsd States in regard to Cuba.
Srain evidently cannot wage war with
America. but tho concession OF indie
pendence to Cuba may lead 10 disasters
at Madrid, and il Spain defaults the
Fronch tlnancierH will be hit very
badly"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23

Washington, Sept. 81. Tho Prcsi.
dent, to-day, mads the following ap,
pointmenIs; william X. lleraog Of
Illinois, consul at Zitlau, Germany !;
Francis il. Wilson. postmaster at
Brooklyn, n. Y. i; benjamin y, Parlert,
collector Of internal revenue for tho
district Of Maryland; Alncrt NJ. Lrn,
United Statos attorney for tho Northern
district Of Mississippi, Frederick W.
Collins, United StatrH marshal for the
Southern district of Mississippi. [Thn
Maryland internal revenue district in
cludes Delaware. Ed. Gazette.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23

Now Orleans, La, Sept. 20,-Up to
0. 20 a. m. there was a quiet feeling in
the office of tho local Board Of Health.
No deaths had been reported and there
were no new cases, although Revernl
arc under invest CATION. a considerable
fall was noted in the temperature this
morning although tho cooling weather
is not entirely helpful to the sick, it
encourages tho physicians to believe
the fever will spread less rapidly. All
patients heard from except ons or two
were doing we'll this morning.
Should hiH cnniuct warrant, p. T..
j.. smith, the former toler of the First
National Bank, will be released from
prison in about six weeks
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23

The free silvoritrs OF New York City
propose to nominate Henry George for
mayor Pat" Gleason il already in
the field as an Independent Demo
cratic" tail to Platt's Republican ma.
chne. Tho Prohihtlonista also have a
candidate These, With tho Citizens
Union nomination of Seth Law, and tho
Talnmany and Republican nomnens,
will make the first election in Greater
Now York decidedly interesting politi-
cal event.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23
OUTRAGE m NEW mEylro.

The Ration Goal and Coke Co.'s store Blown
up With Gunpowaer.
Santa Flo, n. NJ. Sept. IA tole.
gram from Ration states that the store
ut Blosaburg owned by the Ration Coal
ard Coke Go, has been blown up with
gunpowdor. "''i
The building and contents were de.
stroyed.
A few days ago the idle miners were
notified that they might resume work
at a cut OF 20 per cent. They refused
this, and walked out.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23

There is no sense or reason in tho
average free silver coinage fanatic, as
witness tho following from tho Sussex
Journal:
Let this nation have FREQ coinage at
silver as it has FREQ coinage Of gold.
Let a statute TO that effect no nut on
our law books by the Congress of the
United States and va will venture tho
assertion that il twenty four hours
thereafter Nall and Lombard streets
will be buying silver at the price Of
81. 90 per ounce.
Here 10 The same old cry-sl. 90 per
ounce. without a reason in tho world
being given for an innietencc upon
these arbitrary figures. But the coun-
try has had the experience Of free silver
coinage. TO certain extent, since 1878.
under the Bland Allison bill, with the
result that tho price Of metal silver
steadily declined, and our financial
system became seriously diHarranged.
Iroc coinage to an unlimited extent
would have been disastrous.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23

G. J. MoriHrity Of this city and
kid" Mcfarland Of Now York had
a sparring match in Philadelphia Mon
day night, which was decidedly in
Moriarity's favor.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23

a Brooklyn preacher on Sunday con.
trnstcd the two political machine
leaders, Piatt and Croker, in his ser.
mon. CroHcr," no said, "is the
honcster man Of tho two, not party
wise. hut broadly, as one man to an
other, md I say that man with the
brains ana the opportunities Of Thomas
Ilatt vino has STOPPED TO the things
We all know him to be guilty of, is
sunk in the mire. =
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23
pERIsHED IN rHE FLAMES.
Three Daughters Of LeHn,Iro Gatieu OF
Ontario Burned To Death.

Sturgeon Falls, Ont. Sept. ~. Three
daughters Of Leandre Gatieu were
burned TO death at his residence last
night.
The parents and five other members
Of the family had barely time to escape
from the burning building.
Thu children who perisbed were,
respectively. s, 10 and 10 years of age.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23

New York. Sept. 2l.--Fire in the
Brownsville section of Brooklyp, TO-
day, destroyed building uscd as an
apartment house and also occupied by
manufacturing tailors, causing $50, 600
damage.
Jacob levin. years old, is reported
missing and. 1t is feared. may have
been burned TO death.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23

The Humber Company solved the problem BY coming to us to m
en goods because our business thing but IN enough
hnes Keep us busy the whole the season or
one a OF goods we use the capital space saegeupe for
oer goods then season. resulting lowest percentage where
e Is tWe!Ve months OF business for twelve
Having completed contracts Humber wheel we in.
tea on having the control of the balance the 97 Numbers
We took them all, and the " >
Greatest Bicycle Announcement We Ever Made !
h-ha in order thoroughly acqant the people wifi ,c
Humber we will distribute all 97 wheels at great reG,ion
simply as advertisements. - o"'
Inc 9 ROADSTER we shall let sos Frames and 2s in
Inc uukS Si1SO we shall let 90 "a and os
Inc NUMBERS Siz25O SIS Frames 22in
ne Humber Company enamel all wheels in black These
Wee nave not been made for
renanders OF the 9 stock and highest Humber quality in
terhI and tnh We guarantee hemin full We could sell he
pa OF them at the u pceSS15 and ove-but we prefer TO @
he as roductons to- great business though of course the
w wnees VIII be higher in pceno than s1o0 The oany
pe meg we can only say that half number of wheels will be
oneea and half in New Yohat orders by mail tel
ana ePhone VIII be recorded the thew arrive and he
d SO long as any e goods either CITY but we can
hot oohsae ourselves to deliver
OF the quantity hand Positively no more Numbers will he
which will not be changed $3.50 e ''Oet equiP'he"'s'
m a,e9uon PAID telegraph and telephone messages which
u and dated the hour and at our Offices
ana VIII DC hlleo so long as the limited supply lasts.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23

Sheriff Finn on Saturday afternoon
sold the houses Nos. l220-4-6 Ilealh
street, owned by William Guthrie and
wife. to L. G. Cook, attorney, for
$1,000.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23

Quoting the remarks of Sir Wilfred
Laurier, Cauada's Premier, Unless
| am greatly mistaken we shall see a
great flow of both capital and p6pula
ton to Canada within the next two
years, the London Spectator OF Sop
tcmber it'll says: THAT vii no doubt
be tho case ii Canada is really loyal ia
the policy of free trade. II CANADA has
free trado while tho United States ia
blocking tho channels of commerce,
Canada is bound to prosper. Canada
natural RESOURCES are enormous. II she
becomes place whore dollar will 90
twice as fur as in the United States,
she is bound 10 draw wealth ard pppu
lation to her. ~
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23

Currency reform, not FREQ ailyor coin
age, will DO an important issue next
year, should the Republican Congress.
at it's NEXT session, fail 10 provide the
neetlcd Liquidation.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23

A good acreage of wheat aud corn
next year will bo az infinitely MIRO adj
vantage to the farmers OF Delaware
than the free coinage Of silver at any
ratio.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23

1t is estimated that it will cost over
500 900 rer year TO operate the
public schools Of Creator New York.
This is twice the sum of tho combined
yearly income Of Harvard, Yale, Girard,
Cornell and Columbia.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23

An atiompt to hold Irrational FREQ
silver campmeeting" at Springfield,
Ohio, last week resulted in failure, only
thirty five persons attending the open
ing service. Happening in the State of
Ohio this incident is significant. 1t
showa the folly Of Attempting to gal
vaui2e political corpse into life.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23

Mr., W. S. farkerson, white Re-
publican of New Orleans, is opposed TO
McKinloy's appointment of DomaB, the
notorious negro politician 10 the posi-
tion of naval officer at New Orleans,
and frankly says For my part | be-
ieve in white supremacy, aa much SO
as any Democrat. don't heleve any
race should dominate excnut the
whites. . And this is the bpioF Of
nearly all the Southern whites, Rspuh.
lieans as well az Democrats. Even poll
ticaI considerations will not affect it.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23

Although the appropriation for pen
sions for the curront year was Sal, :
263, $50, tho Commissioner of Pensions
estimates that the year will close with
deficit of over 55,00n, 600 The
reason is that the pension list is con
stantly increasing, the applications on
file, and which are being acted upon
rapidly, numbering about 200, 600.
This information is simply astounding
when it is considered that tho war
ended over thirty two yoars ago.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-23

at was hsantiful saying of the
earlier Methodists when they avowed
holy life, i feel nothing contrary to
love- But the widening march of
Christianity has given wonderfully
practical sense to such words, and we
actually mean that Whatever in custom
or law is contrary to that love of one q
neighbor which would give to him or
her ell tho rights and privileges one 3
self enjoys, 10 hut relic of brute force,
aud is to bo cast out as evil. "--Frances
h. Willard.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
A GOOD EXAMPLE.

The Bannister Baptist Associa
ton, colored, of Virginia, took a wise
step in passing resolutions strongly
condemning "the most dastardly,
cowardly and infamous crime known
to society, namely, outrageous
assault upon deienseless women"-a
crime which seems to be on the in
crease among their own race. The
example of the Bannister Associa-
ton should be emulated by colored
preachers and colored leaders gem
orally.
Lynch law is terrible thing, but
in spite of all that may be said and
done it may be put down as a certain
fact that there will be lynchings SO
long as black scoundrels attempt
hellish crimes upon white women,
and SO long as the law is tardy in
administering justice.
The execution of mob law is de-
moralizing ana unhinges the even
GoAOE Vi OuiuS = 1Hd o0hoS W piOmo1c
defiance of la" and is generally de-
plored by all law abiding eitizens,
and hence it behooves the good peo-
pie of all races to unite in an earnest
effort TO prevent the one crime which
almost invariably incites the spirit
of revenge without regard for the
forms of law.
Some of the long-distance sympa-
thizers with the negroes, at the
North, are ever ready to charge the
people of the South with lawlessness
when some devil is strung up by an
enraged popuIace for the crime OF
rape. They denounce with horror
mob Law, but it Ii seldom that we
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
Why Vote for Local Taxation

L. 1t is the only way to get good,
six or eight months schools.
2 1t has worked well in more than
twenty townships in North Carolina,
such as Raleigh township in Wake
county, in which 5000 children at
tend six schools nine months in the
year; Durham township, Durham
county, and in about twenty others.
3. No other plan has ever been
devised for the successful building up
of a school system. Wherever in the
United States you find good schools
and intelligent people, you find they
have local taxation.
3. Because you want to give your
boy and girl a chance. You do not
want them to grow up in ignorance,
to be imposed upon, to be down
trodden, to be deceived and to pull
down our grand old State
4 1t will cost you less than educa-
ton will in any private school. Ten
cents on the hundred dollars worth
OF property is not as much as some
men pay for tobacco. Get your tax
receipt, see what you are listed for
and find how little you will have to
pay W Seu ROou SCHOOlS anu give
your boy a chance.
5 Because if we educate all the
people of North Carolina, it will
elevate her politically, develop her
industrially, make her powerful re-
ligiously; and free her from the
tyrant of ignorance, who now OPP
presses her and exacts more taxes
every week from her people than tbs
Legislature ever has.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
THE LoOaL rav
Ihe * publican Party Has Deceived
the PeOpie

Editors of Sentinel
We notice card ia your valuable
paper signed by a committee of five.
advocating the local school tax. one
al whom Is superintendeDt of Puhljc
ms rhctlon. In that card they are
doing like the last Legislators did.
d"ceiving the people, telling them
thau Soo,ooO has been appropriated
Tor pubilc schools. and each township
voting 5000 will get $500 from the
state. Now, let us see whore the
truth Is IN this statement. Suppose
Io counties vote for the tax aud zach
OF these has 10 townsh hips. This will
make one hundred townships. Now
5000 to each one will make $50 900.
we believe there are 90 counties i'm
the State. That would leave Sc
without a cent
Oar Legislature has already de-
sfroyed the public schools to a great
extent. The people were sati- fed
win their schools as thew had four
months ~ each year, md the people
VINO patronize the public schools
1 cannot spare their children more
than four months in the year. They
also had three committeeman for
each school TO see and look after the
same The negrots had three COM
mltteemen separate from the whites.
how is it now? Five men to control
all the schools in a township, black
and white. We notice in two town
ships IN this county, they have one
colored committeeman each Now
ann not Kicking q this, as the negro
mas the same> right TO dictate to the
whlte men and lady teachers what il
pest for their schools. as "A white mar
mas to the negro The colored peo-
pie were satisfied to control theiI
own schools without the aid of tn,
whites, and the whites were satisfied
without the colored.
Our party had promised us for q
years that if we would put them il
power in this State we should hav,
the right TO elect our county officers
y ave You deceived US? Yes. Is tn
Board of Education elected by TIN
people? No. The county examiner
No. School Committeeman? No
NOW you are asking the people t,
vote a tax on themselves, then i'm
prison them if they do not pay tn
same by a certain time @, We vote,
; Tor you IN good faith, hut YOU hav
deceived us. REPUBLICAN.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
The Only Hope.

Biblical Recorder.
Is there hope in Local Taxation?
Can this be done by the local tag?
Let us see.
Wherever local taxation has been
established, the children of the poor
have been educated. This is so in
thirty States in this country and in
twenty towns in North Carolina.
You will find this is so on the plains
of Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska; you
will find this is so in the crowded
factory towns of New England; you
will find this is so in the congested
populations of the great cities. The
most intelligent communities, the
places where the children of the poor
have had a chance, the most intelli-
gent country populations, the most
intelligent city populations, the most
intelligent States, are those in which
local texation has been established
There is hope. as surely as there is
hope in better schools with longer
terms open to all. rich and poor
alike. There is hope only in local
taxation as surely as local taxation
is the only means of building up the
school system, lengthening the terms
and improving the teaching.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05

find as strong denunciation of the
terrible act which led to the string
ing up. Their sympathy is with the
executed scoundrel and not with his
pure, innocent and helpless victim.
1t they really desire to be instru-
mental in crushing out mob law, let
them use their influence towards
crushing out the cause. The best
way to remedy any disease or any
evil is to employ the means which
will take away the cause.
We would not justify mob law. We
recognize the evil in it, but we must
look at things as they are. There is
an unwrit ten law in the South that
rape means rope-death to the devil
ish perpetrator of the crime-and we
are convinced that the only way to
avoid the penalty is for a stop to be
put to the crime. Hence, as we have
| said, the colored association referred
! to is to be commended for denounc
| ing such criminals and there should
be general movement of this sort
! among the better element of the race
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-05
THE NEW FARMING

Modern farming gets more out of
the land than the old style farming
1t doubles the capacity of the soil;
sometimes quadruples it. The writer
attended the National Irrigation
Congress held at Phoenix, Arizona,
and became impressed with the value
of irrigation. La places where the
rainfall is deficient water must be
stored. This is the case in the arid
regions of New Mexico, AriZ ona and
Southern California.
But that which is necessary in such
regions is not inadvisablein the E ast
and South. The rainfall may lie
ample in New York or North Caro-
lima, but it's distribution may be
such that there is no rain at the
most important time.
An interesting experiment has been
made in Illinois where DIR. Clark
Gapen, superintendent at one of the
State hospitals, piped water onto
LOU dCToS Vi ldHo. lHI5 ldhO was
worth $1O0 an acre, but irrigation
increased its producing value to
$500 an acre.
In the rainy State of ll.nois a
farm of $50 acres was made to feed
nearly $500 people. To irrigate
this farm an expense of 81 500 was
incurred and productiveness in
creased fourfold.
Similar results have been attained
in Wisconsin, New ork and Florida
The value of water is considered in
California to be worth very often
more than the land. That is why
orange orchards in southern Cali
fornia pay interest on 81, ZOO an
acre.
The new kind of farming takes also
into consideration the use of hot
houses for forcing the growth of
vegetables. This makes possible the
growing OF plants at practically all
seasons of the year. 1t enables the
celery growers of Kalamazoo, Michi-
gan, to raise four crops a year, by
which that ons industry brings to
that town a profit of 100000 a
year.
What will North Carolina farmers
do to keep up with new methods and
advanced ideas? They ought not to
lag behind in the procession. Com
petition in all lines Except where
trusts prevaiD is such that the up
to-date man only is a winner.
w. f. BURBANK.