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The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-05
RUSSIAN SACRED PICTURES,
Icons That stand on Shelves Opposite
Russian Doors.

Icons That stand on Shelves Opposite
Russian Doors.
AThey are to be seen everywhere-the
icons. or sacred pictures Of the Rus
SLAMS. They are found standing on
shelf opposite the door of every Rus
sian room, be it shop or private house.
market stall, or railway booking Office.
Many also are found in the streets.
outside churches or in shrines where
passers-by stop and make obeisance.
1t Is matter of wonder to the stranger
when his droshky driver stops sudden
ly in the middle Of the road, doffs his
hat and mutters few words of prayer.
His devotion to the icons seems to the
foreigner as strange as the fact that
he devoutly crosses himself before he
entrusts himself and his vehicle to
bridge. A writer in the Sunday Maga-
zine explains that icons vary much in
material and value. but little in style.
The style is always strictly Byzantine.
and is copied faithfully from some old
picture. in its turn slavsh copy of
another. The story of the manufacture
of the icons is interesting. Most of
them are made in the Province OF
Vladimir by peasants who work at
them in their cottages. Very much
like an up-to-date factory process is
the fashioning of these pictures. The
work passes from hand to hand. Ono
man makes the boards. another paints
the backgrounds, third puts in the
figures, and the picture passes on from
fashioner to fashioner until all is COM
plete. 1t is said that as many as two
millions of icons are produced each
year Some Of those hung in the
churches are valuable, being, like that
OF Our Lady Of Kazan, in the cathedral
in St. Petersburg, covered with, and
indeed almost made of, precious stones.
Youths Companion.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-05
Ancient Cross Found In Canada.

A solid silver cross was recently re-
csived In Montreal from Michael Cit
Col an Indian, who had found it while
digging In the Lake Lemargarningue
district A Jesuit has recognized the
cross, which has two bars, as one of
the fifty silver crosses presented to the
Huron Indians in the early part of the
sixteenth century to bribe them to
sghk for France against the Iroquois
In ms, who were then friendly to
England.
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and the irons will not stick, while it
gives the clothes a glossier appear
ance
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The news & observer., 1901-04-23

the country-then the little David, the
common people, will have cast the stone
which will forever shut out this monster
Goliath from this liberty loving coun-
try.
The plan is a most practical one in
every way The time is ripe when almost
every citizen of the United States, not
connected with a trust, will be glad to
aid the movement 1t will entail no legal
strr~~'oe The work will be done quietly
and in peace.
The movers in this plan pledge that
no politics shall enter 1t is matter
with which politics have nothing to do.
Every consumer in the land will take a
part in the work, as from day to day he
buys his supplies, and politics cannot
benefit the movement in any particu-
lar.
Manufacturers who are interested in the
meeting soon to be held will address this
office for further particulars. Already
the meeting promises to be very large
one. There will be no personal invita-
tiCns Every manufactures who is fight
ing for independence in business and in
dependence for his postcrity will see the
Importance of this movement, and will
need no personal invitation to take part
in this very important undertaking.
The news & observer., 1901-04-23
FROST FALLS IN FLORIDA
WatermelOns, Canteloupes and Small
Vegetables Hurt.
MUCH COTTON MUST Be RE'LANTEO
The Fruit Crop is Believed to be Practically I'm
hurt The Reports Come From Differ
ent Sections Of Georgia and
Florida.
(By the Associated Press.)

Atlanta, Ga. April 22--Low tempera-
tures in some sections injurious to
cotton and other growing crops, pre-
vailed over the Southern States today.
The Weather Bureau reported light
frost this morning in the vicinity Of
Jacksonville, Fla, Meridian. Miss, and
at Charleston, S. C. Snow is reported
at Gainesville, Ga, in the northeastern
part of the State, the Eastern mountain
tops being capped with white. 1t is an
unusual sight at this time of the year.
Albany, in South Georgia, reports the
estimated damage to cotton at 80 per
cent and that watermelOns and cante-
loupes have been injured 25 per cent.
Fruit in that section is apparently safe.
Valdosta, on the Florida line, says
there has been no damage in that VII
cinitY.
Hogansville, in the Western part Of
the State reports small vegetables We're
damaged. Cotton is not sprouted enough
to receive any i'll effect
In North Georgia, early vegetables
were slightly damaged, but high winds
and clouds prevented frost
The Weather Bureau predicts contin-
ued cold with possibility Of frost for
tonight.
Americus, in Southwest Georgia, wires
that considerable replanting of cotton
will be necessary.
A dispatch from Macon says:
Cotton growers in this county do not
regard the staple as seriously hurt by
the recent unreasonable weather but
letters received from coutnies below
Macon indicate a great deal Of the crop
will have to be replanted Seed is very
scarce. Fruit growers here believe the
trees are still in fair condition"
The news & observer., 1901-04-23
John Kelly & Co. Assign.
lBy the Associated pressl


New York. April 22.-John Kelly and
Company stock brokers, made an assign
ment today for the benefit of creditors.
Honest John Kelly is the senior mem
Der of the firm. The company has been
doing business more than a year. 1t had
no membership in the Consolidated or
Stock Exchanges, but transacted all its
business through other brokerage firms
oon commission.
Messrs. Levy and Unger attorneys for
the assignors, issued this statement for
Mr. Kelly today:
Mr.. Kelly has made heavy sacrifices
TO tide over the affairs Of the firm. Out
side Of these transactions he does not
owe a dollar to anyone. The firm WAS.
obliged TO suspend payment. and all
though there is no doubt will eventually
pay one hundred cents on the dollar. and
that within a short time, when 1t will re-
sumo business it was deemed advisable
in the best interests of the creditors and
all concerned. to make voluntary gen
eral assignment.
This will prevent a sacrifice Of the as
sets and give them time to ascertain just
what is the xact condition Of affairs.
The liabilities are not yet known Owe
may add that number of Mr. Kelly's
friends have offered him financial assist
ance, but Mr.. Kelly is resolved to ad-
just the matter through his own re-
sources"
The news & observer., 1901-04-23
OF FERTILIZERS
Secretary Bruner Reports Less BloCkading
During the Present Season Than
Ever Before Known.
Ever Before Known.

There has been less "blockading'' of
fertilizers this year than ever before
since the law was passed requiring tax
to be paid on all the fertilizer sold in the
State. Fewer seizures than formerly
have been made, and none of these have
been for non-payment Of the tax. In sew
eral instances, it is true, untagged bags
have been found in large shipments-in
one case as many as thirty bags in a
car load-but no shipments have been
found entirely devoid of tax tags. Most
of the seizures made have been for non
compliance with the new law in regard
TO the analysis required on the bags. This
in most eases, was due to ignorance of
the law, or oversight and was allowed to
be corrected.
I'VE have had out ten inspectors dur
ing the season" said Secretary Bruner,
of the Agricultural Department yester-
day. Nine Of, them are operating in
districts assigned them by the Depart
ment, one of them travels ever the State
without any inspectors tools or any
thing else to indicate his business, and he
is known as an inspector only to the De-
partment.
I'm the territory north and east of the
Roanoke river. known as the Norfolk dis
The news & observer., 1901-04-23
Leads all North Carolina Daiies i'm News and Circulation

handle trust-made goods. There will be
no membership fee; no cost whatever to
the members. Each member will be fur
nished with literature, giving the names
of goods made by trusts in every line of
industry. and also a list of goods made
by independent firms. Each organization
will have several local addresses deliv-
cred at regular intervals, showing that
the only safety for the country and for
independence in business lies in doing
away with trusts.
Especial effort will be made to enlist
young men in the cause. Under the pres
ent attitude of trusts hardly an opening
for independent business lies before the
young man The trusts threaten to shut
him out at every turn, and the young
men and their parents are deeply inter-
ested in movement which will promise
an independent following for their family
in the future.
Wage earners will be among the most
eager supporters of the organization, as
this class of people are already well edu-
Gated as to the evils which are coming
from the sway of trusts.
The farmers of the country will be no
less eager to join this league, for it Of
fers the only remedy against low prices
for their products, and it is estimated
that ninety per cent of all farmers can
be organized within one years time after
the State organizations are effected.
The movement will cost heavily, but
plenty of cash will be forthcoming to car
ry out every detail of this work In all
of the large cities ample contributions
have been offered, and when once the
organization is fully under way, the
contributions will be largely increased
from every section. There is no question
in the minds of the American people to-
day that is of so much serious moment
as the trust question, and a practical plar
like this for the suppression of trusts viii
appeal to every liberty loving citizen, and
not only his personal effort but his pocke
as well will aid the work.
When once the trust finds that it's goods
are not called for-that the Independent
manufacturer who is it's competitor, il
getting the trade from the consumers o
The news & observer., 1901-04-23

trict and badly cut up by sounds and
rivers on which boats ply, we have three
inspectors. Then we have one in the
Wilmington district, one in the Newbern
district and one in the Goldsboro district
making in all FIVE inspectors east Of
the Wilmington and Weldon railroad
There is one in the territory between the
Wilmington and Weldon and the Seaboard
Air Line, one between the Seaboard and
the Southern. and two in the Western
part of the State, where very little fer
tilizer is used. There are some of the
mountain counties in which there has
never been a bag of fertilizer.
Most of the irregularities are report
ed from the coast and border counties,
along the South Carolina and Virginia
lines.
"The fertilizer movement starts first
in the Norfolk district, and of course we
put our inspectors out there first. Next
it begins in the Wilmington district, then
Newbern, Goldsboro, Raleigh, Charlotte
and Greensboro; last in the West.
''As the season gets over and the move
ment of fertilizer falls off, why we grad
ually withdraw our inspectors
"The inspection this year has been more
thorough than ever before"
The news & observer., 1901-04-23
THE RATES UNJUST
A Decision in favor of Viii
mington Shippers.
The Case Decided is the Hilton Lumber Com
pany Against the Wilmington and
Weldon Railroad
lBy the Associated Press

Washington, April 22,-The Interstate
Commerce Commission today decided that
the through rates on lumber from VIII
mington, ~ c.. to Philadelphia, Jersey
City and Boston, so far as they exceed the
sum of rates from Wilmington to Nor
folk or Portsmouth and from the latter
points to the Northern cities mentioned
are unjust and 'wrongfully prejudicial''
to Wilmington shippers. The case de-
cided is the Hilton Lumber Company
against the Wilmington and Weldon Rail
road Company and others. 1t is held
that such rates are in violation of sec
tion one, two and three of the Interstate
Commerce Act. The Commission further
decided that the rule that while the ag-
gregate rate should increase the rate per
ten per mile should decrease as distance
increases is not required by the statue
and is subject to qualifications and ex-
ceptiOns
The Commission says:
Divisions of joint rate are usually less
than the corresponding locals, and al
most without exception not greater and
while a case may arise in which such a
division with propriety could be made
greater than the local or straight rate,
no such case is presented here where
the total through rate on competitive
tariff exceeds the sum of charges to and
from an intermediate point. The case
is retained for further investigation in
regard to certain apparent Determinations
resulting from a lower proportion or ar
bitrary charge by carriers south of Nor
folk on lumber from Wilmington to New
York city than on lumber from Whining
ton to Jersey City, located on the Hud-
son River opposite New York and from
lower rates charged by one of such car
riers from inferior points near Whining
ton to Portsmouth or Primers Point on
shipments to Northern seaport cities than
the proportion or arbitrary rate charged
by it f>a-4l--ough business from Whining
ton Same destinations.
The news & observer., 1901-04-23

tions everybody is afraid to fight the
trust that can kill and make alive when
it does not choose to swallow.
Tomorrow Southern Tobacco Journal,
which has all along persistently and earn
estly fought the tobacco trust, will con-
tain the following as its leading cdito-
riaI
THE ONLY REMEDY LEFT.
tror the last ten years the Southern
Tobacco Journal has fought for indepen-
dence in tobacco manufacturing, urging
the passage of laws that would regulate
trusts and give chance to Independent
manufacturers; but after this long strug-
gle there seems to be no remedy forth
coming from that direction, and today
the trust is more flagrant and more pow
erTul than ever before 1t looms up be-
fore the tobacco grower, the consumer
and the independent manufacturer with
an arrogance which says, within few
years more this entire industry will be
within my grasp, and my power will be
undisputed everywhere.
In the face of this condition which con-
fronts the tobacco trade, and in all lines
Of industry, we see but one remedy left
for freedom. This remedy lies in the
organization of the consumers of the coun-
try into leagues, pledging themselves to
buy nothing that is made by trust. a
movement is now on foot looking to this
end which movement has been suggested
by the Southern Tobacco Journal, and
its plans of operation practically adopt
ed. There will probably be a meeting Of
Independent tobacco manufacturers in
May, TO which other manufacturers in all
lines will be invited This meeting is
to formulate plans for starting the Anti
Trust League of America. and arrange
to put active organizers in every large
city in the country. State organizations
are TO be perfected, and through each
State organization county organizations
will be arranged, so that every farmer
in the United States will have a chance
to join this one organization which prom
ises him better prices for his products
The plan of the organization will be
to form Antitrust Leagues in every
community in this country, each member
signing a printed pledge not to buy an
article made by a trust, and as far as
possible not to patronize stores which
The news & observer., 1901-04-23
A WARM WAVE IS PREDICTED
Heavy Snowfall in MOI tn Carolina Saturday
and Almost Cloudburst in Raleigh
Early Sunday Morning.

crop is the delay that the unfavorable
weather will cause in the ripening of the
berry. No damage has been done by
frost. Shipments began on a small scale
last Friday, from the Wilmington dis
trict
The temperature is still comparatively
low in the Ohio Valley. Frost was re-
ported yesterday morning at Charleston,
S. c., Jacksonville, Fla, Meridian, Vicks-
burg, Miss, Portland, Greg, and Spokane,
Wash.
But" explained Mr.. Won Herman,
"the probability is now for warm wealth
er. hot wave is coming this way. The
temperature was up to 80 degrees at Bis
marck, North Dakota, on Sunday. This
means warm weather for us before very
long"
The lowest temperature in Raleigh for
the past three days was 35 degrees on
Sunday morning, which came near being
a record breaker All that kept it from
it was the 1888 record, when the mercury
stood at 80 on April 26th.
The latest snow ever known in Raleigh
was on April 9Th, 1889; and early in
April, during eight different years, the
temperature has been below freezing.
Though the freezing point has not been
reached this year, the temperature for
the month, thus far, has been consider
ably below the average; to be exact, the
temperature at Raleigh for the past
twenty-five days Of the month has been
Az degrees below normal.
The rainfall for the month has been
8 inches above the average for April.
The rain of Saturday night amounted to
almost a cloud burst 1t began at 1916
eclcck, and though it lasted for only
fifteen minutes, about half an inch OF
rain fell. Over quarter of an inch
fell in the first five minutes and in the
first thirteen minutes the rainfall
amounted to Al of an inch.
The news & observer., 1901-04-23

then waited until the water over the
track receded Engineer Harris man
aged to get his train to Elkin, where
they spent the night. At this point the
Yadkin river was reported to have been
twenty-four feet above the average high
water mark.
Captain Guthrie learned that three or
four hundred feet of track between Elkin
and North Wilkesboro was washed away
Saturday afternoon or night. train was
sent up yesteday to repair it.
A special train was made up here Sat
urday afternoon. 1t made two trips to
Greensboro-that evening and Sunday
evening Captain Guthrie carried his
train from Wilkes through to Greensboro
at $40 yesterday afternoon.
AS stated Saturday. the Yadkin river
has been on a boom. 1t was said to be
26 feet above water level. The Fries
electric power plant was practically COW
cred with water. The river had fallen
several feet yesterday. 1t is thought the
plant will be able to resume operations
in day or two.
The iron railroad trestle across the
Yadkin on the Mooresville road was dam
aged so that trains will not be able to
cross for few days. The sand was
washed out from under the abutments
Passengers and baggage will be trans
ferred until the necessary repairs are
made The freight trains will go via
Greensboro.
Four spans of the iron trestle across
Yadkin river on Mocksville and Moores~
vile railroad were washed out by high
water yesterday just after train had
passed over. Passengers and baggage
will be transferred until damage is
renairad
The news & observer., 1901-04-23

here at o'clock and falling. Forecaster
Frank Ridgeway says it would require a
steady downpour of rain for twenty-four
hours to check the fall and from present
indications such thing is not likely. The
rivers about this city are down so that
the works along the banks are running
There is a great deal of cleaning up to
be done The flood brought in much
Shiny mud that it left when it receded
and it will require day or two to re-
move it from many of the mills. In a
number of ploces this mud has clogged
up the machinery some of which will
have tc be taken apart and cleaned
The creeks and runs which did so much
damage in the outlying districts on Sat
urday are back well within their banks
tonight and mud and slime are the only
reminders left of the storm.
Carnegie Borough is busy cleaning up
and repairing the bridges, houses, and
roads that were destroyed when CHARTERS
Greek ran wild. The same state Of af-
fairs exist at McKee's rocks and other
towns that the water reached.
The railroads have recovered remark
ably well from the effects of the flood
and snow storm and now the various lines
have resumed operations to all points;
but for several days no pretcntion at
running on schedule time will be made.
A look over the ground after the flood
shows that LOSSES will be fully as great
as was estimated yesterday. In and about
Pittsburg it will probably take 81 600, 900
to pay the total cost of the injury to
property by the water and by landslips
Add to this the great loss to the railroads
and manufacturing plants up and down
the rivers in this immediate vicinity with
the loss in wages TO workingmen and the
The news & observer., 1901-04-23

For the past three days Spring has been
in an ugly mood. In fact the weather fol
the whole month of April has been most
unusual.
But the worst is over, Forecaster Won
Hermann says. His prediction is that
the clouds will disappear today and a
warm spell will follow.
The storm which was central over
North Carolina Saturday morning, in
stead of taking the usual course up the
Atlantic coast, curved slowly toward the
northwest during Sunday and was cen
trail over Cincinnati yesterday morning.
The rainfall was heaviest in the wes-
tern part of North Carolina, where it
changed to snow Friday night and on Sat-
urday from to s inches fell in some
eight or ten counties of the Blue Ridge,
and extending across the ridge in Stokes
en- the north and Rutherfordton on the
south. In some places in the mountains
the snow is said to have been foot
deep. The snow extended as far east as
Greensboro, though there it melted about
as fast as it fell The temperature in the
mountain section fell below freezing,
reaching as low as twenty-six degrees
at Asheville on Sunday morning. The
peach trees in this mountain section were
in full bloom and on Sunday morning
they were encased in ice and snow.
There is no doubt" said Mr. Won Herr
mann yesterday, that a great amount of
damage has been done by cold to the
western fruit crop. 1t is impossible just
now to say how great this damage is.
The hope is that there was so much snow
and moisture that the moisture in the
bud did not freeze, and the damage may
not be so great as is feared. Every
where east of the Blue Ridge the fruit
it safe yet. We have the winds and
clouds and rain, which prevented frost,
to thank for this.
''The only damage to the strawberry
The news & observer., 1901-04-23
PLENTY OF CASH TO FIGHT
The Little David, the Common People,
Against the Monster Goliath.
MEETING TO ORGANIZE TO Be HELD SOON
Plan of Organization is For Each Member to
Sign Gard Promising Not to Buy an
Article Which is Made by
a Trust.
Especial to News ana observer.)

Winston, N c., April 21.-The recent
absorption of the biggest plug tobacco
factories in this place by the tobacco
trust has created a more intense feeling
of hostility to trusts in this community
thap has ever before existed. Winston
was built upon the tobacco business and
the men who made the greatest success
started with small capital of money and
large capital of brains and industry. The
Trust has forced them to sell to it un-
der the fear of crushing them out of ex-
istence. As to starting to new indepen-
dent factories here, under present condi-