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New-York tribune., 1900-03-16
BRYAN's PLANS FOR COMING MONTH

Austin. Tex. March 15.-W. j. Bryan started
tonight for his home attend the Nebraska state
Convention. From Lincoln Mr. Bryan Will go for
a months tour through South Dakota, Utan,
Washington. Oregon. California. Arizona and New
Mexico. He is booked for number OF Speeches IN
each of the States named, and will be absent from
this city about a month His family will remain
here until his return.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-16
SHUT THE POOLROOMS.

The bill now before the Legislature which Is
intended to prevent serving pOolrooms with bet
ting quota tions is in the public interest and
should become law. Betting on the races does
harm. even when it is confined to the tracks.
but the people who risk their money within the
grounds where the contests are decided get at
least the benefit of recrea ton in the open air
and enjoy the excitement of watching the 5trug-
giles OF the horses. No one yet has been found
bold enough to set forth excuses for the pool
rooms. The gambling there is evil, and only
evil. 1t is so conducted that its victims are even
more certain to be heavy losers in the long run
than if they went to the tracks. Experts say
that the average player at faro, roulette or keno
has n better chance to win now and then and
is not In so deep and miry pit as the fire.
quenter of the poOlrOOms. The plain truth is
that n great deal of so-called racing carried on
in Louisiana. in California, in Illinois, in other
States of the Union, and even in the Empire
State itself. is kept up chiefly for the poolroOms,
and is dishonest through and through.
Few people who have not studied the subject
thoroughly have any conception of the number
of poolrooms in the various cities and towns of
this country or of the army of men and boys
who lose money in these swindlng deps. These
losses are not restricted to minor clerks, 10
young fellows with small pay. or to men whose
aDItS Oh On uOTStS ARE ue-
bauched and depfaved Many collectors. many
agents of estates. many managers of buildings.
many substantial shOpkeepers, manufacturers
and merchants send commissions to pOolrOoms
and lose money on races. This is plague Of
grave proportions. and exceedingly miSchievOus.
If the poolrooms were managed fairly and hon
estly the objections TO their existence would
still be strong, but cheating Is so frequent In
all of them that they ought not to be tolerated.
The one sure plan for closing the rooms is the
suppression of the service from the tracks. If
the telegraph and telephone companies whose
wires have been misused freely by profes-
sional gamblers, by bunco steerers and by green
goods men are forced by rigorous legislation TO
cut off the poolroom service. this pest will be
broken up. 1t is TO be expected. however, that
the telegraph companies will do all they can TO
defeat any bill which will lessen their revenues
The poolroom business has been highly gainfu
to the telegraph corporations. They will not
surrender it without struggle but they ought
to he compelled to SURRENDER It, The profits
which they draw from the poolrooms are tainted.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-16

Atlanta Ga March l5-General Wheeler was In
Atlanta couple OF hours to-day on MS way 10
Washington He said:
As get to Washington ] shall urge tne
acceptance Of my resignation. and then shai pu'
myself before the bar of the House of Representa-
tives to take the oath of office.
The General did not say what steps he wou'd
take II his right TO take the oath is questioned
New-York tribune., 1900-03-16

Jacksonville Fla March ls--A committee from
the Board of Trade will meet Admiral Dewey on
his trip South either In Savannah or Macon. anu
invite him to visit Jacksonville as the CITY guest
New-York tribune., 1900-03-16
BARON RIVIERRE HERE FROM BOLIVIA

Baron Rivierre. Bolivia. arrived at this port
yesterday the steamship Advance from Colon
He is his way Mobile to interest some per-
in the rubber industry in Bolivia
New-York tribune., 1900-03-16

Devery's scheme to make decency unpopular
by prosecuting respectable hotels and restau-
rants does not seem to be great success. 1t
fools nobody and only serves to reveal him more
clearly than ever the protector of resorts
which everybody knows not respectable.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-16
a CALL FOR COLONEL McooK.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; 1t reported at the Briggs General
Assembly at Washington that when az a critical
stage of the proceedings the Rev. DIT l. w. =
Birch. chairman of the Committee OF Prosecution
made himself fresh" and Enthusiastically iounde-et
about wholly beyond his depth Colonel John J. Nc
Cook rose 10 the situation ard brushed him back
into silence like a "shooAy." and that when no;
easily cured ne reapeeared the Colonel actually
seized him by the coattails and pulled him 70 as
seat where he silently ruminant az iast-eEd
sorrowful withaL
What has become OF the Colonel Cannot tas
Presbytery OF New-York at this juncture cite hin
10 appear and appoint him a committee os one.
anew to take motherly hard az his former ward
Come forth. Colonel Your peculiar genius ans
Seize the adventurous brother again and set IA
down hard and for \ long acknowledgements
silence indeed.
Do II. Colonel. fo- his good and relieve
the Church yoI love, Fo- ycu know the seorn55.-.
wonder OF candid world that one man Ike ~.
Birch in spite of his Presbytery can carry 70 ~!
consecutive courts except at It's personal es-
cretion. and from any motive possible 90 ms mSa
sincere notorious notortety hunter Good SS,
mel equip yourself pat lots or Ngor INTO your fs'
'''' -" ''''s '0''" N'''' PRESBYTERIAN
Freeport. Long Island. March 3. ls0
THE PROPHET Oh AMERICAS DESTlNf'
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: 1t was not Charles Eliot Norton who nrs'
uttered the aphorism 10 which you refer In Sou'
notice OF Mr. Ruskin's executors but II was
dinner table remark Of witty ard well renas@ men
bered Boston lawyer, who dieG some years sirs
and who said that to him IL seemed 10 DC Wv
destiny OF Am. rica To vulg2rize mankind - ~
Boston. March 10. 1900 -"
New-York tribune., 1900-03-16

If Mr.. Lauterbachs legal services to the Third
Avenue Railroad have been worth the 5000 900
he charges for them, one would think the
poration ought to be in a better plight than 1t
is to-day.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-16

1t is we'll even to scotch the Ramapo snake
But how much better it would be to kill It out
right!
New-York tribune., 1900-03-16

Chaplain Bobs" shows that he can refer t
the Deity in his dispatches just reverently. Z
say the least, as loom Paul
New-York tribune., 1900-03-16

Assembyman Trainor has the true Tammany
idea of party loyalty. and apparently Is not
ashamed of it. Mr.. Coler's great offence, in his
eyes. is that he has abandoned his friends. Mr..
Trainor urges that Mr.. Coler should remember
who made him and not stand in the way of the
" organizations" schemes
New-York tribune., 1900-03-16

The original MS. of Scott's story "St Romans
Well' is now owned by a bookseller in Edin-
burgh 1t given by Sir Walter to Mr.
Cadell. and after Cadelrs death was gar
chased by Ruskin. The latter priced the treas
ure highly, and used to dilate upon his pride in
his favorite novests patience and persever-
ance. Pointing to this manuscript the last page
Of which is as we'll written the first Ruskin
would say: This novel was written when Scott
was in terrible mental and bodily suffering"
The MS. presents important variations from the
printed version some passages having been al
tered at the suggestion of friends of the author
which makes it particularly interesting
New-York tribune., 1900-03-16

Mr. Trainor says that before he was Con.
troller of NewYork nobody ever heard of Mr.
Coler." But plenty of people had heard of and
suffered from the rascality which Mr.. Coler is
trying n
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-27
NORTH CAROLINA LEADS.

A little while ago the Lynchburg
News was telling the people of Vir-
ginia that in the approaching consti-
tutional convention the Old Dominion
ought to shape its judicial system af-
ter the system of North Carolina. Mr..
Withers, of Danville, before that was
arguing in favor of a constitutional
convention by citing that Virginia
could save thousands of dollars by fol-
lowing the example of North Carolina.
And now comes the Norfolk Land
mark giving the highest deserved com
mendation the State has yet received
from Virginia. Referring to the, fact
that North Carolina has increased in
population more rapidly than Vir-
ginia, and that because of its small
rate of increase during the past ten
years, Virginia may lose a member of
the House of Representative, the Land
mark says:
ANY protest from us would pro-
woke a query that could embarras us
very seriously We should be asked
why. North Carolina, which ten years
ago had less people than Virginia, now
has more. The truth of the matter is
that North Carolina has made sys-
tematic efforts to attract desirable inn
migration, and she has succeeded in
doing so. Our own comparatively
slow progress in population is not to
be charged to any except our own
people Reapportionment is logical
and proper, and we in Virginia ought
not to whimper when it is suggested"
These compliments to North Caro-
lina's progress ought to stimulate the
State to a resolve to make even greater
progress during tile next ten years.
With the exception of Texas, North
Carolina ought not to be satisfied I'M
til it has a larger population than any
other Southern State. 1t has the best
facilities for profitable agriculture,
trucking and fishing; it is SHELTER stu
ated for remunerative manufacturing;
and it is the ideal place for the health
seeker. These three advantages have
helped in the past ten years, but the
State has not fully made known its
advantages to the investors, home
builders, and health-seekers of the
world, and it ought to begin the new
century by more widely advertising
itself. The Legislature ought to help
greatly by taking advanced steps for
good schools and good roads. Next
to openings for money-malling, good
schools and good roads attract most
immigrants. North Carolina in the past
because of it's miserable roads and
poor schools. For ten years there has
been improvement in both. Let it be
continued!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-27
THE YANKEE AND THE NEGRO.

1t seems that Yankee mill owners in
Fayetteville manage their negro oper-
atives not with moral suasion. non.
with theories of human brotherhood
and equality, but with the lash. In
slavery times, the Yankee overseer was
usually the meanest and cruelest per-
son On the southern plantation. Are
we going to see the old time ante
bellum Yankee overseer transferred
from the southern cotton-feld to the
southern cotton mill? God forbid!
We do not believe the story told in
the following extract from the Boston
Globe. If true, it is most shameful;
if untrue let it be corrected:
'If negro labor is to obtain a large
footing in the textile industry of
North Carolina, writes correspond
ent of the New York Journal of Com
merce, it must be through mills devot-
ed exclusively to that kind of help.
The white cotton operatives refuse to
work with blacks, except only as the
latter are employed in the more men,
ial positions about the factory. An in
teresting case is given of the kind of
discipline held over colOred operatives
where they happen to- be largely en-
ployed-as in the silk mill at Fayette-
vile, n. c., which is owned by a Penn
sylvania and New Jersey silk manu-
featuring firm, and which employs coll
ored youth exclusively, aside from the
boss weaver and boss reeler. The SUI
perintendent is a colored man, who
seems to mold southern white views as
to the capacities of his race. He is de-
veloping n satisfactory company of
help, it is said, but he adds:
"But no one will make a success of a
mill by applying white methods to the col
ored people. With the latter there is
but one rule to follow, that of the strict
est discipline. Call it military despotism,
if you will There are no indulgences in
this mill. Kindness would be construed
as weakness and advantage taken of it
to the detriment of our work. Faults and
Irregularities are severely punished.
"By fines, I SUPPOSED" your correspon-
dent suggested.
NO. sir; by whipping"
But doesn't that only apply to the
smaller boys?'
No, it applies to the larger ones, too"
do you whip the girls?"
eyes, the girls are whipped, too; but
one whipping is generally enough for the
bigger girls; they are so much ashamed
that a second whipping is seldom need
ed"
by whipping do you mean a light chas
tisement?"
'The punishment is not light; it is
severe; anything else would be a waste
of time. 1t is upon this system that we
have to rely to secure proper perform
ance of duty"
HE went on to say that all the col
ored help engaged in the mill are put
under his control during
the working hours by certificate
from parents or guardians, and he is
responsible to on one for what he does
to them in that time They are like
children in money matters, and fines
would be of no use, he says; and gen
orally they must be treated like chill
dren. Only in this way, he thinks,
can the negro be brought to any de-
gree of success in manufacturing. This
is greatly in harmony with the preva-
lent white attitude toward the negro
in North Carolina"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-27
USES OF COTTON SEED HULL.

1T has been predicted that the day
is not far distant when the products
of the cotton seed hull will be more
valuable than the lint, which until re-
Gently was considered the only valu-
able part of the cotton plant. Prof
Thomas, of New Orleans, has demon
strated that cotton seed oil may be
substituted for linseed oil. AS over
$250,000,000 worth of linseed oil is
used every year in this country, the
price ranging from seventy-fve cents
to one dollar per gallon, while cotton
seed oil only brings twenty-five cents
q gallon.
The erection of mills in the South
to make paper out of cotton seed bulls
opens new use for that by-product of
the cotton plant. Wood pulp for MAX
ing paper costs $65 per ton, whereas
cotton seed bulls bring only $25 per
ton. 1t is said that the company that
proposes to make paper of cotton seed
hulls has abundant capital, and has
already made enough successful expe-
riments to remove all doubt or uncer-
tainty.
The Atlanta Journal SAYS "there
seems to be no doubt that new by
product of the cotton stalk will soon
be manufactured which will be i'm
mensely valued. 1t is estimated that
it will be worth $150,000,0O0 year and
it will add immensely to the value of
the cotton CROP"
And so it goes. Unless the feecy
staple goes up, the day is near at
hand when the old despised hulls will
look down on the cotton as something
inferior. The cotton farmer, who a
few years ago began to think he
would have to abandon the cultivation
of cotton, now begins to feel that
once again Cotton is King.
But-the cotton farmer who is wise
will remember that five cent cotton is
possible again, and will raise his own
hog and hominy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-27
WHY WE PROSPER.

| There are now in operation in North
Carolina, 500 saw mills, and IS shingle
mills. In addition it has 1872 planning
mills and sash, door and blind factor
les, CD factories making furniture,
| chairs, showcases, ETC., 36 makiNg
wagons, carriages, agricultural nipple
ments, etc., 25 making boxes, crates
veneers, etc, a total of SOC establish
ments engaged in woodworking,
which employ much skilled labor.
Ten years ago this industry was in
its infancy. 1t has come to be the
most profitable of all manufacturing
industries in the State The furniture
of several factories is shipped into all
parts of the United States, thus chang
ing the old plan which sent money out
Of the State for furniture and the like
to the better plan that brings money
into the State for the product of our
own factories. And, great as this in
dustry has become; it is destined to
grow and to more and more add to the
wealth of the State.
Commenting on the profit North
Carolina has derived from this source,
the Charlotte News and Courier says:
There are comparatively very few
such concerns in South Carolina, and
there are many counties in the State,
we believe. which are we'll supplied
with valuable ''hard-woods" in large
quantity and variety, but which do not
turn a wheel for their manufacture
into any form. 1t is promising field
for enterprising woodworkers from
other States, as the experience of
North Carolina sufficiently shows"
South Carolina is second only of the
Southern States in manufacturing
and we are glad to see the enterpris-
ing News and Courier directing the at
tention of its progressive men to
profitable field in which the Palmetto
business men have not yet entered.
Some of these factories in North Caro-
lima have earned dividends of as much
as forty per cent in a single year, and
the dividends of all that are wisely
managed are larger than in other
manufacturing establishments.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-27
MONUMENTS AND LIBRARIES.

More monuments and more libraries
in North Carolina are desired to give
ambition and knowledge to the youth
of the State. Within the past six
years two magnificent monuments
to Zebulon Baird Vance-have been
unveiled in Capitol Square, in the city
of Raleigh, and the doors of the
splendid Olivia Raney Library will be
open by the first of the new year.
The News and Observer is DESTROYS
of obtaining complete list of the
public libraries and monuments in
North Carolina, and we obliged for
this information.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-27
A THINKING MACHINE.

A famous inventor declares he has de-
vised a machine that will abolish warfare.
This machine IS boat that will go with
out men On board, and can be controlled
for any distance without wires. 1t will
obey orders from the land or it will act
on its own judgment, according to the
necessities OF the situation. 1t will carry
an unlimited quantity Of explosives, which
can be aimed with unerring accuracy.
Progress has achieved wonders during
this century. The fact that it can find
no substitute for Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, proves the inestimable value of
the Bitters. So long as constipation, in
digestion, dyspepsia, liver and kidney
troubles continue to affect mankind, so
long will the Btters stand as the one
sure cure for them.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-27
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
THE soUTH's WEALTH IN COTTON.
Manufacturers Record.

THE SOUTH'S WEALTH IN COTTON.
Manufacturers Record.
The South's cotton crop this year will
be worth from $3.50 900, 900 to $500, 900 600,
against an average of $500, 600 900 of late
years, an increase Of from $3.50 600, 600 to
5000, 600 900. Including the seed, the value
of the cotton crop will exceed $500, 900 000.
Southern mills will consume probably
4,750000 bales, against 81, SOC, 900 bales last
year. This cotton, which will cost South
ern mills about $75, 100000 to $50, 090,
will, in it's manufactured shape be worth
more than 1925, goo 900, thus adding $780,,
600, 900 in the process of manufacture. To
this add an estimate of 100,000,000, as
the value of cotton seed oil, hulls, etc,
and is found that the cotton crop this
year will yield up the South the follow
ing:
Cotton and seed. ..............$ $500, Geo, 900
Added value of cotton. manu-
featured in the South. ...... $50, 000, 600
Value of oil and bulls, ETC.,
lOJal ................ (oU ,UUO,OUO
This is one of the many storms-ths
one being worth $3.50, OO0, conforming the
foundations for the South's business
structure.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-27
CLAY, BLAINE AND BRYAN.

Col. A. X. Mcclure
Henry Clay was twice defeated Tor the
Presidency but his party didn't retire
aim or insist that he must go to the
rear. His leadership was acknowledged
until the day of his death. James G.
Blaine was twice defeated for the nomi-
nation for President and once defeated
as the Republican candidate, but there
was never day from his first defeat in
1876 until death that he was not the
leader of leaders in every Republican
battle. The same is true of William j.
Bryan Whether he shall again be nomi
mated for President or whether, like Clay
and Blaine, he shall battle in the ranks
his efforts for the party and it's candi
dates will be the greatest inspiration to
Democratic success.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-27
MRS. JOE PERSONS
r {. WI =: :. DY
What Are Stronger Than Facts?
Aulander, N. c., Oct. 10, 1900.

Aulander, N. c., Oct. Is, 1900.
To Mrs. Joe Person:
My little boy was sorely troubled with
impurities of the blood, and the result
was boils and sores on his body to such
an extent that he could not rest while
lying on his back or side, but for three
weeks he had to lie with his face down
and turn his head from side to side to
rest it. After consulting a prominent
physician he told me TO try your Remedy,
which l did. After using it short time
he was completely cured, and his general
health restored.
At the same time that my little bow
was afflicted with these sores and boils.
his bowels were in a very bad condition,
and this medicine effected a CONF lete
cure of them.
1 recommend said medicine as a Great
Remedy, and would not be without it in
my home.
ALEX. LASSITER,
Attorney at Law.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-27

North Carolina has steadily increas-
ed its expenditure for public schools.
Last year the amount aggregated
$963,045. While there has been
steady increase, there has likewise
been steady increase in population
and in wealth. The income of the
school fund ought to be much greater
in the next four years than in the last
four.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-27
SHOOT HIM ON THE SPOT"
Webster's Weekly.

Webster's Weekly.
Wilson is agitated over the destruction
of her shade trees, due to the putting in
of a sewerage system. That town has
long boosted of having the prettiest
shade trees in the State and it is great
pity to destroy them. The News and OBJ
server, whose editor formerly lived in
Wilson, commends the saying of eX-
Sheriff Crowell, "The man who cuts down
a shade tree, shoot him on the spot.
Reidsville has lost many beautiful shade
trees in the march of improvement and
we can sympathize with our Wilson friends
in their loss Two or three we have in
mind, where the country wagons used
to collect during the heat of the day,
and man and beast enjoyed the refreshing
shade, it seems almost a sin to cut down.
down.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-27
HOW TO TREAT LOBBYISTS
Chicago Daily News.

An Indiana legislator advocates putting
lobbyists into a green uniform, with big
red buttons, so that the simple minded
legislators may know with whom they are
dealing The idea is a good one, but as
further amendment striped suit and
free residence at the expense of the State
ought to be provided for some of these
gentry-the kind that use money as an
argument.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-27

North Carolina is getting better.
During the past two years there were
16,627 criminal trials in the State and
10,S45 convictions, or 1000 less than in
the previous year. If this proportion
crime at all in sixteen years. Get
ready for the millennium!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-27

Once North Carolina was strip of
land between Virginia and South Caro-
lima Now the definition is "North
Carolina is the State which Virginia
and South Carolina desire to emulate. >
We have quit the Rip Van Wrinkle bust
ness and gone to the head of the pro-
ceSsion!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-27

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it fails
to cure. E. w. Groves signature is on
each box. Price 25c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-27

ton law of the State. Too much of the
limited time of every Legislature is need
lessly consumed in considering bills to
incorporate companies, which can be in
corporated under the existing laws"