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Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-04
SAVES INNOCENT PRISONER
Omaha Detective Goes to Relief of Nan Up
for Highway Robbery.
TERM IN PETr1tNTlARY SEEMED CERTAIN
Complaining witness Positively sden-
uRes the Suspect, but Omahan
Satisfies the Court that Mis-
take Has Been Made.

Illinois penitentiary doors we're about TO
swing wide to admit p. Wicks for a long
confinement for highway robbery and as
ssult with intent to wound, when w. II.
Hoffman, q private detective from Omaha,
arrived in Chicago and saved the tremb-
ling suspect. Hoffman states that IL cost
him Just s6O.4O to play the good Samaritan,
but that he feels well repaid.
1T was another of those bad cases Of
mistaken identity" said the detective yes
terday. There was present in the court
room a man who had been twice shot and
then robbed by thugs in Chicago. the night
OF July s last, and who swore that he rec
ognized in Wicks one OF the men who COM
mitted the crime. It was known in ad-
vance what his testimony would be and
there seemed a certainty that Wieks would
20 to the penitentiary for a long term.
THE first 7 knew of all this was when I
received from Attorney d. VI. Elliott Of
Chicago a letter he had written at Wicks'
request, stating the circumstances of his
trouble and appealing to me to assure the
court that Wicks had been in Omaha at
the time OF the holdup. 1 remembered
Wicks well, for he was one of the several
colored mon I had in charge in the Markell
commissary department for a time last
summer and was an exceptionally well be-
hayed fellow.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-11
TEMPERANCE LEGISLATION.

The temperance sentiment in North
Carolina has grown rapidly Of late. The
elimination of the negro Will accelerate
it's growth, and result in putting an end
to the curse of distilleries and multiplied
Saloons. There are no saloons now out
side of incorporated towns except in
eight or ten counties. The Legislature
ought to make two enactments looking
to restricting the liquor traffic:
1. Pass an act that no license shall be
issued except in an incorporated town.
In that connection it will need to with
draw the charters of certain cross road
towns Incorporated solely or chiefly in
order to secure the location of a saloon
by which the people of the surrounding
county are debauchhed.
2. Pass an act permitting the voters,
upon petition, in any incorporated town,
to vote OF off years whether they will
nave saloons, a d~ispensary or prohibition,
coupled with an anti-jug provision if pro-
hibition carries. The law as it now
stands does not permit a vote upon this
question of establishing a dispensary.
The people of every community ought to
enjoy that right, and the entire regula-
tion of the traffic will be left to the will
Of each community.
1t is more difficult to deal with the
distillery curse. They are permitted to
sell whiskey in quantities not less than
one gallon. Most of them are the cen
tres Of vice, drunkenness and lawless-
ness, far worse than the worst saloons.
The question of their abolition or regu-
latiOn is difficult, and the solution will
call for the exercise of the best states
manship. But one thing is true: the
people demand their abolition and will
not much longer. tolerate their democrat
izing and d~ebauching influence.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-11

ticians and preachers and all other men
must work together TO create so powerful
a public sentiment against the use of
money in elections that the candidate
who attempts to buy votes Will be
doomed in advance TO defeat. 1t is better
a thousand times that every county in
this State should be carried by the
Republicans, calamitous as that would
be. than that the corrupt practices now
prevailing in a few counties should be-
come general. In some States the peo-
pie believe 50 much in commercialism in
politics that many men will not perform
any party service without pay and will
not vote unless compensated for it. That
condition leads to the sale of legislation
and gross corruption, in order to secure
money to pay workers and buy votes.
The bulk Of the people of this good
State are largely untouched by the use
of money in elections. 1t is still true
that a poor man has a chance of eleva-
ton to high positions. But unless the
virus of bribery is eradicated from the
system, how long will it be until North
Carolina politics will be as rotten as
politics in Pennsylvania?
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-11
A MILITANT CIRCUIT RIDER.

Rev. George w. Ivey, who died in
Caldwell county on Friday, was a mill
tant Methodist preacher of the old school
and we may add of the best school. He
died in the harness and escaped the dread
from i'll health. He was in the pulpit
on last Sunday night preaching the glori-
Gus gospel he had 50 long e~xpounded With
marked success-when he was suddenly
seized with an attack OF heart trouble
and fell to the floor. He died in the
HARNESSES the old time circuit riders
prayed to die.
Mr.. Ivey was the best type of the
pioneer Methodist circuit rider, a man Of
robust faith. courage, fortitude, great
common sense and Astounding love of his
felloWmen. That generation of noble
travelling preachers has almost passed
away. MIR. Ivey was one of the few
survivors. Eternity alone can reveal
their f~ar-reaching influence in the better
ment of the lives of the people of their
day and generation. The best prayer
thai could be made for North Carolina
today would be that q double portion of
their spirit should fall upon their sue
ceSSOrS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-11
Among the Railroads..

Mr.. H. H. Granger, the efficient ticket
aoopt at the Atlantic and North Carolina
denot has under Amusement a very nat
+orinp offer from the Southern halfway
comnany to accept a position IN their Oh
fco at Jacksonville, Fla, at a greatly
advanced salary from what he is getting
with the Atlantic and North Carolina.
This is quite a compliment to Mr.. CRAM
qer's efficiency as a railroad man, Tor the
Southern has at its good TAI
cnt from which to select. The offer car
ries with it also a promise OF RAPID pro-
motion. Mr.. Granger has not dcclded
vet whether he will accept.-kinston free
Press.
Railroad men are talking about a re-
markedly fast run made by Engineer Joe
Stedman on 81, the Southcrns' new fast
mail, on day before yesterday. 1t is
stated that when the train left Green's
boro it was just twenty minutes beh1nd.
When it reached Spencer, forty-elght
miles from here, it was on time. 1t had
slowed down in passing through Thomas
Vile, High Point and Lexington. The
forty-eight miles had been made in forty
five minutes. Just beyond Lexington
there is a portion of the track, three and
a nail miles III 1GISl LudI Is pcIleCtly
straight. 1t is stated though it is almost
past belief, that Engineer Stedman pulled
his t%rainlover this distance of three and a
half miles in just two minutes to the
dot.-Greensboro Telegram.
The Observer suggests that Fayetteville
be connected with the Aberdeen and
Rockfish Railroad by stage. The line
would have to be only eleven miles long,
A stage line through that section would
rcmind the older citizens of the days
when the stage coach was in general
use.-Sanford Express.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-11

During the past week there died at his
home in Salem Mr.. Henry w. Fries, one
of the last of the group Of strong men
who before slavery was abolished made
manufacturing successful in North Caro-
lima The men who, beginning in a small
way laid broad and deep the foundations
of the states growing manufacturing in
tercst. builded wiser than they knew. 1t
was their example that induced many
progressive young men to extend and en-
large the manufacturing industries and
nlants in the State, and North Carolina
owes them a lasting debt of gratitude.
Mr.. Fries was the Oldest member OF a
family that has long held primacy in the
Norayian settlement of North Carolina.
He never married, was noted for his
business capacity, his simple life, his
e4raightforwardness and candor. He was
= ,,seful citizen and his death is depiored
hy his family, his churC-i, his State.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-11
THE USE OF MONEY IN ELEC-
TONS.

In the election in North Carolina last
OF wholesale bribery was Witnessed. In
Henderson county, says the Hustler,
more than 81 900 was dropped in Hen
dnrson county and much of it changed
hands in the open. Men wcrc hailed on
their way to the polls and filled with
mean Whiskey to sway them from the
Central North Carolina as much as ten
dollars was paid for a single vote. In
an adjoining county, the county candi-
dates of both parties raised a corruption
fund of over $4,000 each, and most of
this money was used in the shameless,
and almost open, purchase OF votes. In
the eighth and tenth districts it is no
torious hat money was spent lavishly
in the interest of Blackburn and Moody.
In the East there was comparatively no
money spent, not because the Eastern
people are better than their Western
brethren, but because there was no con
test to call it out.
In North Carolina comparatively lit
tie money has been used in this manner.
Except in the campaigns Of 1892, 1894 and
1898 the Democrats mover had more than
enough money to pay for the necessary
! expenses of an economical campaign. In
those years in the whole State they never
had as much as the Republicans spent
this year in the eighth and tenth districts.
Few votes have been articles of mer-
chandise in this good State. 1t was al
most unknown prior to 1896, except in a
few counties. 1t has grown in the past
eight years, and in parts of the State it
has come to be a crying evil. There
was never any defense Of the corrupt
practice, but when all the negroes cOul
vote there were those who palliated il
III Democrats. Now that the big negro
vote has been excluded, there is no sem
blance of excuse or palliation for the
crime against the ballot.
The time has come when all~men, poll
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-11
I. ANDN N. STOCKHOLDERS MEET.
No Mention of Transfer to A c L---Net Farm
ings fer Year Nearly Nine Millions.
(By the Associated Press.)

Louisville, KY, Nov. 5.-The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Louis
Vile and Nashville Railroad, which was
postponed from October list, was held
here today. Aside from receiving and
Milton II. Smith, no business was trans
until December 18th, in this city. W. r.
Bclknap, Of Louisville, presided and out
of the 600. COO shares of stock 800, 400
were represented, principally by proxy.
The report Of President Smith, which was
read by Secretary Ellis, showed that
during the fiscal year ending June 90,
1902. the gross earnings of the road
amounted to $50, 712, 257, while the net
earnings wore s., sos, S15. The operating
expenses for the year were $40, 9O2, ALB.
During the year the passenger earnings
amounted to 6,217, 500. and the freight
expenses of the passenger service were
s.. 141, 764, and the freight service SIS
$50, $50. On June 80, 1902. the company
was operating 3,444.13 miles of road
while it was interested in 1922 miles OF
road operated under separate organiza-
tons, and owned 274 miles operated by
other companies, making it's total mile
age 5.541.S7. No mention is made of the
Coast Line. The board of directors. OF
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
met here today. following the meeting
of the stockholders.
The annual report of President M. TT
/ Smith was read and adjournment taker
to December 18th, in Louisville.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-11
AN END OF STRADDLING-WHAT
W. W. KITCHENS BIG Ma
JORITY MEANS.

The immense majority Of Hon. w. ".
kltchin for Congress in the Fifth district
is one of the most gratifying political
We do not say this By way of comparison
with other members of Congress-, be-
cause we have other members as able
and courageous as Mr.. kitchin. but be-
cause he was confronted by a peculiar
condition that called for the exhibition of
the highest political courage and he was
found equal to the emergency. 1t is
more of a victory for better conditions
in North Carolina than for Mr.. Kitchin
personally. 1t means, or ought to mean
an end of straddling. 1t has been too
often the case that men who ring clear
uron all the issues and make no COM
promise have been set aside for the man
who was regarded as "available' be-
cause he either had no convictions or
managed to conceal them SO that people
of Numerically opposite views each
thought the candidate was in accord with
them. The danger of the big negro vote
has sometimes made it necessary to nomi-
nate clever INNER and straddlers. II
that day is not over, then the suffrage
amendment has failed of accomplishing
one of the most important results ex-
pected from it's operation.
If there is one district in the State
more than another in which the average
politician would be tempted to look both
ways, it is the Fifth district. A candi-
date without strong convictions and
sailing in that district would ring clear
on white supremacy, the tariff in genera
without reference to trusts, and be very
polite to the Southern Railway managers
Why? Because there the Tobacco trust
has great power, the Southern Railway
has big influence, and there are NOR,
nti-Democratic manufacturers than i,
any other district in the State. Tho so
called "ayailable" candidate would b,
afraid of antagonizing such influences
Instead of being moved by such consider
atoms, Mr.. Kitchin invited their hos
tility by his speech in the Greensbor
State Convention in opposition to tn
proposition to repudiate the Kansas CIT
PLATFORM. When the Southern RallWa
and Tobacco Trusts began to fight Nj
Kitchin quietly, did he beg them not t
hurt him or did it cause him to be silent
Not in the least. He went upon the STUN
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-11
THE QUANTITY OF COTTON
GINNED TO OCTOBER ID.
In Round Numbers the Census Bureau Places
it at Six Million Rales, Sixty Per Cent
Of Crop.
(By the Associated PreSA)

Washington, Nov. "a report issued
by the Census Bureau today places the
quantity of the present crop of cotton,
which had been ginned up to the 18th
Of October at 5,925,S72 commercial bales,
which is estimated to be q little more
than sixty per cent of the entire crop.
These figures were collected by the
agents of the Bureau, and % ,314 ginneries
are represented by the returns. The fol-
lowing figures represent the amount
ginned in each State, by bales: Ala
bama $50. 1888; Arkansas $50. 800; Florida
90, 779; Georgia 900 ,949; Indian Territory
POI, 019; Kentucky 2S4; Louisiana 3G9, 40S;
Mississippi $50, 1926; Missouri 14,963;
North Carolina 300. O29; Oklahoma 81, 500;
South Carolina 601, 431; Tennessee III, $50;
IeXas Isl, 1917, Virginia 5,625.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-11
CATAWBAG GETTING IN LINE.

The best things that can happen to any
country township are: /. To establish a
good graded school,; 2. To have good
roads: 3. To secure free rural delivery.
This trinity of co~nveniences and neces-
stop the trend of sending tho boys to
town and will guarantee an intelligent
and thrifty rural population-the best
foundation upon which a State can build
for general prosperity and stability.
Yesterday reference was made to Gail
ford cOunty's primacy in the matter Of
voting special tax for rural graded
schools. Catawba is taking a forward
step in the same direction, as the follow
ing from the Newton Enterprise shows:
In the report of the meeting of the
county commissioners Monday is an item
of unusual interest. 1t is an order fer
an election in public school district,
number 13. in Hickory township, for the
levying of a special tax to increase the
school term. This is the first effort on
the part of a country district in Catawba
county to supplement the regular school
Juno by imposing a special tax on the
property of the district for the purpose
of prolonging the school term beyond
four months"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-11
Bill ArIp'S Letter.

and begging for candy. or a E-
doll, or something, and they rH-.
his less and felt in his pockets
cd mis- hair, and ii was pan.y-
daddy that, until he got de--a-.
wrote that verse. don't tax.
thing for granted that Solonn-
how. \ man who was as n.~
about women as ne was. ras.sr.
about whipping children. H..
know how 10 raise Rehoboam r.
cecded him, for he said TO tho .a...
Israel. My father chastfsgr ,
whips. but l will chastise sym.
scorpions" That's the kind of
raised with his rod"
But after all and before a."
home influence that moulds The .t-.
that is constant and enduring -..
that was bithln Bob was unc..--
his mothers love. Some motu.-
their little children To school
nursery to get them out of th.. ..
because they cannot mana-e .t..
home. While others put up fu-. r...
nice lunch and kiss them "a ~u...
and fondly watch for their rat.-.
children had TO 90 more than .
school when we lived on the farms .
had to cross tho creek ON a f3u.
then through a field az "a long a..
then down the Hill uutil out of .. .
was my daily pleasure To watch .a.
and come, ana feel that thoy w...
And now our eldest daughter
to leave us-going To Winushara .-
liIa. to live, where her husband .
found profitable employment. Thu. M...
five children, some OF whom u.-.
daily visitors and made us hgrrs .
they came. What shall we do now. VI.
thought that this exodus of our 81. ..-.
was ever. My wife and l are -rau.
old and it gricvcs us To lose our .ns.
drcn and grandchildren. But TINS +. -.
ommon lot. There is nothing TRUE h.
heaven. BILL AI.Is
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-11
To Round up the DoukhoIb9rs,
(By the Associated Pr

t6y Inc Associate FI'" .|
st. Paul, Nov. 8.-A Winr.G.a
toba, paper says:
h mounted police started f"r
dosa this afternoon in a bII1-a
government has decided that tho j.
bors pilgrimage must ceaso ami
lice have been sent to carry o.'
cision.
The Doukhobors are being
Minnedoska anG are barred iu @
rink. They Will be forced to .
yorktown. Despite the Uer.1.
the Dominion Government a...
the Dcukhobors are inclined no.
held and it is feared that il t"..
Inducements shall not arrive frog.
age La Prairie at once, scrloLs
may result. The local authoT.'".
their ability to prevent a |"
of the march toward Winnlp1-.
The mounted police d"ia'"
camped at Portage La PTaIrl.
been sent for. 1t is aun".
necessary, force will be used "a"
the DOukhOborS for yorktown
dispatch from Portage La tt..
n mounted police have delt.
rledly for Minnedoska.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-11
STATE NEWS.

W~arrenton. n. c., Nov. Sat Boards
ley's mill, in this county, Mrs. Grant
Beardsley was struck on the head by a
piece of scantling which fractured her
skull, death ensuing in a short while.
Mrs. Beardsley was a good woman and
her death is deeply regretted.
Mrs. E. j. Hale and Mr.. l.. B. Hale,
city editor of the Observer, have been
confined at home for some days with
sickness; and, though physicians find
some Improvement, both are yet quite
:ll.-Fayetteyille Observer.
Bartlett Yancy Craven, father Of Rev.
w. f. Craven, of this place, died at his
home in Randolph county last Saturday,
where he had lived nearly 81 years, be-
ing born there January 4th, 1~S22.-San-
ford Express.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-11
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.
Thursday November 9th set part as a day Of
Thanksgiving and Prayer,

The Governor yesterday ISSUED t..
following proclamation:
The State has greatly prospcrel aur.u.
the past year. In the main our farut-.
have made good crops and received fair
prices for them. Manufactures ha..
reasonably succeeded, labor has r~a...e.
a just reward for service. the State Ha.
had peace, quiet and good order. F..
all of these blessings we owe aeEuo#|.
edgemcnt to the Lord. Things l0 u..
happen, but the hand of God is I'm .g.-.
happiness that comes to the poonl. !.
is Appropriate that a Christian STATE.
should acknowledge it's Obligation d.
Gcd for the blessings which it has e.-
joyed.
l, Charles B. Aycock. Governor OF tn.
State of North Carolina, therefore. t--..
this my proclamation, setting a.au
Thursday, November 27th inst. as l..
Of Thanksgiving and prayer, upon #a#."
day | urge all people to meet lu fH..r
respective places of worship. and There
TO thank God for the manifold mnr...-
which he has shown to as individuals
and as a people, and to ask for His Tr.
lection and guidance in the future. (
earnestly recommend that on this H..
all our people shall give as God has pros
pered us, unto those who are needy. Gar-
ticularly to the widows and the orphans
Done at our City of Raleigh, this. ...
seventh day of November. in The year
Of our Lord. one thousand nine hunar..
and two. and in the one hundred aa.
tWc~nty-seventh year of our Aw.Er.
independence.
By the Governor.
CHARLES Il. ANCD|#.
7 NJ. PEARSALL, Private Secretary.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-11
HEAVY GALE OFF THE COAST.
Shipping Paralyzed in Norfolk Ha1b9r and
Hampton Roads.
lBy the AssnciatoG Pro-

tBy the Associated Prc-s.b
Norfolk, Va, Nov. S.-Coaslwl.. ...
ping is paralyZed in Norfolk harh0r .
Hampton Roads by the heavy u"rI.."
gale that has been raging on the \.'e.
and Carolina coaS since last night. It"
dreds Of sailing craft and coaI-earu.
vessels and many large sChoODcr7 load.
with timber are WcatheTbouud U |
Roads, while along the inner har."r
number of long toWs from the a"""
are anchored waiting for Lighter #..
All communication with Hattcr.. 81.
been cut off since last nigtlt b.. .
wires blowing down. At Kitty i.
the wind blew 81 miles an hour. .a.
Cape Henry a 3S-milc wind an. ..
high sea prevailed nearly all day. .
disasters along the coast have l..1
ported.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-11
TROUBI.f

1t is exceptional to hnd q ia..
there are no domestic rupture
ally, but these car be l"sSeh''
DR.. Kings New Life Pills arc.
trouble they save by their
in Stomach and Liver trou1l
not only relieve you, but cure.
druggists.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-11

When q man goes out on q lark he
sometimes comes back in an ambulance.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-11

A trunk is usually strd2'
ready to start on q journey.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-11

A magnificent farm journal
together with a Beautiful Art
Calendar.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-04-12
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

One thousand five hundred Beers I'M
der Delarey and Kemp were defeated
by British troops under Gen. Kitchener
near Harris river, with heavy losses
on both sides.
Ellen NJ. Stone, the missionary re-
leased by brigands, sailed from South
ampton for New York on the Deutsch-
land.
Cecil Rhodes will leaves $1O,0O0,00O
for free scholarships at Oxford uni
versity and every state and territory
in America is given a scholarship,
tenable for three years.
1t is said that the prince of Wales
will visit the United States next fall.
At GLASGOW, Scotland, 81 persons
of grand stand at Ibrox park dur
ing the international football match.
Two hundred and fifty more were in
jured. Of this number 100 are yet
in the hospital.
Late reports say the British lost
three officers and "a men killed in
a fight at Doombalt farm.
IL is Sd1u UndU Jasper hTuSer -Hu "a
other relatives of the former presi-
dent of the Transvaal have taken the
oath of allegiance to Great Britain.
Five hundred thousand of London's
poor are to be given a dinner in va
rious parts of the city during cor
onation week. Each guest is to re-
ceive souvenir cup in the name of
the king.
At Manila Col Espado, Filipino
who swore allegiance TO the United
States and returned to the insurg-
ents, has been given life sentence.