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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-10
Wake County s. 8. Convention.

The Wake County Sunday School As
sociation will meet in convention in this
city on Saturday and Sunday. March 14th
and 18th. Services will be held at tho
Tabernacle Baptist church. The work Is
INSTRUMENTATION and should appeal to
every Sunday school worker in the coum-
~. Sunday schools OF all denominations
are entitled to representation and should
send delegates.
Following is the program:
SATURDAY MORNING.
9:3o-Song and Praise Service-Conduct-
ed ly J.. H. Smith.
5::J-"Why We have Met. u.
B~roughton. County President.
10-Roll Call and Enrolment OF Dele
gates.
10:15-"The Sunday School Teacher
Round Table. conducted by Rev. NJ. ".
Butler.
ia Bible Lesson with Blackboard
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-10
JUDGE PEBBLES DID RIGHT.

We are glad to print elsewhere to-dly
a statement by Judge Peebles, giving the
full particulars Of the case in Sampson
county where improper influences were
pering with jurors strikes at the very
foundation of trial by jury, and men Who
attempt it and jurors who permit it or
invite it deserve to be severely punished.
The miscarriage of Justice, through
any means. promotes contempt for the
law. Judge PEBBLES does right to sum-
marily punish those who would pollute
the stream of Justice at it's source.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-10
JOHN HENRY BONER DEAD.

Elsewhere We publish a brief note by
Henry Jerome Stockard on the death Of
John Henry Boner, a poet Of real power.
He had lived years in Raleigh, and was
highly esteemed for his lovable quail
ties and admired for his talent and his
genius. He had long been an invalid.
His spirit is at rest and his name fixed
forever among North Cardinals i'm
mOrtals.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-10
From one Of the Most Successful Plante,
in North Carolina:

Smithheld, y c. February 18th r.
THE HOME FERTILIZER CHEMICAL. WORKS.
BALTIMORE, MD.
GENTLEMEN
This; is to certify that have used "Cerealte" for Il number 81 v-
hav sold it for n past three years and l. myself, find it to be equal TO- ,.
better in many respects han Nitrate Soda. My best customers are aa,a.
use it again thi syear On m W crops l usedi it O. wheat, oats and l5uar-
for every dollar 1 invested in "Cereaute" / am surei it paid me- $50 r-.
"Cereaite" as a top-dressng to Nitrate Soda even if the goods We're ue .
price.
Yours truly,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-10

The Railway Age
pointmcnt Of Mr.. e. -..r...
Trainmaster ~ the :,
on the Choctaw and Gulf
Rock Island System. N- u..
formerly q Raleigh boy .-
throughout The entire South
a number OF years serve.
sitions with the Selhoa-t t--.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-10

NOBODY has introduced a bill to tax
bachelors. Reason: There are too manv
in the Legislature.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-10
Iliustrations-by Chas Fl
New York. F-,
Adjournment.

New York.
Adjournment.
2:3o-Song Seryice-ce-
Smith.
2:15-"The County
Prof. s. ". Smith.
3:l5-"The Importar.
Work IN the Count
led By Pref. F. :. Bls.
4 oO-The State
Of Delegates. other Has
SUNDAY NORM.
Delegates visit tho
the city.
SUNDAY AFTEae
2:30-Soag Serytce-I<t
2:s53-Addrcss. Th. n-
ars Heart. and How .s
ID. II Ill.,.
3l5-The Blackha-
in sunday School Tcaehsr
Furman. New York.
45-"The State War
ton 10 Same ~. 3.
l5-"Whv I am il t..
Work-Jos. G. Brown.
iournment.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-10
THE WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE.

sue beyond the exact amount of the de-
felt. There would be no deficit to meet
today IL the quasi-public corporations
had been taxed at their true value during
the past ten years. There would be q
surplus if that and all like property
had been reached and properly assessed.
The Auditors report shows that the
counties have not all collected the taxes
valuations in the several counties needs
to be reviewed. II a bond issue, larg-
er than necessary to pay the
deficit had been issued, the authorities
would not in the future be as
Jealous to make proper assessment and
as determined to collect all the
taxes assessed, as if the money is needed
to pay the appropriations. If the sworn
officers of the law do their duty the new
revenue law will raise enough money to
meet all the appropriations and provide a
additions to State institutions by the
General Assembly of 1905 and 1907. and
after 1908 will raise enough more than
the necessary expenses to provide a sink
ing fund to pay off all, Or at Least part,
OF the bonds on their maturity in 2003.
The bonds are to be issued at the lowest
for ten years. This is we'll. The objects
for which the money was spent cannot be
said to have been for permanent i'm
provements, except a little over one
fourth OF the amount, and this genera
ton ought not to bequeath the debt to
posterity. 1t ought to be paid by this
generation, and will be paid if the new
revenue law and machinery act are prop
erly enforced.
6. The News and Observer strongly
favored the adoption of a law forbidding
the employment of children in factories
where they work indoors. Such a bill
has been before every Legislature for
ten or twelve years. and every time it has
been defeated. Two years ago most of
the cotton mill men. protesting against
any labor legislation whatever, signed
an agreement that they would not work
children under twelve years old in their
mills. Most of them kept the agree
ment: some did not. Several bills were
introduced early in the session looking
to preventing child labor. A committee
Of mill men visited Raleigh and at first
protested against the enactment of any
legislation whatever on the subject.
Later, after conference with conservative
men, the committee of mill men and the
forbidding the employment of children
under twelve years of age and regulating
the hours of labor. That bill is now a
law.
The people of North Carolina, differing,
OF course, upon some of these measures,
will, we are persuaded, approve by a
tremendous majority the forward steps
above enumerated. There are those who
Will say that it was not wise to take new
departures in legislation. They. should
remember that no State that is going for
ward like North Carolina can stand still
in its legislation. Too much Stagnation
is worse than too much Progress. The
progressive Legislation enacted is for the
betterment of the State in every way and
when it's operations are seen by all. the
forward enactments will justify them
selves by their fruitS
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-10
J W.. STEPHENSON.

Yours truly.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-12
WILL NOT ACCEPT
The Harriet Lane johnston Bequest
of Pictures.

The Harriet Lane Johnston Bequest
of Pictures.
Washington, July 1.-THE Post to-
morrow will say that the Harriet Lane
Johnston bequest of pictures and other
art objects will not be accepted by
the Corcoran art gallery, but that it
may form part of a proposed national
gallery of art.
Regarding the proposed national gal
lery the Post will say that the board
of trustees of the Corcoran gallery OF
art and other patrons and lovers of art
in this city, New York, Boston and
other places have planned to go before
Congress at the next session and ask
for an appropriation for the establish
ment of a national gallery of art. The
bill, according to the Post, will be in
troduced in the House by a member
from New York, who will himself give
for the maintenance of the gallery a
sum in excess of $1,000, 900.
The Post will say that within the
past week ]. Pierpont Morgan has
held several conferences with a prom
inent citizen of Washington and an
officer of the Corcoran gallery, looking
to the transfer of his entire collec-
ton of pictures and other works of
art to the proposed national gallery.
Mr.. Morgan made no stipulation save
that the national gallery should be
located in Washington, and it is said
he desires to contribute the money
necessary to build one wing to be
known by his name
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-12

or the government and which turns
millions into the treasury every year.
The people buy tickets in the lottery
at all times, and their investments are
much heavier when an event out of
the common takes place. Then they
resort even to pawnbrokers to obtain
money with which to buy tickets. Nat
uraily. the Pope's Illness could not be
overlooked and yesterday thousands of
collars were spent in this way, the
tavorite numbers being So for the Pope,
26 for the disease and SO for the car
dinal.
II is computed that if these numbers
had all won the government would
have lost $1,O00.000 However, none was
successful, so the money came out of
the poor, who, with characteristic elias
ITCHY of spirit, are already saying that
the numbers are evidently those of next
week, and are anxiously watching the
phases of the Pontiff's illness so that
they may be able to make wagers with
what they consider a show of security.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-12
A NEW JERUSALE EN-.
will he Erected on n Hill Mt the
Worlds Fair.

Will he Erected on n Hill Mt the
Worlds Fair.
st. Louis, July 11.-A plot of ground
consisting of ten acres, located upon
a hill at the Worlds Fair grounds,
was formally dedicated late to-day as
the site for the replica of the City of
Jerusalem, one of the distinct exhibits
of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
The dedication was conducted by about
fifty natives from Jerusalem, and fully
10000 people witnessed the ceremonies.
Madame Lydia Won Finkelstein
Mountford, a native of Jerusalem. pre-
sided at the laying of the cornerstone
and as the ceremonies proceeded in
Hebrew and Arabic she interpreted in
English.
The fifty participating natives of
Palestine wore oriental costumes. A
large and magnilicently embroidered
tent from Egypt sheltered the partici-
pants, and when all was ready ten
patriarchs, representing the ten tribes
of Israel, issued forth, each bearing a
long scroll containing the Mosaic laws
A sacrificial lamb brought from
Egypt for the purpose was led forth.
Salt was sprinl1led over the partici-
pants and unleavened bread was dis
tributed.,
The cornerstone was laid with a GER
emony that occupied thirty minutes. 1t
was then sprinkled with oil, salt and
incense, and was to have been sprink-
led with blood from the slaughtered
lamb, but popular feeling being against
the Staying of the lamb, the motions of
killing were gone through with, and
the lamb was not killed
1t is estimated that the erection of
Jerusalem will cost $1400,00O.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-12
PRISONERS BROKE JAIL.
OverpOwered Their JniIer and Elud.
ed Their Pursuers.

OvPrpOWered Their Jntler and Eluu-
ed Their Pursuers.
Junction City, Kans.. July 11.-Gilbert
Mullin, the federal prisoner, who led
the mutiny at the Fort Leavenworth
prison in November, 1901, and who has
been in the county Jail here for the
past year. awaiting trial on the charge
of having murdered one of the. guards
in the mutiny, led an assault on Sher-
if Peeso early to-day, and he with
three others. a white man and two
negro prisoners, escaped,
The sheriff was oVerpowered and
badly cut about the head, but he sue
ceeded in getting the cell door closed
before all five prisoners could get out.
The quartet ran through the eastern
part of the town toward the river, and,
compelling a fisherman to row them
to the other side, made for the thick
timber.
The sheriff followed in a buggy, and
posses were quickly organized and
joined in the chase. Later soldiers
were sent over from Fort Riley to as
sist in the hunt. Shortly before noon
two of the negroes were captured and
returned to jail. Sheriff Peeso. al
though badly injured. is still leading
the search. Mullins, who is a negro, is
a desperate man, and it is expected he
will put up a hard fight.
In the Fort LeavenwOrth outbreak
twenty-siX prisoners escaped Mullins
and nearly all the others finally being
captured after a desperate fight, in
which Guard j. B. Waldrupe and sew
eral of the convicts were killed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-12
FOR CONTEMPLATING.
Men Living Near Gadsden, Ala, Have
Been Arrested.

Chattanooga, Tenn, July 11.-Gov-
eminent secret service agents have
made what they regard as an impor-
tant capture of alleged counterfeiters
at Gadsden, Ala.
The parties arrested are DR.. James
Young and George Windsor. For the
past year there have been thousands
of dollars of counterfeit money placed
in circulation in that section, and it
has found its way to other populous
centers.
The government agents have been at
work on the matter for some months.
Yesterday on capturing these parties
they searched their home, which is To-
Gated on Sand Mountain, and reported
that they discovered there a quantity
of spurious coin. a complete counter
feiting outfit and number of raised
bills, mostly 81 bills that had been
raised to S.
The men were taken to Gadsden,
where they will be held pending a fur
Their investigation
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-12
IT IS AMICABLE.
Says General Manager Hathaway of
the Electric Deal.

the Electric Deal.
Norfolk, Va, July 11-GeneraI Man
ager E. C. Hathaway of the Norfolk,
Portsmouth and Newport News Com
pany tonight confirmed the reported
dissolution of that company. in so far
as the interests of Alexander Brown
G. Sons of Baltimore are concerned.
The combination of all the electric
railway and lighting companies in
Tidewater, Va, was effected May 20,
1902, when the Brown interests in DAN
vile, Hampton and Newport News,
and the Norfolk and Atlantic Terminal
Company were consolidated with the
properties of the Williams Middendorf
syndicate in Norfolk, Portsmouth and
Berkeley. The authorized capitaliza-
General Manager Hathaway made the
following statement:
1.-The organization of the Norfolk,
Portsmouth and Newport News Com
pany was a tentative one, and based
on the supposed saving that could be
made by having one force of officers.
The diversity of the interests and the
distances separating the Newport
News Hampton and Danvlle properties
did not warrant the continuance.
1.-THE changes to be made will be
amicable ones, and the relations of the
Williams and the Alexander Brown &
Sons interests are of the most pleasant
character.
THE statements regarding the inabil-
ity of marketing the securities are
wholly unfounded as the company new
er sold nor even attempted to market
securities. 4"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-12
DEATH IN SW AMP
MAY BE THE PORTION OF THE Me-
GRO FIEND.
BY SHERIFF ovERSTREET.
CLAUS WAS SHOT AS HE STOOD ON
A TREsTLE.

Negro Fell when He Was shot,
Sprnng to His Feet and Ran Into
"a SwRmp-He Was Surrounded, and
Part of the Posse Went to Bruins
wick for DOgs-SheriH Believes
CInus Lies i'm the swamp, Dead or
WOunded-Men Trying to Get to
Him.
Brunswick, Ga. July 1.-THE negro
Claus, who assaulted Miss Johnson
near Darien Junction yesterday morn
ing, was shot near Jesup this morning
by Sheriff Longstreet of Wayne coun
ty. Although a load of buckshot was
emptied into his body, he was not cap
tured, and from last reports received
from the posse. part of which came to
this city tonight for dogs. the negro
was in a swamp surrounded. 1t seems
impossible to get to him. He may be
dead, as the load of shot fired by the
sheriff took effect
The negro was standing on a trestle
when fired upon. He fell. then got up
and made for the swamp followed by
the sheriff and others, but succeeded
in hiding from them in the thickets.
and all day long they have been trying
TO get at him, but cannot do so with
out dogs. 1t is thought. however, that
the negro is badly wounded.
1t is almost impossible for the negro
to get out of the swamp without be-
ing captured. If he is not already dead.
1t is the belief of the sheriff that he
is dead or too badly injured to move.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-12
VICTIM IS IN DARIEN.
IL Was Thought That Miss johnson
VIII Recover.


Darien, Ca, July 11.--Miss Minnie
Johnson the victim of the negro fiend,
Ed. Claus, is now in Darien under
treatment of physicians. Her condi-
ton is serious, but it is now thought
she will recover
The crime was committed about
twelve miles from this city. and was
one of the most revolving of the long
list of such crimes committed in the
South. Miss Johnson was living with
the family of Mr.. Forbes at Oak Hill,
a station on the Darien and Western
Railroad. Early Thursday morning.
before the family was up, Miss john
son rose and in attending to her duties
went near the woods, about 200 yards
suddenly confronted by the negro, who
sibility. She was dragged into the
woods, where the negro accomplished
his purpose and left her for dead
Later she was missed. and a search,
resulted in her discovery In the woods.
The negro was a stranger in the COM
munity having recently come from
Glenn county. He is said to have bur-
glarized store there two days before
his appearance in this county. A re-
ward OF 5000 has been offered by the
county commissioners, and a similar
amount may be offered by the state UNI
less the negro has been captured.
This is the first crime of this kind
committed in this community, and both
whites and blacks are shocked at its
enornity.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-12
TROPHY COMES BACK
THE AMERICAN TEAM CAPTURED
THE PRIZE.
BEAT BEST SHOTS OF WORLD
IN THE GREAT MATCH THEY HAD
IN ENGLAND.

Great Britain Was Second in the
Contest in Which Europe. south
Africa, Australia and Canada Par
ttcipnted-HOw the Several Teams
Observation-Disclosures Scores of the
Members of the American Team.
Shooting Conditions Were Good.
Americans Shot Quickly.
to-day recaptured the Palma trophy
Her team scored an aggregate of 1,57O
out of a possible 1,S00 and beat all the
best shots of Europe, South Africa
Australia and Canada, congregated
for the first time on English soil to
compete for the worlds premier shoot
ing trophy.
Great Britain was second with 1856.
With the exception of the S0O-yards
range. at which the United Kingdom
beat them by three points, the Ameri-
can team demonstrated superiority
over all Corners.
The other grand aggregates are:
Australia, 1,5O1; Natal. 1899; Nor
way, 1,241 France, 1890.
The weather conditions were favor
able, though the heat was terrific. The
shotoing at 800 yards resulted as fol-
lows:
United Kingdom. 1884, America, 551;
Canada, 5S6; Natal 513; Norway, AL;
France, AL; Australia, SIS. The scores
were out of a possible 900.
How Americans Scored.
The individual American scores at
500 yards were:
Private George Cook. "a; Sergt. J..
H. Keough, 70; Corpl. Winder II:
Corpl. w. B. Short, SO; Lieut., Casey
81; Sergt. George Doyle, &c; Lieut..
Thomas Holcomb, Jr., Sc; Lieut.. A. E.
Wells. IS; Private Cook. with a. tied
Martin of the British team for the best
score at this range.
When the shooting in the second
stage commenced the Americans soon
overhauled the British. In the first
twenty shots the United Kingdom
dropped IS points against 8 dropped by
the Americans.
BY the time half of the teams had
shot off at 900 yards the Americans
had gained 9 points, thus giving them
a lead of 6 points. after deducting the
three they were behind in the first
stage.
To the total, 266, Keough contributed
SO, Casey 6S, Doyle 66, Winder So, Short
Sc. Cook SO, Holcomb 81. and Wells So.
The Canadian first squad was second
with 262, and the British team third
with 257.
In the 300 Yards Shooting.
In the second half of the 900 range
the Americans gained two points, max
ing the aggregates at the end of the
second stage as follows: Americans,
1,066; United Kingdom, 1O58; Canada,
1,040; Australia. 1,010; Natal, $50; Nor
way, S55; France, S45
The totals for the second were:
America, SIS; Great Britain, 5O4
Canada, 494; Australia, 1872; Natal. 447:
Norway 40S; France, 404.
Interest in the later firing conferred
chiefly in the Americans and British.
The Canadians had been regarded as
dark horses, but their shooting did
not justify any hope of their sue
cess.
The shooting of the American team
was notably quicker than that of the
others.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-12
AGAINST ANTITRUST LAW.
SIaton, for the Ticket Brokers,
Claims Roads Operate.

Claims Roads Operate.
Atlanta, July 11.-Somewhat of a
sensation was sprung in the United
States court to-day when Attorney,
John NJ. SFaton, representing the tick
ct brokers of Atlanta. made the charge
that the Southern Railway and the
Seaboard Air Line. as members of the
Southeastern Passenger Association
were violating the Sherman antitrust
law in that they had entered into a
combination in restraint of trade.
The occasion was the hearing of the
injunction petition filed by the railroads
to prevent the ticket scalpers from
dealing in iron-clad signature tickets.
The temporary injunction granted was
sweeping in it's provisions, including all
tickets marked mon transferable
Mr.. Slaton showed that this order
would interfere with the business of
the ticket brokers to the extent of
breaking it up entirely and. asked
modification of it to include only the
Baptist Young Peoples Union tickets.
that association now being in session
here. The court granted this request
and modified the injunction order.
Judge Newman also directed the eX-
animation of Chairman Joseph Rich
ardson of the Southeastern Passenger
Association relative to the charges of
a combination in restraint of trade
made by Slaton.
The further hearing of the case was
set for July 81. hearing upon
similar injunction granted by the state
court on application of the roads with
Georgia charters will be had on July
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-12

Jesup, Ga, July ia posse, head
ed by Sheriff Overstreet of Wayne
county, left here last night to hunt Ed
Claus, the negro who committed as
sault near Darien Junction. About 3
o'clock this morning they ran upon the
negro about four miles south of Jesup,
at Mcmillan trest1e, on the Southern
Railway. Sheriff Overstreet called on
the negro to halt, but he turned to run,
and the sheriff shot him twice, at short
range, with buckshot. The negro yell
ed loudly and dropped. but Immediate
ly arose and made his escape into the
swamp.
Crowds have been securing the coun-
try for him all day, and are still out,
but he has not been captured.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-12
FOUR MEN ARE KILLED
BY POWDER EXPLOSION.

They Met Their Death in Birmfng-
ham Powder Mills.
Birmingham, Ala, July ia ter
rife explosion of powder in the coming
mill of the Birmingham Powder Mills
this afternoon instantly killed four
white men and completely wrecked the
building. The dead are:
A. Norris. coming mill man.
T. Cook, yard man.
Joseph Schultz, powder boss.
L. c. Jones, master mechanic.
The bodies of the men had TO be
pulled from the yard which surrounds
the building by ropes and hooks. Four
hundred kegs of powder exploded.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-12
Gave Him niritnIis.

Rome, July II, 2:45 a. m,--During the
last hour Pope Leo has been uneasy.
He had a slight spell of coughing and
DR.. Lapponi gave him a dose of digi-
tails to strengthen his heart. The
Pontiff said that in the morning he
would like to see one of his private
secretaries, either Mgr Angel or Mgr
Marzollinc, as he desired to make some
changes in his will regarding his be-
quests to certain members of his
household
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-12
seaboard Makes Answer.

washington, July 1.-THE Sea board
Air Line to-day filed an answer with
the interstate Commerce Commission in
the proceedings instituted by the
Planters Compress Company. whose
headquarters are at Boston. The road
makes the usual denial of excessive or
discrimlnative tariffs.