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The evening times., 1900-03-28

Mrs. Hitchcock. wife Of the Secretary Of
the Interior, was hostess at an informal
musicale yesterday afternoon. she was as
sisted in greeting the guests by her daugh
ters. the Misses Hitchcock Among the
guests were the ladies of the Cabinet and
the most prominent members Of official
circles.
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-11
GrosOfb of Gas Cities.

The growth of the cities in the gas
belt in Indiana during the decade has
been as great as had been hoped. The
returns for the four largest towns in
Grant county show that Marion has
made a greater gain than any city thus
far reported in the state. In 1890 Mar
ion had 1867 inhabitants; in 1900 II
has 1871, net gain of $500, or a
percentage of 102. Gas City in 1890
had 2S0 population, which has in
creased to 1924. an increase of 1,159
per cent. which is much more than
has been reported by any other town
and is not likely to be excelled by any
one of its class. Fairmount IN the
same county, which had 1,462 in 1890
now has 2,S43, a gain of "a per cent,
while Jonesboro. which in 1890 had
6S7 souls, now has 1879, gain Of ia
per cent. 1t is likely that other cities
of the gas belt will show similar gains.
for it is in that section that there has
been the nearest approach to boom
during the decade, the development OF
natural gas having been active in 1891
and 1892.
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-11
Grotufb of Lake City.
GEN. SAMUEL F. CARY.

Superior Wis, is another of the
cities on the great lakes which has
prospered during the last ten years.
1t had a population Of 1888 in 1890.
1t has now a population of 31.091. 1t
has made the unexampled percentage
of gain of 1896 per cent. Its increase
in population is 19,l0S. as compared
with the increase OF 1854 in the pop
ulation of the larger city of Duluth.
If these rival cities were not in differ
ent states they could be consolidated
into one with population of $4,000.
which would monopolize all the trade
of the western end of Lake Superior.
The rapid growth of these two cities,
which in 1880 had only handful of
inhabitants, testifies to the remarkable
development of the regions tributary
to them. Large portions of Wisconsin
and Minnesota which were uninhab-
tied and unproductive twenty years
ago are now sending vast quantities of
mineral and agricultural products
eastward by way of Superior and Du-
Ith. There is still much back coun-
try to be developed so that the citi-
Gems of those two fiourishing towns
have every reason to anticipate fiat
.ering growth during the next ten
years.
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-11
The Dramatic Season.

Critics who have complained for
years that theatrical managers never
gave native playwrights chance
ought to be satisfied at last. Judging
from preliminary announcements and
from the first productions of new
plays already given the stage is to be
almost monopolized during the coming
season by American-made dramas
Practically every one of the novels by
American writer's which was success
full during the last year has been dram
atized and awaits production by n
star of greater or less magnitude. The
result OF the season from n box-ofilce
standpoint should be fair test of the
drawing power of homemade dramas
II a majority OF the new plays are
financially successful hereafter the
United States will be Independent OF
the effete monarchies of Europe in a
dramatic way. as It has recently be-
come In so many other directions
Before long we may have England,
Germany and France sending over to
this country for dramas and farces as
they now send for canned beef and
wheat. 4
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-11
ILLINOIS LABOR TEMPLE.

sirable site, and $4,000 was raised by
loan. This will leave 100000 to ba
spent on the building, which will be
two stories high throughout with a
three-story front. On the ground floor
will be store-room and an immense
hall for conventions. The second floor
will be divided into meeting rooms, IL
brary, baths, and smaller hall. To
the use of this building 5000 work
ingmen will have access. The Moline
Industrial association. with which the
new labor temple originated. was in
corporated in 1894. Its membership
consists of delegates appointed by each
of the so local unions.
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-11
Current Topics

The Late Gen. Cary.


For sixty-five years General Samuel
F. Cary. who died in Cincinnati last
week. stood the most picturesque fig
ure in American politics. His life was
rounded out to its fulfillment with a
completion that is without precedent.
He was a statesman, active in all that
the demands of craftsmanship entail
during all of that time. and was the
compeer OF famous men for three sue
cessive generations-from 1886 to 1895
and had the distinction of having
met on the field Of political debate
more noted men in the politics of this
country than any other man who has
lived and died in America and enjoyed
the privilege of being the oldest native
born resident of Cincinnati. Death
closed book in the passing of Mr.
Cary that is as full of distinguished in
cidents as any other volume on the
shelves or in the archives of the Unit
ed States government. He was the
intimate personal friend of General
William Henry Harrison, Henry Clay,
Daniel Webster. Abraham Lincoln.
Tom Corwin, Ulysses S. Grant, Oliver
P. Morton. John Brough, Thomas A.
Hendricks, Samuel ]. Tilden, Horace
Greeley, General Benjamin F. Butler,
Henry Ward Beecher. Thaddeus Ste
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-11
They DO Protest Too Much.

Baltimore Sun;-"There is no i'm
perialism." declares President McKin-
ley in his letter of acceptance. From
president down to the humblcst spell
binder and organ grinder the republi-
cans are kept busy protesting that an
evil which does exist In a palpable
form really has no existence. Their
denlals are based upon the assumption
that the American people Are so dull
witted that they are unable to under
stand the difference between Republi-
can government and the kind OF gov
ernment which has been established
In Porto Rico and which is ultimately
to be forced upon the Filipinos.
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-11
REPUBLICAN AGNOSTICiSM.

The Republican campaign has be-
come a negative proposition. The can
didates and leaders have become stolid
agnostics. The rank and file is hiding
behind breastworks of shifting sand.
Mr.. Hanna says:
There are no trusts
Mr.. Mckinley says:
There Is no such thing as imperial
ism"
Mr.. Roosevelt says:
Il am not afraid OF militarism. be-
cause there isn't any militarism."
Mr., Gage says:
There isn't any gold standard,
therefore 1t must not be attacked"
Chorus of Republican spellbinders:
"NOW YOU SEE 1T AND NOW YOU
DON'T"
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-11
THE riN-PLArE TRUST.

The tin-plate trusts are credited
with a capital of $7O,0OO,OO0. They
control 281 tin-plate mills. and are the
beneficiaries of the Dingley tariff,
which imposes " cents a pound ON
imported tin plate, equal to $3.50 on an
average box OF tin weighing 220
pounds.
The estimate of the annual consump-
tion in a state like Indiana is placed
at 100000 boxes of the average weight
of 220 pounds each. or 66,000,000
pounds. Before the trusts advanced
prices these 100000 boxes of tin could
have been purchased at s2.65 box,
or $795,0O0. The trusts advanced
prices to $4.65 per box, increasing the
cost to 1895, 900. netting the trust
clear gain of 100000 year from the
people of state the size of Indiana.
The tariff duties under the Dingley
bill, " cents pound. would enable
the trusts to rob the people to an ex
tent of S990,000 a year, which will
probably be done. since in the last ten
months they have succeeded by the
advance in prices to secure 100000 of
the amount
There is absolutely no substitute for
tin. and the extent of the trusts rob-
berries is mere matter of discretion.
They control the market and fix prices
as they please, and there is no appeal
from their decision but to the great
tribunal of the people.
In such emergencies the question iB
| asked in what way the tin-plate trusts
directly affect the peoples welfare.
The answer is in all matters in which
tin is used by the people. An Indian
apolis Ind. establishment manufac-
turing 35,0OO,0 900 tin cans a year con-
sumes 10000 boxes of tin. the cost
having been advanced 81 a box in value
an increased expenditure of 100000
year. The people who purchase tin
cans are required to pay about s12 a
thousand more for their cans than be-
Gore the trusts advanced prices. If
man wants tin roof on his residence
or business building he finds the price
has advanced $45, and if his house iu
to be guttered he finds the average
advance at least $50, and in any one of
10000 homes. where a full outfit of tin
utensils could have been purchased
before the trusts began operations for
$3. the outfit now costs at least ST.
increasing the total so per cent, or
$4,000. But going back to authentic
data, states the size of Indiana, dur
ing the last year. have been robbed by
the tin trusts of $500 900, and the rob-
berries are proceeding unchecked. II
state like Indiana can be plundered
to the extent of 5000 900 year, then it
is safe to say, basing calculation upon
population, that the tin trusts are rob-
bing the people of the United States
of more than 10000. 900 a year.
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-11
\ REPUBLICAN, TRIBUTE TIC
BRYAN.

The Boston Herald is compelled to
pay Mr.. Bryan a tribute of praise FOR
the mastery speech he delivered last
week at indianapolis and to remark
that it will be thoroughly read. 1t
says:
THE Herald. as is well enough
known by this time, does not take the
same view of the subject discussed that
is held by Mr.. Bryan, and does not
support his candidacy. But to say of
this address that it lacks the quality
of full manliness, intellectual or moral.
would stultify our judgment 1t is the
utterance of a robust, earnest. compe-
tent disputant on a high theme of
craftsmanship. We have no motive
to overpraise it: but our feeling is
that this speech will give Bryan
higher rank among the statesmen of
the nation than he has had before.
The significance of the speech to
the Republican party is that 1t is high
time for its leaders to quit calling
names ana get down to business. II
they suppose that it is in the power of
money. or party organizations. or art
lully loattitu W ShtNtSs-
fully oppose the effect of such an ad-
dress on the minds OF the intelligent
plain people who constitute the over
whelming majority of the electorate
of the nation. they will make n mis-
take. Mark Hanna. with all the mil
lions he can command and all the un-
scrupulous machine bosses he holds in
leash. is not n match for man who
can talk to the American people as
Bryan does in this speech His Oh
yious sincerity. frankness and direct
ness will break through and demolish
any fortress OF material politics or
chicanery that can be erected in its
path. 1t will prove "A more effective
speech than Senator Hoar's because 1t
has intense devotion and indomitable
courage behind It."
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-11
6be For.vord Moyemenf.

DR.. w. J. Spaulding. who has Just
become connected with the forward
movement of the Peoples church.
Chicago. OF which DR.. Thomas is pas
Tor, was for many years president of
;he Iowa Wesleyan university He is
from the Ohio Wesleyan university
1t Delaware. with the degree Of Phi. ID.
He is man of wide educational exper-
ience. but has given up routine work
Tor the more general and broader
study OF humanity. 1t is this that has
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-11

the greatest electric plants in the coun'
try. AT present he Is superintendent
of the Woodside Water Company. New
York. Mr.. Leahy is president OF the
James Watts Association. N. A. S. f.,
New York. He is man OF remark
able mechanical ability, unassuming in
manner and of vast experience as an
engineer. master mechanic and elec.
trician.
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-11
pmlIlny Down the Einr.

Kansas City Times What does Mr..
Mckinley mean by pulling down the
flag In Pekin? II was thought that
nag furling. except In territory belong
Ing 10 the United States that England
wants. was treason. according to the
rules laid down by the Hannaites.
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-11
Ens,neerr' Ne.v President.

P. E. Leahy, who has just been
elected general president of the Ma
tional Association of Stationary En-
gineers. is native of Cromwell, near
Hartford, Conn, and learned his pro-
fession in an extensive works at Hart
ford, and later turned his attention to
the subject of electric lighting. He
erected and put In operation several OF
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-11
Another Labor Temple.

Union labor is building q handsome
structure in the city of Moline. ILL.,,
out Of funds raised by annual fairs and
Labor day celebrations. During the
last six years $4,000 has been collected.
OF this sum $4,000 was paid for de-
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-11
Much Ahn.r Of Olncy.

Springfield. Mass. Republican,: The
attack on Mr.. Olney because of his
support of MIR. Bryan takes several
different lines. He is brutal" In his
comments on Mr.. Mckinley; he wants
to be the Democratic candidate him
self in 1904. when he will be in his
seventeen year: he hasn't voted in
Boston since 1895; he wrote n maya
zine article that our national "isola-
tion" was thing OF the past. and.
consequently. he has no right to think
the acquisition of the Philippines a
blunder: he is the original imperialist
himself, because he forced England to
treat small nation as she would "A
big one. Mr.. Olney takes all this
trouncing, and says nothing. declining
resolutely to be interviewed.
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-11
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Gilpin observer., 1900-10-11
DIR. w. J. sPAuLDING.

attracted him to popular educational
plans mapped out for DR.. Thomas
church. He is said to be man OF
rare insight into the human mind and
with an almost more than human
knowledge Of the anxleties and mental
needs of human beings. His work in
Chicago will be Of voluntary character
and will take the form OF lectures
and conversational classes ut the new
headquarters Of the Peoples church.
DIR. Spaulding is well-preserved man
ol ROarly 10.
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-11
Greed Led to Criminal Aggression.

Utica. N. v. Observer: Bungling
diplomacy. led by organized greed. left
us legacy OF trouble In the Philip
pines which would have been avoided
had we adhered to the end to the an
nounced policy in the beginning OF
avoiding criminal aggression. May we
be spared from the results OF the same
kind OF bungling diplomacy In the Chi
nesc difficulty. There is safety In Hds!-
ity to our own policy.
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-11

To have your lace curtains. white sktrts.
and shirt waists . dainty snow white, use
Russ Bleaching Blue. the modern bag blue.
Mrs. Horse-I can see that we are los.
ing prestige daily. Mr.. Horse-Nonsensel
What would an equestrian statue on an
automobile look like?-Puck.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-05-24
Scotland Neck Temperance
Association meets the first
and third Tuesday evenings
in each month at SIS.

BURNED In PRIsoN-News has come
that white man named billiard, or
Dillon, was burned in the town prison
at Roanoke Rapids few days ago.
He was placed in the prison for dis
turbing the peace OF the town by be-
ing intoxicated and after being placed
IN prison he attempted TO burn his
way o;at, and himself was burned
These are the factsa as We heard them
NETTING In The NJ. f. CHURcH-
Mondsy night Rev. E. G.. Glenn, o.
Raleigh. commenced preaching in &
revival meeting in the Methodist
church. Already great crowds are
attending the meeting and considerable
interest is manifested. Mr.. Glenn was
here in a meetlng.last year and greatly
pleased the people. He receives a
warm Welcome, and the people hear
him gladly again.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-05-24
To Newspaper Borrowers.

While the following, clipped from
an exchange, is not strictly local news
we give place for it On our local news
page for the benefit of any OF our local
readers who may be in danger of a
like catastrophe
IN man who was too economical 10
take this paper sent his little boy to
borrow the copy taken by his neigh
bor. In bis haste the boy ran over a
81 stand of bees and in ten minutes
looked like warty summer squash
His cries reached his father, who ran
to his assistance an?, failing to notice
u barbed wire fence, ran into that,
breaking it down, cutting handful
of flesh from his anatomy and running
a 81 pair of pants. The old COW took
advantage Of the gap in the fence and
got into the cornfield and killed her
sell eating green corn. Hearing the
racket, the wife ran, upsettlng four
gallon churn full OF rich cream into a
basket Of kittens, drowning the whole
flock. In the hurry she dropped 81
set Of false teeth. The baby, lett alone.
craHled through the spilled milk and
mo the parior, running brand new
$40 carpet. During the excitement the
oldest daug' ter ran away with the
hired man, the dog broke up IL setting
hens and the calves got out and chewed
the tails eff four fine shirts"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-05-24
ALlberal Contribution.

II the absence of pastor r. I. Vann
last Sunday, who was away to preach
the annual sermon at Buie's Greek
Academy In Harnett county, Mr.. Il
johnson, editor of Charity and Child
rem. published at Thomasville, address
ed the audience in the Baptist church.
AR. johnson presented the claims OF
the Baptist Orphanage, giving its his
tory. Its mission and some OF its work.
His plea was forceiul and effective.
He said that among the mary
needs of the orphanage is building IN
vh:ch boys may be taught trades. 1t
| is proposed to erect such building
and call 1t the Mills Memorial build
ing, In honor of the late J. II. Mills,
the first general Manager of the In
stltutlon.
Although Mr.. johnson did not come
to Scotland Neck to ask for collect
ion, and said he was not going to dc
so then, at the conclusion Of his ad-
dress Mr. N. Blggs proposed that col
| lection be taken for the Mills Mem.
ORAL building. The collection was
taken and Monday morning as Mr..
Johnson called at The COmmc nwealth
Office, he said, II have one hundred
and fifty dollars In my pocket from
Yesterdays collection" That was the
amount raised. and Mr.. johnson went
on his way rejoicing.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-05-24
Death of DE-. ]. c. Hill.

DR.. J. G.. Hill died at the home OF
Mr.. w. D. Shields, near Tillefy, last
Friday aud was buried in the Episcopal
cemetery Saturday morning at IL
O'Clock. Rev. G. w. Phelps, rector OF the
Episcopal church, conducting the
burial service.
Dr.. Hill was something moro than
"a wears old, and was known through
ont Ibis section. He had been in falling
health for year or two, and his death
was not unexpected. He was the son
OF Mr., w. J. Hill, and VAS the youngest
>, y family CT six children and the first ct
tine number to die He was brother to
Capt. A. B. Hill, of this place, Judge
T. n. Hill, OF Halifax, and Mesdanes
Pc. Smith and B. G. Smith, OF this
Mace also. He was educated at Hills
boro. was soldier in the Confederate
navy, and was on the gunboat
aA.bemarle" when it was blown up
by Cushing at Plymouth In 1864.
DR.. Hill, soon after the war, com
menced the practice of medicine and
nracticed in Martin county tor mum
Der of years and then moved to Iillery'
~, ore he had been for several years.
THE COMMONWEALTH extends sym
| ,,.thv to the bereaved family and
frienas affected by the death.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-05-24
School Entertain mens.

Tdes1ay night the final entertain
ment OF the Male Academy occurred at
the home OF the principal.
It Is custom to g.:c the students
supper at the close of each session; and
Tuesday night there was quite crowd
of boys and girls present, the students
with their envited friends. The nails,
parlors and diningroom of the build
ing were all we'll lighted, and the yard
iii front was also we'll lighted and the
evening was one OF iare p1eastte for
The young people. Mr. and Mrs Prince
attended to the arrangements for
the nice supper given the students ard
their guests and it was all lastly and
admirably done. The supper of cream
and cake was greatly enjoyed by the
boys and girls and all had a general
good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Prince have made
themselves iavorites with the young
people by their former entertainments,
and the one gwen Tuesday night has
added still more to their popularity.