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The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-24
The Pythian Banquet.
Local Knights, With Their Ladies
and Friends, Feast and Make Mer-
~ to Celebrate Anniversary.
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The Knights of Pythias banquet at the
Southern Pines Hotel on last Friday even
ing was a complete success. gratifying to
the lodge members and their many guests
and rejecting credit on the committee Of
ARRANGEMENTS, on mine host, w. b. Giles
and particularly on Mrs Giles, to whose
taste and skill is due the excellence of the
substantial part of the banquet. More
than so guests were present and under
the tactful leadership of POSTMASTER DR..
Edwin Gladmon all enjoyed themselves in
the cordial and semi-informal atmosphere
of the occasion. Post-prandially the fol-
lowing program Of toasts and selections
was rendered:
Two Years History c. Mcqueen, G. G.
Piano Solo Miss Gertrude Eastman.
Vocal Solo, dreaming "-MrsJ N. Powell.
One Year Ago j. Men. Johnson P. G.
Reading, "Old Ace VIII j. Irwin.
Fraternal Societies B. W Hatcher
Masonic Grand Lecturer for n. G.
Solo," The Holy City R. y. Geyer.
The Ladies' A. M. Clarke, P c.
Piano Solo Miss Eastman
Chancellor Commander McQueen's re-
Spouse to the first toast was appropriate
and excellent; J. Men. johnson recalled
many pleasing features of last years ban
quet and paid touching tribute to the
memory of Brother D. D. F. Cameron, de-
ceased Mr., Hatcher's discourse was atten-
lively listened to; and Capt. A. M, Clarkes
tributes to the ladies evoked laughter, aD
plause and boquets galore. Miss East
man delighted all with her piano numbers,
Mrs. Powell sung with feeling and effect
as we'll as artistcally andM Geyer's rem
dition of 'The Holy City" was at once
pleasing and affecting. The literary pro-
gram finished, dancing began and many
Of the guests remained to enjoy them
selves until late hour Among those at
tending were: Mr. and Mrs. P, HI. Beck.
Capt and Mrs. A. M. Clarke, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. Il Hayes, Mayor and Mrs. G. B. Circuit,
Mr.. and Mrs. in, Powell Mr.. and Mrs e.
Leavitt, DR., and Mrs j. E. Judd, Mr.. and
Mrs j. HI. Tilghman, Mr.. and Mrs. f. HI.
Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. w. j. irwin Mr.. and
Mrs, j. L. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. c. Nc
Queen, Mr. and Mrs John Huttenhauer,
Mrs, Ida R. Watson and Mrs, F. Chatfel1,
Misses Martha Curran, Anna Junge, Mag
gle Rlue, Clyde Stewart Gertrude East
man, Cassie Grover and Sarah johnson:
Dr. Edwin Gladmon, Squire G. w. Shaw,
Messrs. B. w. Leavitt, W. Thomas L. S.
Morton, l. c. Edgerton, Edward Weaver,
H, 0. Parker, B. w. Hatcher, E. D. Oslin,
r.. E. Geyer, j. Men. johnson, H. Weber
G. L. Morehouse, H. L. Thurston, John t.
5carboro, and Master Hugh Chatfield.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-24
TO MOUNTAIN HND SEA-
SHORE RESORTS
Via Seadoard Air Line Railway.


Before completing arrangements
for your summer trips or deciding
upon places at which to spend
the summer, you should call on
Ticket Agents and Passenger Rep
resentatives OF the Seaboard Air
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prepared to furnish information as
TO lowest rates, quickest schedules
ind most attractive routes to the
Mountain Resorts in Western
North Carolina and Southwest Vir-
ginia, also to the Seashore Resorts
Of Ocean View, Virginia Beach,
Old Point Comfort, the great East
ern Resorts along the Jersey Coast
and other popular places reached
ed via the Seaboard Air Line Raj
way. This Company is offering
lower rates than ever with perfect
train service and fast through
schedules. 1t will interest and
benefit you to call on Seaboard
Air Line Railway Agents.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-24

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The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-24

International Christian Endeavor
Convention Cincinnati Ohio July g.
10. Rate from Southern Pines for the
round trip Via Ricomond Va. S17.95
Via. Atlanta and Chattanooga Tenn.
S21.75; tickets on sale 40 final
limited July 18th extension Of final
limit until Sept 1st may be obtained.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-24
NOT ICE.

Notice is given that l can be found at
my office in the municipal building for the
purpose of receiving your list of property
for taxation for the year 1901: all the real
estate and personal property which you
NAV own in Southern Pines June LIST must
be listed; and all male persons between q
and so years Of age are required to list
their poll during the same time:
III @ PARKER-List Taker
The age-herald., 1901-03-20
Offensive Demaqoqy.

'The more thoughtful ones of the hun dreds of thousands of Democrats through out America who look to David B. Hill as the hope of the Democratic and na- tional future will be pained and political ly handicapped by MT Hills ignorant demagogy In his uncalled for tirade against the English King for the use of the personal pronoun first person singu- lar, as evidenced by the Kings refer ence to my army, my navy, my for eign relations and so on on the occasion of the opening of the Imperial Parlia- ment," said a Democrat last night.
 "Everyone but the most ignorant knows that the King followed the law of two hundred years and the custom of ten cen turtles. MT. Hill not being of the most ig- norant, falls under the lower and more offensive form of offensive demagogy.
 According to the regularly enacted statutes of the free people of Great Brit ain the most perfect democracy of our time. all public property power and priv ilege is vested specifically in the sover- eign as the figure-head of all law and or der, the custody-name of the peoples power and liberties.
 Every law of New York, the State of which David B. Hill is a citizen, begins with the premise. Be it Enacted by the People of New York, and every prosecu- tion in the courts of justice is in the name of The People of New York vs the accused whoever the accused may be- a fact that ought to be familiar to David B. Hill, who is understood to be lo in Unod Staf,diDp of tho Ctata oF New York
 "In our Alabama the docket of any state court, or court having Jurisdiction of any felony, records The State vs' the accused, say for example, The State vs John Doe, accused of murder.
 'In treaties and other high agreements in writing between the United States and any foreign power, and acts of Congress relative to any and every department of the government, are made to read The United States and'-so on, as the case may be.
 MT. David B. Hill knows all this, since he was formerly Governor of New York and subsequently a United States Sena- tor
 Tn England, every law and every pos session of the British government are in the name of the sovereign. It is now the Kings army the Kings navy, the Kings pqstoffice'. the Kings Parlia- ment', and so on, and if MT. David B. Hill doesn't know this. then he is truly ignorant-a blind leader trying to lead en- li~hted men!
 ''It is clear that MT Hill's sneering al the Kings personal pronoun first per son singular is unadulterated and offen- sive demagogy. MT. Hills I am Demo-
The age-herald., 1901-03-20
CHINESE MOBS SERIOUSLY
 INTERFERE WITH TRADE

Washington, March 19-The State De- partment has received from United States Consuls Fowler at Chee Foo and Rags dale at Tien Tsin reports intended to show the effects of the Boxer troubles in north China up United States trade, with particular regard to what Americans lost in America through the outbreak rather than in China
 A resume of the trade relations in north China, comparing the quarter end- ed June 30 last with that ended Septem- Der 30, shows an almost complete anni- hilation of the American import trade, and, in Consul Fowler's language, gives a good idea of what a mob in China can do in interfering with trade" The great est loss was felt In cotton piece goods and the cessation of this class of inn ports, says the consul. must have been most keenly felt in the southern states. Consul Fowler says that United States suffered more than any other country. In compiling the statistics the amounts are money, so that an estimate of the actual value of the losses sustained Is not easily available.
 At Che Foo. which, compared with the immediate ports, was peaceful. there were more riots and tumults than ever were known before and the various American mission losses probably will total $150,OOO
The age-herald., 1901-03-20
AGAINST DEPARTMENT STORES.
From the Boston Herald,

From the Boston Herald.
 In the west, or some parts of it at any rate, the war against department stores continues Missouri Is a State which might be expected to have peculiar mo- tions of business, and it's Senate has passed a bill similar in most respects to one which was carried two years ago, but proved harmless on account of a decision of the Supreme Court of the State that it was unconstitutional The bill divides all merchandise wares into twenty y-two groups, and establishes an annual license fee of $500 for each group. The bill that passed two years ago was called a sand bagger." The epither would seem to ap- propriate to this one also. The license fee Is heavy enough to produce concussion of the brain if it is vigorously applied. But 1t has yet to go through the lower branch, and, after all the trouble, 1t may be found constitutionally defective. We are not informed whether the dealer in a single one of the twenty-two groups Is made to pay a license. But why should he not be? This hostile department store legisla- tion is much as if man who owned a sawmill should be prohibited from keeping a blacksmith shop.
The age-herald., 1901-03-20

in gold. After June 15 the imports at Che Foo ceased, all commercial transactions being absolutely nil.
 The total collection of duties for all China during the quarter ended Septem- Der 30 last showed loss of 2,459,591 Haik- wan taels as compared with the same pe- riod of 1899. The figures submitted, Consul Fowler points out, do not fully show American losses, for immense quan- titles of goods were held up in the var ious ports, and must be worked off be- fore importations can begin. The losses to the cotton trade alone are estimated at over $3,OO0,O00.
 Consul Ragsdale submits statistics showing the consequences of the Boxer troubles regards the export trade from Tien Tsin. The country north of Tien Tsin. where the principal articles of ex- port are produced, he says. is now over- run with ex-Boxers and ex-soldiers, who have turned bandits. The supplies for the United States troops in China, which have come into Tien Tsin, MT. Ragsdale says, have attracted notice and envy of all other nationalities, including the mer- chant as well as the soldier The enor- nous discrepancies between the export figures at Tien Tsln for the present and for last year show a startling array of losses. and the outlook for 1901 says the consul is unfavorable.
The age-herald., 1901-03-20
SAMOANS ADDRESS A
 LETTER TO MCKINLEY

isfied because the good governor you sent us has been faithful and kind to us and has kept his promises.
 "He has made good laws. with wisdom, and according to our opinions. In days gone by such laws as we had were indis- crimiRately broken, but now the wrong doer fears the law. He knows he will be punished in the courts established by the government and over which he placed wise and impartial judges. who judge up- rightly.
 I've dwell now with safety and in friendship with each other. Under Com mander T1lley we care for learning. We are improving and we hope to become worthy of our connection with the United States.
 "But our anxiety now is lest he be re- moved from us, according to the custom of the governments of great nations. "Our prayer Is, if it, shall be pleasing to you and Commander Tilley that he re- main with us always or until all he has inaugurated has matured and the good work he has commenced has taken deep root in the country and has become un- changeable and for this we will ever be thankful.
 May our God, in His graciotsness, be- stow life and happiness upon you. We are your true children. (Signed)
 "MAU&A,
 Governor of Falelima. East,
 "TUITLE,
 Governor of Falelima, Vest"
The age-herald., 1901-03-20
Mr. Lowe,s Greatest Honor.

"IIon. Robert J. Lowe of Jefferson, for several years chairman of the State Dem ocratc Committee, and long and repeat edly honored by the Demoratic party of Alabama. received the highest of all his honors when he became the first man named by the State Convention at Mont gomery as one of the four delegates from the State-at-large In the constitutional convention" said public man last night.
 lowing to circumstances that need not now be referred to, Mir Lowe, who was first for the State-at-large withdrew from the contest for Jefferson County, and he went to Montgomery with his county del egation instructed solely for Captain White, though he claimed nomination from all the State. His claim was over whelmjngly endorsed, and that endorse ment is one of the most enviable distinc- tions ever conferred upon any Alabamian.
 1.-TWO of the four delegates from the State-at-large reside in Jefferson; and the Hon. Frank S. Whites personal friends will be first to congratulate him that he will have his brilliant and dis tinguished young county man as a col league"
The age-herald., 1901-03-20
Tornadoes and Cyclones.


 The tornado season comes as a rule in the months from April to August in- elusive, with now and then a storm outside of the regular season. They are possible in nearly all parts of the country, but no evidence can be gath cred from the records that such de- structive storms are increasing in humber. Nor are they decreasing. No change is observable on account of changes in the country either in the number or the violence of these storms.
 The weather bureau draws this dis tinction: A cyclone is big wide eddy perhaps 1000 miles in diameter, it's center showing a low barometer, and its movement being slowly across the country from west to east. The tor nado, on the other hand, rarely ex- ceeds 1000 feet in diameter, travelling a few miles only-from southwest to northeast. The tornado seems to be southeastern production of a cy- clone The tornado is the deadlier of the two in it's limited sphere.
 The chief of theS weather bureau thus defines the causes of a tornado: An area of low barometer, attended with an early morning temperature of 70 degrees, with great humidity dur ing the tornado season form the dan gerous combination. With any one of these conditions absent a locality is fairly safe. The tornado is caused by the sudden mixing of air currents of different temperatures. During the spring months the earth and the thin stratum of air immediately above it are heating rapidly, but the upper atmosphere is still cold from the eff fects of winter. The cyclonic drift brings the masses of cold air from the northwest into contact with the warm surface winds from the southeast. A violent disturbance ensues which, if the other conditions are right, sets up the swift rotation of the funnel shaped cloud.
 In the ten years ending with the year 1898 there were 4S0 tornadoes that destroyed 150S lives, and prop erty worth $26, 6,OOO,OOO. Chief Moore thinks this rate of loss must go on. Obstacles do not have any effect upon the force of tornadoes. The one that ploughed it's way through miles of brick buildings in St. Louis, left the city stronger than it entered it. All that the bureau has to offer in the way of advice is to sleek a cellar whenever a funnel-shaped cloud is seen to be approaching. No one has thus far been killed in such a place.
The age-herald., 1901-03-20
PennsyIvania's Coal Troubles.

The large operators have kept in every respect the promises made at the close of last summers great strike in the hard coal regions of Pennsyl- vania, but the small operators, have not. All are paying the prices agreed upon at that time and are also charg- ing for powder the reduced price agreed upon; but long list of minor grievances remain neglected by the small operators, and this is leading to renewed friction and to possibility of a renewal of a strike that involves 100000 miners.
 The miners complain of two griev- ances in particular, namely, the com missary, and false measurements of the miners work. AS to the commis- sary, it is prohibited by the law of Pennsylvania, and yet it is main -,roaed, and the miner who desires em- 2-p,oyment is compelled to trade at 1these squeeze stations" as they are called in Pennsylvania. They succeed in evading the law, and they continue to charge the mipe-workers from 10
The age-herald., 1901-03-20

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
 Tutuila, Samoa, March 16.-The follow ing Is a translation of letter addressed by the people of Tutuila to President Mc- Kinley:
 "To His Excellency, the President of the
 United States of America:
 Your Excellency: Our good and es- teemed father greetings:
 "The people of Tutuila wish to express their thanks for your reelection to the most honorable position of President of the United States of America. It seems now that with that election our great anxiety of the past Is at end.
 "We willingly ceded our country to rejoiced with the annexation of this DOT ton of Samoa to the United States. Our hope in the United States is now strength ened. We feel that as you have consid- cred us kindly so you will do likewise in the future.
 We are deeply grateful for all that has been done. On account of your good will to us, you gave to us a leader, a gover- nor, high chief whom we have learned to love and to respect. He Commander Tilley) has framed a government uitable for us. Our great fear at first was that he would cast aside in our government, customs which we honor, and that we would be interfered with. We feared the rule of the soldier( military rule). But now our doubts are finished. We are sat-
The age-herald., 1901-03-20
JEWISH POPULATION.

From the New York Argus.
 The Jewish population of the United States is now estimated at 1000 900. Twen- ty years ago the number of Jews In this country was not more than about one fourth as many. But, in consequence Of the Russian prosecutions which became intorerable about the year 1881, the in Aux of Jewish immigrants since that period has been very large. Between the years 1884 and 1898 there arrived 40l, 1892 Jews at the port of New York. Since 1s9o-s1, when 62,574 Jews landed in New York, the Jewish immigration has been decreasing; but, counting the arrivals at other ports than New York and by way of Canada, 1t is computed that 5OO,OOO Jewish immigrants have entered the United States since 1881. They are, for the most part, an industrious, thrifty and orderly people. and will be sure to pros per In a free country.
The age-herald., 1901-03-20
Welcome the President.

A warm Southern greeting should be given to President Mckinley when he comes to Alabama next May, and he should at once be invited to rest a day in this town. He has never seen the furnaces of this district, and he should be urged to stay long enough to go around the Horn," which can be done in a few hours.
 At the head of the mightiest gov ernment in the world, he should be welcomed by all, without regard to party affiliations or personal bias. The President of the United States as such is entitled to honor and recognition wherever he goes.
 And it should not be forgotten that MT. Mckinley as an individual has never shown himself unfriendly to the people of the South. Ask him to come here then, not for the purpose of hear ing speeches which he can hear in any town, but for the purpose of seeing the industries of this district. He will come if he be speedily urged to come and no one, we feel sure, will more enjoy the accomplishments of a quar ter of century in this district than he will. He is a great believer in Ameri can industries, and this district has some big ones to show him.
The age-herald., 1901-03-20
Pistol TotIne and Killing.

From the Ensiey Herald.
 The many recent tragedies in which the deadly and all too ready pistol has played a lively part suggests few thoughts touching upon the habit of "toting a gum
 When a man carries a pistol constant ly-slipping 1t In his pocket every morn ing and taking 1t out at night-feelng its constant pressure against his person, his mind becomes associated with the idea of killing and his conception of the sacred ness of human life is lowered. The wea- pon Is made the purpose of killing human beings. It has no other earthly mission. It can have nothing but a hardening eff feet upon the conscience and heart of man who carries 1t habitually upon his person, who lives In daily contact with it and with the idea 1t constantly suggests to his mind. It is degrading. sinful, and a menace to all of the noblest attributes of the human heart.
The age-herald., 1901-03-20
WOODED AND WON
 IN TWO DAYS
New York Correspondent in Philadelphia

New York Correspondent in Philadelphia
 Record.
 A romance of the inauguration ball will result in the marriage of Miss Matilda Agan, New York society girl, to ex-Con- gressman J. Frank Aldrich. of Chicago, Their courtship lasted two days.
 Miss Agan was a guest of Mrs. Con- gressman Joy of St. Louis, in Washing ton, during the inauguration, and while attending the ball she met MT. Aldrich.
 It was a case of love at first sight,an when Miss Agan returned to New York two days later MT. Aldrich followed
 Hearing that she was to leave Wash ington in the afternoon MT. Aldrich boarded the train at Baltimore, but failed to find Miss Agan and her mother. who took a later train. Aldrich waited at Phil adelphia for the next train, on which he found Miss Agan.
 A proposal between stations and an &C., ceptance followed.
 Miss Agan Is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. David Agan of No. 1O74 Lexington avenue.
The age-herald., 1901-03-20

to 100 per cent. above fair market prices for goods. These, the miners say, must be abolished.
 The other grievance is still more grievous, and it is thus described by Henry George in the North American:
 One of the grievances relates to the system of checking the mine workers work. Outside this anthracite world 2000 pounds of coal constitutes a ton, but in these regions as much as 5000 pounds have been known to constitute a ton-not by the mine workers agreement, but by the operators arbitrary action in demanding allowances or dockages for slate and oth- CT things
 The worker has been helpless against these dockages. and indeed, 1t is said that in many instances the increase In wages paid since last October has been to a large extent neutralized by an increase in the amount the mine workers were dociSed, thus giving them higher pay, but making them do more work for that pay. :"
 The miners say that this must be Stopped-that ton shall De a ton and that they will resort to strike if this wrong is not remedied. There is a feeling that trouble is coming un' less indeed the big operators force the small operators to deal justly and fairly with their miners. In the mines of the big companies there is no trouble, as they have frankly and fully accepted the settlement of last sum-