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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-01
NORTH CAROLINA.

Young white man arrested OH serious
charge in Wayne county-aa4' urglnr
caught ut Newbern by tell,tale Ssoo \, check sai
es,nTe in New York and Greenssboro-, .,
Charters granted at eigl,----Ai q 18TH
ilYed as date for hearing case ot James
Wilcox by5 Supreme Court---Carnvnl IN
naieigh-s-ro bridge the Pasquotank----
Mayor nominated in Henderson.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-01
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
G I'M,

ii Cold weather predicted for to-day
Hotel men form q stats orgnn1za tlon.,---s -
brilliant weddings last eyenin8----Leels-
8luture asks the csAttorney-General lor y IN
f0rn1auonns TO the ynents sot POI, .a1ss w
bill giving POLICE ppWerrs I, to c1lI1dIS, ~ IL
fJir IIorsc OF f3oelcgates--l lieneflt Tor tho
lady Niuccabees---C City&of 5DnnYllle loses
before comfnlttee--Golf chnmpionshlp
tournament Is TO begin to-mor - p =
peal tAkenin electrolysis ca se--,l ouns lis
Rchmona couple married in MaryiaHatn, i.1s, J, troe,
line Seminary soon to q ose----- y eWiy,
welded member of Leg gislature present ed
With VI silver sery ce-I obac eco y men
choose dsrectorst--Sevent tn iteglmehl
TO parade On Onkwood Memorial Day.
5t;heese-rolling tournament - osSt saa !
nance TO reyolutIonize the street,car car sSss- ts
tenn here Commission to start June l6tn y
10 inspect the oyster waters OF the StaIe 70
Bill 10 assess mineral lands ~ =: !:
41iiii Camp, Of Petersburg. captures .ilas
at the Confederate Bszaar'T1Itl.pM,,or1N ri prs,.
Ninety per cent Of the LIQUOR dealers ca p Pay pay
Their license fees German TO be ,dnncea e
st@ the Bazaar to o-night---P Past or declines
Inc call to Fulton Church--BoaTId. OF
Aldermen to concur In actl Oh n9uul t9l!n
licenses to-nlg TD-day;sth the hnnlveI- M
pary Of the battle Of Manila Eaya.snarsr y, snars
mem i---A Many physicians golng 70 Ne%
3orleans---Mr. southnll says ton e, q
yIp,,aez. n Campbell case was legal. ~ q AT ~
GfIl1SIk. R-Arrangcmcnts MADE @ %. Si1e Ssls
,raIisfcrs---R RECEIPT ton lest ls nlG q L.
Funeral q ar1es - 8, Gasmer'sli'If e, liouor
censes grant rted---L, We 3. C;Iidlin called
10 St5eItun.atreet Church---City Mission
a o. meet this afternoon. fss.t ~ 5SB
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-01
SUMMARY Of DAYS NEWS.
fFORECAST.

WA sH1NeroN, April so.-T Forecast for for
: 1'avMIrEin M Ralti and much colder Fridaiy;
brisk to lilgl, west Winds Saturday ialr ar
with moderate Temperature. s,.,
North arolinn-Stowers and coldc,r t,r
Friday. Saturday fair md cool, brlsK ll SIX
west winds, possibly high On the coast.
y3 3Bighty-elght was the highest mark
reached by tho mercury yesterday. marx
ing The wnrmestsdn of the present sensfoh :,
III wns warm all day and ~ large portion
or last night Sfo-lny tho Wca ther Burenu
predicts rain and much colder tetnfera-
ture. i53 t Y 4 Z. II N
u State OF THE GrIERio oNfET'E[1:Il'''Ss., u !.
u ~ Z. 81
y ~ Il
g y. sa sa
t9 I NJ. ~ ~
Il midnight y =
E Highest temperature YESTERDAY y!.......see e9 eo
Y Lowest temperature yesterda y.........r 70 70
K Mean temperature yestcrda fX.!.'...'' = =
Normal Temperature for April -. 20 20
Departure from normal temperature fe 91S no
precipitation during past ~ hour ~ ~
= SD i o. ~ NO. - k1t n. E Y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-01
VIRGINIA.

& Serious midnight IRE al West Point-.
DR.. Lyman Abbott for manllood. " sunrnstt Sc
III Hampton speech RS. Alaltesta, ol
al.asies ss;ieuesstea + COZ eennty i goes dryR Rey.
Ellis Waits 'eterst,lrg negro church, a., ,,
ma be t!a y e., eis Wln " g ~
trict goeY 80 gro lasperad do ca ptured
III afontGpyncry a fter an exciting cl1as e.
Good prospects for Washington and Lee
quor, Licenses gnantea "a N o, FOR
sinirrinr5 Martin IA Norfoik--Large barn
3aouth of I3nydton.burned by incendia1ry is1r =.
Druggist Day, of Amherst meg ~ ssW i9,.nlo ,.,o
liquor selling gderl pa rty Ia Willlams-
burg Norfolk and Western TRAM wreck
ned near CORNWALL Liquor applicatlons
seW1o. " S Braken,an Injured at Quantieo
dies II Alexandr,aNyels led q, in 81; ornpgs r3as
3s,,anty es'Inty EIri Iey1ds missiig.
Christopfer stapp and Mrs Annie Cack-
Icy In frederick; Walter Dunn 7, and y. MISS HISS
ny. Nay AZ lewls lnnamPiiHln Ibalta JVilams n Win
Gooiey snsies' in sWiIliansbnrg: a. r Goode and {,
Miss Susie Coffman In l1oudonn. Gurus y, : is
rettsin Ieesburg; II. ~. simpson and Z, MISS
ni;,Ir Webb in Powhantan: Ga. ~. Garter
and AIss Crews, Grey in ChSrot.e;
nintss in Greene; L. =. Marshall and Miss
Ma1nia II. 4 Iloper4in Norfolk J: 81 Elem-
Il ing and Miss Ruth Allean Guthrei! in in
portsmonth RJacksonI ana Miss saa,e irhs
ana Mis- sJaura X. Mitchell at Stony
rreek. Ti5ent Captain T.. NJ Deacon,
Sof Tapnahannock; sddls, !, IN pan pan.
" III. German In Augusta: Robert Lnnk.
tara in Staunton; Mrs. John Scwcomb in.
Gloucester; Hon. Josenl, A. Brist9w rs t. :, n
AIiddlescx: Mrs. Julia Deprlest n lamp.
Mrs NJ. Oldham, sr,S In Acconac; a. B,
Sirarrant In Norfolk.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-01

i(contlnued on Third Pago.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-01
Yirginlans Cheered.

The Virginia contingent was (. often
loudly cfeered. and frequently outbursts
greeted the party all along the way, The
dayg was one OF fine success. md 1t ended
the night with perhaps the most brllllan- m
display Of fireworks ever witnessed on
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-25
Just Why Popcorn Pops.

Philadelphia Ledger.
 A learned man in recent issue of that thoughtful publication, Science, ad- dresses himself to a problem of the gray est nature, namely, the well-known effect of heat upon familiar product of vege- tation-that is to say, the particular vari- ety of the chief native cereal whose grains or particles are characterized by a more or less translucen. and horny endo- sperm and the cells of which contain closely aggregated starch polyglone hav- ing a central rarified area.
 As the writer in Science puts it, when the temperature of the particles of any of the varieties of this cereal is increased between 145 and 160 degrees centigrade and so maintained from four to ten min utes, there results fracture of the par ticles from the apex and a modification of the molecular arrangements. In the case Of some common varieties the endosperm becomes more or less friable, while the contents show an increase in the quaitity Of dextrine and reducing sugars present. While the structural readjustments in the altered areas would seem to indicate that the fracture of the particle results from the expansion of the individual starch grains the degree and rapidity of the ex- pansion movement is controlled by the relative amount. of water and air present. Thus, in the particular variety under dis cussion, the starch polyglones are of such nature and construction as to facilitate expansion and render 1t explosive in character; there is fracture of the par ticle along two radh the endesperm swell ing very considerably. the peripheral por- ton cohering with the hull, but the frac- tured quarters turning back to met be- low the embryo
 And that is why popcorn pops,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-25
Viola Allen and Her Moral Plays.

Frank Lesles Popular Monthly for July.
 Miss Allen is peculiar among American actresses in that she has never played other than a leading role, and that, too. in a career of more than twenty years of professional activity. It was after Els meralda"-in it's extraordinary run twen- tytwo years ago, at the Madison Square Theatre in New York-had passed its 300th performance. and Miss Annie Russell had tired of playing its heroine, that Miss AL len got her chance An absolute novice.
 she stepped into the title role and acted 1t throughout the country. Her father, MT. c. Leslie Allen. was member of the
 company and presumably suggested her.
 She was then a young girl. was Miss
 Russell. probably not more than r. and
 certainly under 2O Her mother and father
 were actors, and the latter is still a val
 ued member of his daughters company. At the end of the season a few years ago, the term of Miss Aliens original con tract with Mir Frohman having expired.
 the actress demanded that a clause be in-
 serted in her new agreement providing
 that she could refuse a part on moral grounds. MT. Frohman refused to admit any such stipulation, and they parted.
 Miss Allen found no trouble. however, In getting another manager to star" her.
 and little more in securing a play, and one out of which she made a large enough fortune to demand almost anything she liked, even Shakespeare, for the coming season. when she renewed her contract with Liebler & Go. month or so ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-25
PLEADS GUILTY.

The cases against J. W. Pace in the United States Court in this District have attracted attention from one end of the Union to the other The character of of- fense was peculiar and unknown in this country since the eman ,ipation of the negroes It was practically and to all intents the enslavement of men for a period of time in violation of State and Federal law. There has been much bru- tallty charged and great deal of testi- mony given before the grand jury. The action of Pace in pleading guilty is set out in full in the report of yesterdays court proceedings. There are eleven indict- ments against him for peonage. besides others for conspiracy. 1t was to the peonage part that his plea was made. He has appealed to the Supreme Court. with the hope that the action of Judge Jones in overruling demurrers, etc., will be re- versed and has given bond pending final decision. In case his appeal is fruitless upon period of confinement.
 These cases have been the means of turning loose a great deal of misrepresen- tation of the people of Alabama. very few of whom ever dreamed of such things as seem to have existed in some localities. The men who perpetrated these outrages have been guilty of crime against the laws of their State and country as well as against their neighbors. and whenever found guilty punishment commensurate with tn air crime should be meted out to them. Alabamians have no toleration for such proceedings and no sympathy with men who would resort to such means to earn blood money.
 Governor Jelks in his message to the Legislature urged that the laws be so amended as to place the State virtually in charge of all persons who had to serve sentences involving confinement. By this means such schemes as have been re- sorted to by those who have been un- lawfully holding men would be impossible, and there would be no chance for any illegal confinement. What is known as the contract labor statute should be re- pealed out and out and every county court convict should be under direct care of the State Board of Inspectors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-25
The First Automobile.

In these days of fast motoring and high railway speeds it is interesting to re- call that it was in July, 1899. some little time before George Stephenson had solv- ed the problem of steam transport, that Sir Goldsworthy Gurney made his fa- nous Journey in a steam carriage" from London to Bath and back Gurney was a surgeon in Marylebone, greatly given to the working out of inventions in h4s spare time. and 1t took him some years to com plete his first motor in his back yard in Albany Stret. He accomplished the journey to and from Bath at a rate of fifteen miles an hour and there was only one disturbing incident, when a crowd as sembled at Melksham set upon the ma chine. and having burned their fingers, threw stones and seriously wounded the stoker This Gurncy journey stands as the first example of locomotion by steam in England.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-25
A TYPICAL CHARGE.

number of our Southern exchanges have copied and commented on ths fol- lowing characteristic paragraph fir 'n, Ths New York Mail and Express:
 In the Iynching epidemic which now seems to be sweeping like a black plague over a part of the country, we have to deal with the monstrous progeny Of that relic of barbarism, slavery. If 1t was not distinctly foreseen by Jefferson when be addressed to his fellow-countrymen of the South his famous warning concerning the debasing effect upon them and their chill dren of that fecund evil, he at least foretold it in general terms. Lynch law Is an outgrowth of slavery, and for long time 1t never throve except upon the land where negro slavery was at home, and the border lands that were in some sense tainted by its overflow.
 Perhaps we should not feel surprised at such opinions from that source. because it shows to what straits they are reduced in their efforts to excuse or account for the lynchings which are becoming so com mon in the North and Northwest. Even a weak excuse is better than none at all, and certainly this one is weak. as we'll as libelous. To charge that lynchings are tHe result OI SidNtEy ID dpout dS SeHSspiS as to charge train-robbery to the same cause.
 There were lynchings before the slaves were emancipated, but few of them oc- cured in the South. Lynching of negroes during slavery days was an exceedingly rare occurrence, and the fact that they were once slaves has nothing to do with their crimes now or the punishment of them. With The Macon Telegraph i've should like The Mail and Express to ex- plain what slavery had to do with the lynchings of cattle thieves by cowboys before the practice was heard of in the South. and in what way the extinct insti- tution of slavery is connected with similar lynchings in the far West at the present time2"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-25
The Greatest Modern Merchant Ma
 rina

Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for July. The time was when England owned the ships of the world Now Scandinavia has built up an enormous rival fleet of steel tramps that is the most important entity in the cargo trade today. A ships master out of Bergen or Christiana will make a profitable voyage. then gather around him few of his friends and with their help raise enough money on shares to place a ship contract with English or German builders, who, for all that is said, are the worlds ship builders. By the time the keel is laid they have made another pay ment. When the ship is launched still another Long before this some conti- mental or American trading company has said that he ships style of construction suits their trade. and they want her char ter when she is finished. Then the builders take a mortgage for the remainder of her price she is turned over to the ships master as managing director for his lit tie syndicate. a crew of Scandinavans or Danes is shipped and she is delivered to the signers of the charter party to be- gin her twenty or twenty-five years tramp In one trade or another. If a Sean dinavian ships master does not make 5 per cent a voyage for his little syndicate he thinks he is losing money In three or four years his syndicate is ready to build another cargo boat. In this manner has been built up the great fleet which sails out of Bergen and similar ports.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-25
AN INCORRECT STATEMENT.

The statement is freque ltly made and insisted on the Northern Press that he cotton crop of tho South is the work Of the negroes, and that but for them there would practically be none raised For example The Chicago Chronicle asserts that .it is notorious that nearly ell the cotton is the product of negro labor now, as it was In the days of slavery. If it is true, then. as the Southern whites allege, that the employments If negroes are now more diversified than they formerly were the Inference regarding their comparative efficiency as free men is obvious.'
 A correspondent of that paper writing from New Orleans thus shows the falsity of the claim:
 The biggest cotton producing county of the South is Williamson CoI1-y, Texas which produced s9, 237 bales, according to the census. It's population is 33,736 white and 4,392 negroes The negroes consti- ute only 15 per cent of it's labor and Haise less than 15 per cent of the cot ton. The second biggest cotton producer Is Ellis County, also in Texas. with S6,639 baes population, 4S216 whites, 4,8i1 negroes. The negroes furnish l2 per cent
 
 per centage of the cotton crop. And 50 on down the list.
 Of the nineteen biggest cotton counties In the South, sixteen are overwhelmingly white and nearly all the farm work is done by whites. This tendency has been marked for years and the production of cotton in most of the Southern States Is shifting away from the black belt To the white sections.
 What MT. Norman Walker, the writer of the above. says of Texas is largely true of other portions of the South. In Alabama, for example, the largest cotton plantations are in the black belt and the work is done principally by negroes, but a calculation and comparison of statistics will show that d large Der ccntage of the cotton crop of this Stae is produced by white labor. For example, and not to go into extensive oompa 'isons, We take the crcp of 1899 and the cans IS reports of 1900. They show that Blount County, with 2, 1885 whites and 1,7s1 colored produc- ed Il 449 bales. Cullman County had IT, 2SS whites and 2l colored and prod Iced 9,S47 bales, and Clay County, with 15,2l5 whites and ,S2l colered produced lO,459 bales These are not extreme or abnoy- nal cases, with tie exception of Gull man, but show how the counties where the whites are often eight or ten to one of the population raise large cotton crops IL is doubtless true of other portions of the cotton region.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-25

campaign, to which the general public cannot deny substantial sympathy, with out regard to the legal basis of the pro- ceeding. Having committed the mon- strous folly of admitting to the Union a State controlled by persons believing in polygamy. Congress has no right to deny these persons the free right enjoyed by other States to choose their representa- tives in Congress. There was not the least law for the exclusion of Roberts though the country approved 1t almost universally. The Senate is greater stickler for law than the House, but 1, likes an easy life. Perhaps the churches and the women will be able to harass il into expelling Shoot, especially as the balance of political power is not involved The Republicans have a good majority in the Senate, and do not need Utah next year. These lower considerations of per sonal comfort and party advantages are likely to have more weight with the av- craze Senator than legal right on the one hand or public morality on the other
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-25
Letters to the Editor.
Daleville vs. Whiske-.

Daleville June 24. This little town is becoming aroused touching the use and abuse of whiskey within her borders. Somehow a blind tiger" they say" passes in and out of say he Is seven eyed" and not a blind tiger" with monstrous claws, and when he catches a poor unwary victim he leaves nothing much except an empty pocketbook, foolhardy and silly head. who rears on his hind legs and swears he intends ito enjoy the liberties for which George Washington fought and free men bled and died"
 There is a statute in the laws of Ala bama enacted few years ago which in- corporates the churches in Dalevilie for miles around. And the people intend that this law shall be enforced, and stop the prowlng of the blind tiger'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-25
A SPECIMEN YAWP.

Of course we naturally expected a TO- bust yawp from The Leavenworth Times anent the peonage charges and equally of course we were not disappointed. Here Is the size and texture of it:
 The system of peonage which Is in practice in Alabama and which has been sustained by United States District Judge, is a disgrace to the country and to the State which allows 1t. The victims of this form of slavery are worse off than the slaves before the war. The in vestigation which Is now being carried on by the United States Government dis closes the most revolting conditions. The negroes are run with dogs when they attempt to escape and are unmercifully beaten for trff1ing ttfenses. Aff1davits show how one young hirl was beaten to vestigation discloses to be he most com mon of practices. That a state would allow such a form If slavery to be car ried on under its laws is a disgrace and the United States should zee to it that 1t is abolished as contrary to the consti- tuition, from the fact that under it no white man can be sentenced U be sold for a time for transgressing any of the State laws. The law vas passed solely to touch the colored people who were too poor and too ignorant to know what was being done with them. That this system of peonage has been allowed to remain undisturbed as long as 1t has. Is remarka- ble.
 It is useless to waste time commenting on this kind of rot. The charge that the system of peonage "has been sustained by United States District Judge" is false. of course, but not more 50 than are some of tho other charges. They have been disproven and are not repeated by reputable newspapers which have any desire to learn or print the truth. The Times has had plenty of time to learn the facts and would print them. If 1t cared to be either fair or truthful. That was hardly to be expected from that source. however.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-25
Suggestive Comparison.
Birmingham

blEHllIlkfldTH NcWB.
 In the face of all that has been said of lynchings in the South no prisoner was ever yet burned at the stake by a mob of 4.000 enraged men in the tuburbs of a large Southern city. Most of the lynch ings in the South are in small towns or rural sections where there Is little police protection. Such a condition of affairs as that at Wilmington has never been known In a Southern city with 5000 people. It would have been impossible.
 There are lessons here. First, the peo- pie of the North should cease their de- nunciations of the conditions in the South and turn their attention to their own troubles. Secondly, when men are worked up to frenzy over a brutal crime com mitted in their midst there must be speedy trial of the prisoner to show that the law is not a series of delays and technicalitics by which criminals go free but a great protecting power defending the lives and property of the people. This will do great deal towards establishing 8 stronger sentiment in favor of respect ing the laws. Thirdly. the mob or the law will rule If the former the better element need be surprised at no limit of bloodshed or any form of lawlessness which 1t may reach. It wosld have been hard to believe that a mob of 4,0O0 in the shadows of an old, wealthy and cultured Northern city of Sn,000 inhabitants would defy death to lynch and burn an untried prisoner at the stake, and glory in his torture. But that is what happened. and the South feels sorry for Wilmington 8 humiliation and disgrace.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-25
The cowardice of Wild Animals.

Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for July.
 All animals are towards. according to the agents says Lawrence Perry, writing on the Wild Beast Traffic" in Leslie's s Monthly for July. Unless tiger. or a lion, or indeed any wild beast, has tasted hu- man blood. he is quite ready to let you go your way if you will let him go his. In captivity. the animal agents say you may enter any cage provided you have your whip with a lead bullet on the end in our hand. and provided also that you know how to use it effectively But the least let up in vigilance means destruc- tion, You might tend an animal for years and have him know you well, but that would not insure you against an attack from him the first chance that offered. The lion is the only animal that is capable of affection. A few years of association with lion, one agent declared. will in many cases insure you a dOg-like affec- ton, but even in lion this affection may not be too greatly relied on. A leopard is the worst coward of all and that is the reason why so many female animal tam CTS use them in their exhibitions,