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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15
ENGINEER NOBLE TEsTIFIEs.
Senator Morgan Brings Out Some I'm
 portant Points.

Washington, Feb 14.-Alfred Noble, civil engineer. and a member of the Isth- milan Canal Commission, was before the Senate Committee on Inter-Oceanic Ca nals today.
 Mir. Noble said that it would be neces- ssry to have absoiute control of the cities of Panama and Colon in order to con trol sanitation. He thought the condi- tions were favorable for yellow fever during most of the year on the isthmus There was no yellow fever in Nicaragua as far as Ire knew. MT. Noble said the technical engineering features of the more difficult than these of the Conchido dam on the Nicaragua route. As to har- borg. he thought both route about equal.
 Senator Foster of Louisiana asked If the construction of the Panama route did not depend upon the safe construction and permanency of the Behio dam. Mir Noble replied in the affirmative. He had no doubt about the possibility of con structing the Behio dam. He considered the price of $4o.OOo0o0 asked by the Pan- anna Company for It's property as fair and reasonable. The expense Of operation of the two lines would he practically in pro- portion to the length of the canals.
 In his opinion, Mir. Noble declared, talk ing the whole proposition, that he con sldered the Panama proposition better than the Nicaragua plan. This question and the reply to 1t caused Senator Nor gan to enter upon a couree of inquiry, calculated to bring out the fact that the coastwise trade would be better served through the Nicaragua route than through the Panama route
 Mir Morgan stated that 57 per cent of this coastwise trade Is conducted by sail ing vessels and the witness said fin reply to the inquiry that sailing vessels would he better accumulated in the Nicaragua Canal than In the Panama Canal. sena- tor Hanna met these points with the statement that comparatively all of the coastwise trade would cross the isthmus through either canal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15
THE SENATE.

Washington. Feb. -14.-A little furry was created in the Senate today over the endowment, since the beginning of the session. of a score or more of extra clerks and messengers to committees. The charges of extravaganza made induced the reference of the whole subject of clerical employment to a committee of investigation and report.
 The bill creating a permanent census office was under consideration today.
 The salary of the Director of the Census was increased from 5000 to $75oO. In the fftYrflya minutes the calendar was cleared of pension bills. 127 being passed. A bill was passed granting a right of way through Oklahoma Territory and h. dian Territory to the Enid and Anadarko Railroad Company. At 5 o'clock the Senate adjourned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15
ADJUSTMENTS.
CHARGED WITH LARCENY.
Two Negro Boys Captured by Police
 Last Night

George Jackson and Jim Cain, negroes. are logged in the. city prison charged with burglary and grand larceny. The police say the negroes confessed to breaking into the place of c. T. Watt & Co.,. junk deal CTS. at 109 Dexter Avenue early yesterday evening and stealing a quantity of lead pipe and brass faucets.
 About 7:S0 o'clock the negroes attracted the attention of Mounted Patrolmen Ed Graham and Miles Smith. They were on Madison Avenue near police headquar- .eters. When the negroes were accosted by the patrolmen they ran and were pur- sued George Jackson was captured but Jim Cain escaped
 At g o'clock Special Officer Paul Rap port captured Cain. He was found in hiding in a yard in the rear of the office of the Tallassee Falls Manufacturing Company on Bibb and Coosa Streets. The negros admitted that he was with George iJagksen when he was .aceosted by Pat rplmef SAnith. and Graham. He confessed b ,officSk Happort that he and Jackson had enteteN ths, placa, Of c: T. Watt & Co. by NY of tFullefs alley and said they had Mfced d padtocS on a rear door with a pt<ee of fTtron. ss
 rsThe anSkroes are charged with burglary safsd grand Tdarceny, They will have a hearing bNfpre Recorder Arlington this afternooflK x &
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15
HEAVY LOSSES BY FIRE.
Weaker Assurance Companies May
 Have to Quit Business.

New York. Feb. l4.-Discussng the large number of destructive fires that have cured since the first of the year and especially those at Waterbury and Paterson. Bradstreet 3 tomorrow will say:
 There is, of course, a general feeling that the insurance companies of the country have suffered series If had bl5ws which. comln ' to be reflected in further withdrawals of weakened companies, if. indeed, a general and heavy advance In rates is not immine mt"
 Comparing the fire loss with the loss in cured by business failure. Bradstreet's says that in the month of January the fire loss was greater than the total liabilities of those who failed in the United States in the years 1859 to 1901. inclusive. the gross fire loss exceeded the gross failure loss by nearly one
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15
ARNETT CASE ON TRIAL.
Claims $5,ooO Damages From West
 ern Railroad.

The case of William Arnett against the Western Railroad Is still on trial fin the Civil Division of the City Court. All the evidence was in last night when the court adjourned. The arguments will be made today. The case will go to the fury before adjournment tonight.
 Arnett, is suing the Western road for s, 600 damages. The damages are claimed for an injury that the plaintiff received two years ago when he was thrown from a hand car. Arnett's leg was broken and he sustained other injuries.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15
feet, so that there will be sufficient water to admit the largest steamships.
ovATIoNI TO RosEBERY.
The Former Premier Discusses Eng
 lands Policies.

Liverpool Feb. I4.-Lord Rosebery received tremendous ovation at the great Liberal demonstration here this evening Lord Rose bery said that the greatest change in heart and head undergone during his five years ab- from public life was in regard to the Irish problem. MT. Giadstone's bills were dead and buried. though that statement cast no reflection the great statesman who originated him. The Irish Party had now indignantly repdiated any connection with the Liberal Party and he believed. they had acted wisely. It was both to their interests and those of the Liberal Party. The Irish leaders had played their full hand. They had de- manded independent Parliament in Dublin and thereupon he had cried "Halti',.
 T am not prepared at any time or under any circumstances to grant them an inde- pendent Parliament"
 Regarding the war. Lord Rosebery said he thought the reply of Lord Lansdowne, tho Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, to Dr. kuyper was fitting and dignifed. and he thought the Government had not acted wrong ly. in declining to reckon with the Boer dele gates in Europe and allow them to send a deputation to South Africa. The speaker ap- pealed for immediate and searching in quiry into the remount scandal and com mented generally upon the Governments sem ing want of definite policy in Malta and Wei Hai Wei.
 When some men fail at everything else they try marriage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15
PRINCE ENDS HIS STUDY.
He is Warned by the Kaiser Agains,
 the "Hohenzollern Punch.v

Kiel Holstein. Prussia. Feb. 14.-Prince Henry of Prussia. closing his books on America, romped with his children most Of the day. He and the Princess and theii children went out coasting again.
 In bunch of newspaper clippings that came to the Prince this morning from Berlin was one which described the ''Hohcnzollern Punch invented by a Broadway bartender On the margin of the clipping. the Emperor in his own handwriting had written in German What headache in the morning." The Princes speicaI train leaves here at s ir the morning
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15
tsLo0bMB CASE ARGUED.
Decisiofyof Referee Will be Delayed
 E Several Days.

Referee StTatton has completed his hearing of the Slocomb bankruptcy case. The evidence Is all in and the arguments were made yesterday by the attorneys in the case. ( .-- ',-.+~
 It will probably be several days before Referee Stratton renders a decision in the case as a stehograpfiic report of the evil dence was made. z
 The hearing was to decide If the sio- comb Naval Stores Company of Dothan, of. the company claimed that it was in a state of bankruptcy and the company of ficials asserted that their assets would more than meet their obligations. In De- cember J. A. SpradIey was named as re- ceiver of the Company and his evidence as to the affairs of the corporation will have an important bearing upon the final daclsinn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15
Will Reduce Capitalization.

New York, Feb. l4.-At a special meeting of the stockholders of the United States Cot toa Duck Corporation. held today. in Jersey reduce the capitalization of the corporation from $50. COG, LOO 10 S30. coo, QUO was adopt ed. 4 resolution wss also adopted directing the payment of the semi-annual interest, duo March 1, on the first mortgage bonds of the company. A resolution was also adopted by the board stating that there was no income ap- plicable to the payment of the interest on the income bonds on Jan. |, loo2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15
Church Lotteries.

iiSo Do You think church lottery is quite the proper thing
 wen. don't. I think they're all wrong in all instanees
 "Whv2 You wouldn't make lt impeTa- five that, marriages should be celebrated elsewhere, would you?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15
Book Committees Work

Cincinnati, Feb. H.-The Methodist Book Committee today appointed com mittee to locate and arrange for the com ing general conference. Rev. Henry Spell meyer. New York conference. is chair the report on the revision of the hym- nal. Further consideration was postponed in order to give the Methodist Church South, time to consider the revised hym- nal with q view to joint adoption.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15
No Force Bill
Philadelphia Times.

PhiladeIphia Times,
 It is probable that Congress will not do much with any proposition that means interference in Southern elections. The lesson of the force bill' fight has not been forgotten. and though Mir Gibson has been careful to keep force" out of his bill and to emphasize its absence the Republicans may not be disposed to touch even the very much milder form of the tgregious mistake that cost them the Presidency in lS92.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15
NEW SOCIETY FORMED.
It will Oppose Interference of North erners in The South

Washington, Feb. H-The National Industrial Council, an organization of colored business men designed to secure greater political recognition of the negro race. has been incorporated here. s. P. Mitchell of Lexington, Ky. is President. The purpose of its incorporators is to unite the people of the negro race by making friends with their nearest neigh bors and to oppose interference of North
 ern negro and white politicians witt conditions in the South"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15
FRANCE PREPARING
To Celebrate the tooth Anniversary
 of Victor Hugo.

The hundredth birthday of Victor Hugo falls on February 2s. and for several months projects have been maturing in France for the proper celebration of this adversary with imposing ceremonies. These nroiects as tfH'' "-- @~ecribed in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15

The largest excavated dock on the con, tinent. if not in all the world. will doubtless be the Maasdock at Rotterdam, now approaching completion. The dock covers an area of some 150 acres and will be brought to preliminary depth of fourteen feet, which will afterwards be dredged to a depth of twenty eight
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15

The Sultan of Turkey has six sons and seven daughters, who are kept in the se- curest seclusion. the former never leav- ing the house in which they were born.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15

Professor Virchow. the pathologist. who car in eBrlln. sustained simple frac- lure of the thigh and sprained hip He will be confined to his bed for several weeks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15

Jay Cooke has at his home at Osontz fine painting of the celebrated old In- dian chief after whom the. place was named. and who many a time carried him, when he was a boy, on his back inrambiing along the shores of Lake Erie.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15

M. Hamard, the French sculptor, ha. just completed, at Paris. the model oi a statue of Marshal Rochambeau, to be presented to the city of Washington as A companion to the statue of Lafayette. It wifi be ready to send to the United States next April
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15
To Discuss Mosquito Theory

Havana, Feb. 14.--The Hygienic Com mission of the Pan-Ameriean Sanitary Congress will meet here tomorrow and discuss the mosquito theory of yellow fever as well as the best methods of quarantining against that disease
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15
Not so Bad as it Might Be.

Chicago Post.
 For defeated man. you seem to be rather happy"
 "Yes." replied the politician. i've went down to defeat of course; but when see the otIier fellows trying to make the four teen offices that are outside of civil ser vice do for s4) clamorous men. sowehow l can't feel so awfully unhappy about it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15

Bermudas new floating dock has been completed and Is to be tested in the Medway before being lowed across the Atlantic. It is 545 feet long and 100 feet broad, and can receive the largest and deepest draught battleship in the British navy,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST

Reports gathered show that only Al persons In the whole Japanese Empire have amassed fortunes to s250.0OO or over. The population Is about 4l,000.000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15

found by the German expedition in the center of Babylon, are said to be pearls of BabyIoniau literature" One of them contains a great part of the celebrated compendium which explains the Baby lonian cunaiform characters,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15

The salary Of the corporation counsel of Bos- ton is S7. 200, His term Is one year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15

When money is tight what's the matter with the gold cure?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15

Two of the 400 inscribed clay slabs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15

of women will take Wine of Carui because she has brought to their attention today It fact that tend to the e1acng duties imposed her without taking medicine regulate the menstrual periods 1rregular flow may become scany profuse In the former the entire system poisoned refuse which cannot escape.
 Wine of Cardu when taken by woman whose health is injured by the of much work will strengthen her os her tasks It will stop the weakening discharges which was the vitality and undermine the constitutions This is is poran message to every suffering woman It shows how ses can secure relief in the privacy of her home.
 advice is needed for your write letter to tS> Ladies The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn and advice will be given you ee os charge. t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15

When some men fail at everything else they try marriage.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-12-23

along adopting the usual methods prac-
ticed IN common by one and all, but who
never learn the true science, or discover
the key that unlocks the door beyond
which the best methods and means may
be obtained to reach the boal OF their
ambition.
Tobacco demands the most careful at
tention from the time the seed is sown
TIL it reaches the sales floor Unless
this IS given it may lose its great value
in few hours. 1t must not be neglected
or overlooked in the smallest degree. 1t
has been conceded by all who have pros
pered and made a success in growing
yellow tobacco, that wherever the greed
for the moneyed crop unbalances the
wisdom Of husbandry the money crop is
curse, but where it stimulates and pro-
notes the general economy of the farm,
1t is the profiting farm. There are many
attendant evils to the tobacco grower.
such as drOughts, frosts, long wet and
continued dry spells, sometimes failure
TO raise plants, loss of curing barns by
fire. Frequently sickness among men
prevents the skillful handling of tobacco
at the most important juncture of the
crop, and then the inferior grades with
which the market is overrun, and which
command only low price, are gathered.
The experience of my neighbors, and
my own. justify m in stating to you
that no one crop system will pay and
that diversified agriculture is the only
sure and safe road to success.
"Reviewing all these conditions it is
pertinent to ask the question: Where
shall North Carolina stand?'
I'm all this great onward rush of de-
velopment, the question demanding the
quick and earnest consideration of every
North Carolnian is. that which | have
presented.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-12-23
RALEIGH, N. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER %, 1902.

ne variety must be suited to tho +,,no
which the planter intends to raise and
also the careful selection Of the soil 7
prefer Tor filters, cutters and yellow wrap
pers' the white stem Oronoko the Elan
asan and the long leaf Gooch There are
TWO modes for raising plants. in hat beds
or IN the open air
The tobacco and trucking interest has
maze rapid strides in the past few years.
ana the Eastern part of the State. which
has languished for a short period owing
10 the low prices of cotton, is fast be-
coming the garden spot for trucking and
the pest section for growing bright vel
low tobacco in all the world. Her to-
oacco markets have steadily grown and
In a few years Wilson, Goldsboro and
ROCKY Mount will sell as much tobacco
as Danville, Winston and Durham.
The business men of these enterpris-
ing cities, should study the methods of
the leading bright tobacco market of the
world, Danville, Va, and build prizeries
ana storage houses and secure ample
means to handle, through their hands
the millions of pounds sold annually upon
their markets and sell direct to first
hands When this is done. the Eastern
Carolina markets will build up more
rapidly and the wealth and popula ton
of the cities and towns of Eastern North
carolina VIII Increase as never before.
The county of Person, in which have
the honor to live, is one of the most ia
vored of all the counties of the State
There is to be found the bright yell
low tobacco, the waxy filler, the fla
vored- cutter and smoker. The farmers
of Person are skilled tobacco growers
and understand the cultivation, curing
and handling of tobacco. and much of the
success OF the Eastern Carolina tobacco
growers. can be attributed today to the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-12-23
Col. John s. Cunningham.

Shall we take our rigntful place in
this onward march of progress and pros
perity, or shall we stand aside and see
others get the lions share Of the bene-
fits? The immense natural resources Of
North Carolina, it's fertile soil and bcne
ficent climate give its husbanl.men great
advantages over those OF other sections
as far as the production of crops is con-
cerned But an abundance OF crops is
cf coronaratively little avail without the
the means of marketing the crops.
1--WE need larger home maret, with
the growth of industries small and great,
attracting a larger permanent popuia-
tion to industrial centers close to the
fields Of raw material. We need quick
and cheap transportation by the rail
roads. of staples and special products to
distant markets. North Carolina, has
and should always have, liberal laws. The
laws should be fair and just to the
agriculturist, the railroads and the man
ufactures.
"a distinguished gentleman has said,
that the day is not far distant that under
our soft skies We shall see around US
the waving of the corn, the noddng
heads of the cotton boil, in greater lux
llriance, mingled with the orchard, to
gladden. and delight the small farm The
SCOT from the manufactures Will fall on
the green land. and the Whirl Of wheels
will gladden. and delight every valley
Southern farmers arc men Of Intelligence,
and they should stuGy carefully the
present conditions and be governed ac-
ccrdlngly
Southern dcyelopne nj IS matter TO
be dealt with in a plain familiar way.
There is nothing to be gained by DoomS'
or by advertising what the South does
not possesses. Such trltiing with cVerV-
dav truths and interests Will prevent its
real and substantial advantages from
being developed by divcrting attention
from the controlling and siSnlIlcant
point. which must at all times be kept
at the front Bocms lead people away
from practical realities into fairy
land. and when they rub their eyes they
discover there was not enough back OF
them. and they arc loft to realize that
whom practical development IS DIS
credited, genuine progress is retarded
"Tha best section of the country is un-
aouhtedly the one that can bring the most
comfort and happiness with least eXer-
1ion to all classes of citizens, and it
Continued on Second Pase.)
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-12-23

rnaeon that SO many who have made
their homes III the East, left the Pied
mont belt VII equipped to aid III the de-
velonnent of a section which has only
been planting tobacco for a few years.
.'Ol,r> people today are divSrsifying
their crops and have learned by expert
ence that it is sad mistake to spend
all of their money in buying what they
should grow upon the farm. Inc man
who makes two blades OF grass grow
where one grew before. and two grains OF
corn where only one grew before. ana
who improves his cattle, his sheep ana
his hogs is q benefactor to mankind
Diversification is the route to success.
which the farmers of North Carollna
should travel.
The tobacco planter who succeeds
must understand how to select his land'
as we'll as the proper cultivation OF II.
A skilled tobacco curer is the most Vdlu-
able person upon bright TOBACCO 1afih'
and it usually follows that man VINO
understands the cultivation ana cullh9
of tobacco in most every instance handles
it properly after it is placed IN the SLOT
aoe harm to be gotten ready for the safes
floor. New land is by far the pest lot
tobacco. The tobacco grows 50 Iauch
hc++or unon it and it is more easily cul-
tivated ripens earlier and has a SnooIAti
texture. and man can cultivate dt led9t
. third more hills. This comes from the
fact that it requires d great deal more
work in the preparation of the land dullhS 8
tho winter season, whereas Old lana eau
ho ootton ready in a short Whlle anC tue
nlants set out, but it requires more ram
for old land and in wet weather plants
cuffar much more, and extra labor 10
cultivate it on account of the grass ana
woods. In the Piedmont belt. IN "hi'h
live, the first of May is the pest tiiii7
to set out plants.
..Tho primitive method OF curing 70
h,cco With wood and charcoal has gwen
nlace 10 the system known as tue cuElh6'
Ry this method the smoke and aust WIN
.,bich the tobacco becomes fllleC -
avoided. The stripping and the aSsortlilS :
of tobacco properly ADDS materially 70
it's value when placed on the 1narhc''
Those who sell with good judgment "A'n u
tho market is active, obtain the p'.H1
nricae Those who produce 1t II Us
birhest state. must necessarily nc
and especially careful, not only III lii7
cultivation of the weed, put ai7o III IL
curing and handling Of It, lhele az
thousands Of tobacco growers WHO 81