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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-23

leads Georgia and is second only to
South Carolina.
in twenty years the population Of the
State has increased 80 per cent The
manufacturing capital was very nearly
six times as great in 1900 as in 1880.
The average number Of wage earners is
nearly four and a half times as great
as 1t was twenty years ago. Then one
third per cent of the population was en-
ployed in manufactures; In 1900 the av-
erage number was 81 per cent, and the
maximum number was 40 per cent. In
ten years the number of adult male
wage earners nearly doubled; the num-
berr of women very much more than
doubled, and the number of children en-
ployed increased in a ratio of between
these two The great increase in the
number of women and children employed
is explained by the fact that the lead
ing industry OF the State. and the one OF
most rapid growth, is the manufacture
OF cotton. In the absence of legislation
the cotton manufacturers are cooper
ating to reduce the employment of chill
dren.
THE capital engaged in cotton manu-
featuring in 1900 was S33 100000, more
than three times as great as IT was ten
years earlier, and nearly half of the
total manufacturing capital of the State
In the short space of ten years, the
capital invested in manufactures in this
State increased $44,000000, and nearly
S22,000000 of this was In cotton manu-
features alone. Next to cotton manu-
featuring the most heavily capitalized
industry of the State is the manufacture
of lumber and timber products, whose
capital has increased $50 per cent. In
ten years, and this is followed after a
considerable interval by the manufac-
ture of tobacco, whose capitalization
more than doubled in the decade. The
manufacture of furniture and of planning
mill products is separated from the man
ufacture of lumber and the products oil
timber, and each of these has a capital
of over a million, and grist mills and
fertilizer works are each capitalized al
nearly three millions, and cotton seed oil
at nearly two millions. Turpentine and
rosin report a capital of less than a
quarter of a million, an average number
of wage learners Of 400 and a total value
of produce not much exceeding million
dollars"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-23
IT COST ONLY SIS A MONTH.
To Support an Orphan at the Baptist Or
phanage

Having published that the cost OF sup
porting an orphan at the Baptist Orphan
age at Townsville averaged S4.66 per
month for the past year. Charity and
Children explains how 1t is done as fol-
lows:
But it is not hard to understand how
this low rate OF living can be reached.
and at the same time furnish the chill
dren with everything they need to eat and
wear In the first place the institution
must be run for the benefit of the chill
dren, not the officials and employees. 1t
was stated at the Baptist State Conyen-
tion in Winston. on the platform, that
the persons employed in the conduct of
the Orphanage are the poorest paid of any
of the servants of the denomination in
North Carolina. The employees are not
complaining. There is no dissatisfaction
here at the salaries offered; but we call
attention to this fact in order to prove
the proposition, that the economy with
which the institution is run need not be
matter of surprise. This is exactly why
1t costs so much more to keep a child at
a State institution than at the Orphan
age. Public money comes free and prince
ly salaries are paid by the State.
But we have another great advantage
at Thomasville. We are in the country.
Living is always cheaper in rural dis
tricts. We have A good farm and plenty
of free labor The dividend paid by the
farm last year helped very much TO bring
down the average expenses TO the low
level which has so startled our friends
The employment of the boys in field work
is not only a blessing 10 the boys. it Is a
source of revenue to the institution. The
establishment Of an orpbanage 10 or even
near a, city Is, in our Judgment, a great
mistake. And there are other and
graver reasons VIC could give besides the
saving Of money.
"A third element that has much to do
with the matter of cheap living is the
avoiding of waste, as far as possible, In
the preparation of food, and the domestic
arrangements generally. Much is due the
carefulness and prudence of our matrons
in this matter, and all the rest is due to
the watchful oversight of the general
manager and his good wife at this parti-
cular point. Besides The economy in the
matter of money, most useful lesson is
learned by the children. Extravaganza is
sinful, and It's evil consequences are seen
on every hand.
CAS- far as possible, the children do
their own work. Very little money is ex-
pended in hiring outsiders. The wash
ing and ironing, the sewing and mending,
besides the thousand and one other do
nestle duties about the house, are done,
and done well, by the children themselves.
1t would be an easy matter to increase
the cost of living a dollar or two a month
ty employing extra help.
And the children live we'll. The food
Is nicely prepared and there is plenty of
it, We enjoy chicken on the table fire.
quently, and what is more, they are our
own fowls
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which is to Be quite help to ciayton's

which is to be quite a help to Clayton's
already excellent market.
Mr.. j. NJ. Turley has recently been
elected secretary of the cotton mills TO
succeed Mr. l.. D. Debnam, who resigned
TO become cashier of the Selma bank.
Miss Mamie Leach, one of the teachers
IN the new school at Clayton, has just
been studying the work done in the
schools there. She also visited her par
ents.
Mrs. James Stallings is very sick at
her home near Clayton.
Mrs. A. F. Moore is slowly recovering
from an attack Of pneumonia.
Mr. Ed Stallings spent Thursday in
Raleigh.
Mr.. W. r. Whitsett, of Whitsett, ~ c.,
Is registered at the Robertson Hotel to-
day.
The Clayton school opened Wednesday
In the handsome new building just COM
pleted with 1O7 pupils, despite the bad
weather. School interest is high and
every effort has been made to have the
best school in the county. Prof W. Z.
Blasingame, graduate of the University
Of Tennessee, of the Holbrook Normal
College. and studnt of the University
o. Chicago. was secured as principal, and
he is assisted by number OF excellent
teachers. each of whom is college gradu-
ate. Fully two hundred pupils are exr
rected during the spring.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-23
JUDGE BRYAN HOLDING VANCE COURT
The People Enthusiastic For Prof Alderman
For State superintendent
Especial to News and observer }

k0pECtdA W NEWS anu CESCAFNA'}
Henderson, n. c., Feb. 22-The many
friends of Judge H. r. Bryan will be glad
to know he has sufficiently recovered
from his recent Illness to be again able
to hold his courts and today convened
court here, the beginning Of two weeks
term
solicitor c. c. Daniels arrived last
night. He has made fine impression,
both as prosecuting attorney and as q
man upon the people of Vance county.
l find the people here generally enthu-
siastic In their advocacy of Prof. J. 7.
Alderman for Superintendent Of Public
Instruction. and it is a pleasure to state
as one who has known him for twenty
years, that the Governor, in selecting
the right man out of such an abundance
of worthy applicants would make no mis-
take in appointing Prof. Alderman. and
the educational interest of our good
State would be safe in his hands.
The good town of Henderson has had a
very quiet week. but find here a very
hopeful and cheerful spirit manifested by
her business men, and progress seems
their watchword. Mr.. S. F. Tisser is
building an edition to his store, 1890
feet, making the whole 30x15O feet.
The many friends of Mr.. J. P. Massen-
burg will be sorry to know he is not Sc
we'll again, and hope for his speedy re-
covery
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WITH A STRING TO IT.
Republicans Agree on 90 Per Cent conCes-
sion to Cuba on Conditions
(By the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press)
Washington, Feb. 22.-The Republican
members of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, who have been considering the
question of concessions to Cuba at sew
eral meetings during the week. finally
reached an agreement this afternoon
which is considered a signal victory for
those who have favored tariff concessions
to that island. The action taken was
the adoption of the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved. That it Is the sense of the
ma jority members of the committee
(subject to the approval of the Repub-
licans Of the House in caucus assembled.
to be held as soon as practicable,) that
the committee report a bill in SUBSTANCE
authorizing the President to negotiate
reciprocity treaty with the Cuban Re-
public, WREN established, providing for
the entry of our products into Cuba
upon such terms as shall he deemed by
him to be advantageous to us; provided,
however, that such treaty shall secure
for our products going into Cuba duties
less than those allowed to other coun-
tries substantially equivalent TO the con-
cession made by US; that the considera-
tion upon our part for such treaty shall
be concession of 20 per cent Of our
tariff duties upon imports, the products
of Cuba, upon this condition.: that Cuba
shall first enact our immigration laws
BY the terms of this resolution the
proposition agreed on by the Republic
can members of the committee viii be
submitted TO a Republican caucus to be
held next Tuesday night, This action is
practically the proposition submitted a
few days ago by Representative Long,
of Kansas, except that the amount of
the concession is cut in half, and the
condition precedent--that Cuba enact
our Immigration laws--is added. The
action by the committee this afternoon
was preceded by conference at the
White House between the President and
Representative Grosvenor, of Ohio,
RUSSELL of Connecticut, and Dalzell, of
Pennsylvania. all of whom have hereto
fore stood against any form of reciproci-
ty provisions. The action of the Re-
publican members was unanimous.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-23
HOW VANCE USED "rAE-HEEI."
Used Originally as an Epithet, Re Made 1t g
Term Of Honor

This epithet had been occasionally ap-
piled by the soldiers of other States to
those of North Carolina since the fall OF
1862. The Fourth Texas passed the Sixth
North Carolina shortly after the battle
OF ShaTpsburg and called out. "Tarheel"
The reply was, IF you had had q little
tar on your heels you would have brought
your flag away from Sharpsburg." The
Texas regiment, although one of the best
in Lees army, had lost its flag in this
fight. The name became more common
and in the spring OF 1864 was very gem
eral. When Governor Vance visited the
army, March. 1864, In his opening adj
dress, he said che had been troubled as
to how ne should address them. Fellow
soldiers, would not do for. although he
he'd been soldier, he was not now.
Fellow-citizens would not answer for
Ithey were soldiers. and not in North
Carolina; therefore he had determined to
call them Fellow Tarheels, name the
other soldiers gave them because they
stuck so we'll in time of battle" This
took all the unpleasantness out of the
name, although the comrades had not in
tended it as a compliment, aud hence
forth North Carolina soldiers were Tar
heels. There had been considerable jaw
ing and perhaps some knocking by sol
diers on account of the epithet.
Gen. j. B. Gordon, of the North Caro-
lima Cavalry. told Governor Vance that
be had broken up the execution of a
decision of his 10 issue order that he
would punish any man in his brigade
that allowed himself to be called Tar
heel" and did not resent it. Near the
close of the. war a song entitled can
Old Tarheel'' appeared. 1t was to the
tune Of Annie Laurie. The last line was
But naught can scare an old Tarheel."
Cannot some of your readers who pre-
served papers of Confederate times hunt
it up?
VIM A. GRAHAM.
Mahcpelah, n. c.. Feb, 20, 1902.
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CELEBRATION AT TRINITY.
Dr.. Kilgo Delivers the Address Of the OCCASION
Debate at School
Especial to News and Observer,

tSreclal TO News ana OBSERVER
Durham, n. c., Feb. 22-The annual
civic celebration OF the Trinity College
Historical Society was held In the Cra-
ven Memorial Hall tonight at O'Clock.
Or. j. c. Kilgo, president Of the college.
delivered the address of the occasion. his
subject being "Chrstian Citizenship"
The Doctor was at his best and spoke
with rare power. Prof r. L. Flowers
read I'm interesting paper on the Trinity
College Historical Society, The Memorial
Hall was crowded with people and the
exercises were inspiring and interesting.
stable belonging to T. J. Fetzer, on
Roxbc~o street, was burned last night
about 10 o'clock. The loss was small.
L. F. Howard of the Trinity College
Y. NJ c. A., left this morning for Toron-
TO, Canada. where he goes as q delegate
to the National Convention He expected
that Wake Forest. the State University
and Davidson would also send delegates.
Tire East Durham graded school had a
washingtons birthday celebration yester-
day afternoon There was music, both
vocal and instrumental. and debate by
rupils of tine sixth and seventh grades.
rhe subject discussed was. Resolved.
That devotion to fashion is greater evil
than the tobacco habit" JASPER Hamlin,
Willie Clark and William Barbee upheld
the affirmative. while Ernest Cheek Fred
Hamlin and Miss May Turner represented
the negative. The negative won. Master
william Barbee was the winner of the
prize offered to the one making the best
srepch. A fine badge was presented by
Miss Langston. the teacher 10 Murphy
Poyd, for proficiency in arithmetic.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-23
At THE UNIVERSITY.
Washington's Birthday is Fit
tlngly Celebrated,
0ratlons by Mr., H. B. Short and Mr.. A. D.
lvie. Or. c. [. Raper Speaks. Bene-
diction by Or. Hume.
lspecial to The News and observer.l

Especial to The News and Observer
Chapel Hill, N. c., Feb. 22.-The Uni
versity Of North Carolina today fittingly
celebrated the memory of the father of
our country, George Washington, scholar.
statesman, patriot.
The exercises were opened with beau
tiful rendition by the Glee Club, after
which Mr.. II. 3. Short, Of the Philan-
thropic Society, delivered telling ora
tion on THE American Democracy
American Democracy, said Mir. Short,
was Washington's greatest contribution
to American history. Have we adhered
to the principle of American democracy !?
Continuing he spoke in denuncatory
terms of the Philippine question: showing
by our foreign policy that we had not
kept the faith of the immortal Washing
ton. Democracy can exist only with
equality. Glass subordination strikes at
the very roots of Democracy. The nine
teenth century brought American De-
mocracy. 1t is in the hands of the people
to say what the twentieth shall bring
Mr.. A. d. Ivie following delivered a
nasterly Grafton on the relation of the
University to the State. The. speaker
painted in glowing hues the service rem
dered in 1861 by the boys in gray and
then beautifully pointed out the duty the
University student has resting upon his
shoulders. This d1ty he defined to be
the blotting out of illiteracy in the State.
He eloquently referred to Murphy. Yancey
and Wiley who, by their work. made
public schools become living reality.
DR.. G. l.. Raper followed in few we'll
chosen words declaring the spirit OF liber
ty which eliminated at Yorktown ss
traceable to the colonization of Virginia
and Massachusetts. This spirit gained
strength during the seventeenth century
and the first seventy-fve years OF the
eighteenth, but especially did it gain
strength when England was subduing
enemies upon the battle field. Washing
ton was prepared to meet this movement.
Had he shown any opposition he would
have been forgotten. He simply did more
to aid this movement than any living
man.
The services Were concluded with bene-
diction by DR.. Thomas Hume.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-23
TIE GROWTH OF MANUFACTURING.
North Carolina Now the Third State in Cotton
Goods Manufacture

North Carolina is still primarily agri-
cultural but in few States has there
been a more rapid growth OF manufac-
turing. In 1890 1t ranked tenth in the
list of cotton manufacturing States; in
1900 it was exceeded only by Massa-
chusetts and South Carolina. That the
second and third cotton manufacturing
State are not in New England, but in the
South, shows how great has been the
movement of the industry toward the
field where the lint is grown. Among
Southern States 1t has gained one place
among the cotton manufacturers in a
decade; in 1890 1t was third, and 1t now
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-23
The GREEN SWAMP SUIT.
The oardnsr-Lacy lumber company Give Bond
For $4,000

Especial to the News and Observer)
Wilmington, n. c.. Feb. 22.-The Card
Lacy Lumber Company gave bond
in the United States Court here in the
sum of $4,000 as required by Judge
Purnells order in the famous Green
Swamp suit from Brunswick and Co.
lumbus counties John S. Armstrong
and J. W. Norwood became sureties
and the condition to the obligation is
that the Gardner Lacy Lumber Com
pany, If so required by the court, shall
account to complainant and pay for such
timber as 1t shall cut and use from the
1700 900 acres of land claimed by the
North Carolina and Jersey Land and
Lumber Company. The large plant of
the Gardner Company at GEORGETOWN
S. c.. has been tied up pending the ex-
ecution of the order.
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Equitable
S Per Cent.
Gold Bonds.

On payment of $4,000 the family OF
John r. Thomas, architect and builder,
gets 100000 from the Equitable Life AS
surance Society. The family decided to
take $4,000 year for twenty years and
then 100000, rather than $4,000 in a
lump sum now. Mr.. Thomas died on
August q. Twelve years ago he took
out $4,000 policy IN the Equitable.
Last year be took 100000 more In the
shape of five per cent gold bond, on
which he had to pay $4,000 premium.
The Society offered the family $4,000
cash in gold, or the $4,000 a year and
100000 additional at the end of twenty
years. The family chose the latter
option.
For information write to
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-23
Common Sense Calls for Wide Tires
(Henderson Gold Leaf.)

Henderson Gold Leaf)
The next LEGISLATURE ought to prohibit
the sale of narrow tire wagons, Rock
ingham Anglo Saxon.
The adoption Of wide tires would go a
long way toward solving the good roads
problem Besides. all heavy draught We
hicles are easier to pull than the narrow
tired ones, as they do not cut into the
ground so badly, thus saving the wear
and tear" on teams. The broad tire has
q tendency to pack the road instead of
cutting 1t to pieces. All things consider
ed it looks like common sense would die
tate the adoption of the broad tire with
out the necessity of legislative action.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-23
The Right Kind of a Woman
(NeMtnn .Entnrnrise. !

NNSNtoH GnterprlSe.)
Mr.. Alfred Wilson says there is a wo-
man In Catawba township that knows
how to look cut for herself and is en-
tirely Independent OF the men. She
needed chimney this winter to her
house and built it herself. 1t is of stone
about Is feet high, and is as good a job
as any mason could do. Her name is
Mrs. Harriet Bumgarner.
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Not Egg-Zactly Total Loss.
tKinston Free Press.

Mr.. e. NJ. Jarrnan, the mail carrier from
knston to Richlands, lost thirty five
dozen eggs yesterday. He had brought
the mail from Riehlands and had left his
mule ana buggy in front OF the postoffice
while he was taking the mail inside.
While he was gone the mule started of
and became frightened, and during a
short. turn the box containing the eggs
was thrown out. breaking every one.
There were 100 dozen more in the buggy
but luckily the mule was caught before
any of these were broken
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-23
Winston Public Building Bill.

Especial to News and Observer
Winston Salem. N. c., Feb. 22.-Mayors
Eaton and Vance returned today from
washington. They think Winston salem )
Public Building Bill will be favorably
acted upon by the House committee as
soen as Congressman Blackburn and
Kluttz reach an adjustment of their con-
test over the Wilkesboro bill.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-23

Dunn, NJ c., Feb 20.-In tine death OF
General Toon, the State has lost "a
model citizen and an efficient officer.
met General Toon for the first time
last June He impressed me then as
the right man in the right place. Had he
lived to serve his term, the public school
system would have been placed upon a
higher plane and more popular than ever
before. ]. D. UZzELL,
Chm. Board of Education of Harnet Co
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-23
Total Bank Clearings.
(Bv the Associated Press.l

New York, Feb 22.--Total bank clear
ings for the United States for the week
ending February 20, 1902, S3193, 420, 0s1.
decrease Ii per cent as compared with
same week last year; total outside New
York $3.50, 1921 ,0o5 increase SO per cent
as compared with same week last year;
Dominion of Canada sSS. 4S7, 55s, increase
S3.4 per cent over last year.
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Yesterdays Market,
LTVERPOOL.

LIyERPooL, Feb 2t-4 p. M.-Spot cotton,
dvll; prl es favored the yer>, midoline
far 5 l.l6d; good middling 25-s3d; middlinQ
g-32; low middllng 9.l6d; good ordinary
7-l6d; ordinary $751;
The sales OF the Gay were 1900 bales, Of which
400 were for speculation and export, and iucIud
ID 400 American Receipts IA 900 bales, IN.
GLIDING 1900 American
Futures opened quiet nj closed dull.
American middIino o a n ciauea.
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Clayton's New Tobacco Market.

Especial to News and observer.)
Clayton, II. c., Feb. 22.--The Clayton
are subscribing literally towards
the building of new tobacco warehouse,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-23

A nliddle-aged woman is onehalfway
between the age she acknowledges and
the age you imagine she Is.
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Bid. Asked.
North Carolina 6s. 19i9......- 1861
North Carolina As, 1919 ....1O4h -
Virginia new 3's, 1892. .... 9S -
Virginia Centuries, 1891 ...... 9S1s 9Sh
Southern Railway SIS, 1894 ..l20 -
Seaboard Railway AS, 1850 :. s4N IS
Western N. G. r. r, SIS. 1914. 11s -
Ga. Car. & Northern SIS, 1923. Ill lip
Carolina Central Railway As. s61s 964
Ga, So. & Fla. r. e.. SIS, 1945.--- lis
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After a man reaches the top Of the
heap he worries continually because Of
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American middling, q. o. G, clause
RALEIGH STOCK MARKET.
30. ASKED

Corrected daily by Grimes & vass.)
BONDS.
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A Tribute to Gen. Toon,

Mahcpelah, N. c.. Feb, 20, 1902.