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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-07

military and civil authorities in the
Philippine Islands, and viii in many other
respects strengthen the bond between the
United States and its possessions in the
Pacific The extension of the cable to
China will be the next step in its develop
ment.
For all the beneficent results which are
likely to attend the completion of this
great enterprise the country has to thank
the late John w. Mackay, whose energy
and perseverance had done so much for
commerce by the introduction of new en-
terprise into the business of Atlantic tele.
graphy, and without whom it is safe to
say that there would have been no Ameri-
can Pacific cable for years to come.
1t was on August o. 1901, that Mr..
Mackay wrote to John Hay, Secretary of
State: II beg leave to state l wish to
lay and operate a submarine cable, or
cables, from California to the Philippine
Islands by way of the Hawaiian Islands,
by means of an American corporation to
be organized hereafter. / ask no subsidy
or guarantee in connection with the same.
Before proceeding, however, respectfully
write to ascertain the conditions upon
which such cable may be landed at the
various points under the jurisdiction and
control of the United States The same
conditions that have been prescribed by
the United States in connection with the
landing of Atlantic cables owned by do
nestle corporations will be satisfactory to
me in connection with this proposed en-
terprise. If the conditions should be sub
stantially the same as those upon which
the Atlantic cable were landed, and If
the same should be indicated to me with
out delay, l would arrange Immediately
for the manufacture and undertake to
have the first section between California
and the Hawaiian Islands completed by
September, 1902, unless prevented by force
maieure."
1t took long time to arrange the con
ditions and to overcome the factious OPP
position of members of Congress who were
bent on defeating the enterprise in the
interest of other companies. But undis-
mayed by the hardness with which his
offer was accepted, Mr.. Mackay went on
with the manufacture of the cable and
completed the connection within a few
months of the date which would have been
kept, but for the obstacles which were
interposed, and the enterprise which he
will have the enduring fame of having
founded has been carried to a triumphant
issue year earlier than its most sanguine
promoters anticipated.
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Mrs Fannie Lyon loves Death.

Mrs. Fannie Lyon Lowe, widow of the
late DR.. W. M. Lowe, died yesterday af-
ternoon at 4:30 at the residence of her
brother. Mr.. w. H. Lyon. 1T Fayetteville
street
Mrs Lowe was fifty-nine years old at
the time of her death. Her husband, who
lived near Nelson, in Durham county, was
the first egister of Deeds of Durham
county.
The funeral services will be held at the
residence at $3.50 this afternoon and the
interment will be, IN the city cemetery.
Friends of the family are invited to at
tend.
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from $3.50 monthly for ten months, or the
man who makes 100 bales could sell $500
worth of cotton each month for ten
months. This system of marketing the
crop if put into general adoption by the
producers would solve the problem of
making the cotton producers of the South
absolutely independent from a monetary
standpoint, and free them from the in
famous and outrageous domination of the
INSCRIPTIONS spectators and gamblers
who are annually coming their millions
out of the product of our great money
staple. JOINING down to the practical
operation of this system, there is not
farmer who has held his cotton for the
past two years until after the rush but
who has made good money by so doing.
Some years ago when we annually pro-
duced more cotton than the world could
utilize in twelve months, and we had no
reliable system of gathering correct sta
tistics regarding legitimate supplies and
demands, farmers were helpless and prices
were about as good one time as another.
METHOD OF GETTING STATISTICS.
But in the evolution of progress, times
have materially changed within recent
Years, anu pTOuuCcIS dIc NJ iOuECL uC-
pendent upon the character of cotton sta
tistics formerly issued by spectators and
representatives of spinning centers whose
chief motive was to induce heavy re-
ceipts by issuing false statistics indicating
enormous yields, thereby depressing the
Price of the staple far below its legiti
mate value.
Through the influence and hard work OF
the Southern Cotton Growers Protective
Association organized in 1900 in Georgia
and spreading all over the cotton produc-
ing States in 1901, we have secured
methods of obtaining absolutely reliable
statistics which has already saved, and
viii in the future continue to save mil
liens of dollars to the cotton producers
of the South. The association first pro-
mulgated the feasibility Of obtaining the
yield of the crop quickly and reliably
through reports from ginners.
In short while the United States gov
eI,nmeHt was induced to take active
charge of the work and Congress appro-
priated sufficient funds to permit the cen
sus department to put the scheme into
active and efficient operation. In
addition to this the United
States department OF agriculture
is annually becoming more efficient in es-
timating the yield from its corps OF 900,-
coo correspondents scattered all over the
cotton belt. The estimate of the depart
ment made the LIST of last December came
within 1000 bales of the actual yield as
reported by the ginners' last report sub
mitted in March. Therefore we may con-
fidently depend upon the government re-
ports and disregard the private and COM
mercal estimates issued for private gain
and selfish purposes. Therefore my adj
monition is, to study carefully the situa
ton from now on, market tho crop slowly
and force the payment of at least 10 cents
per pound for the coming crop.
HARVIE JORDAN.
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Wake Sunday Schools.

Under the auspices of the international
Sunday School Association Wake county
Is being rapidly organized by townships
Conventions are being held in all the
townships at which permanent organiza-
ton for future work is effected. These
meetings are interdenominational and are
a part of the great organized Sunday
School movement of the world.
A largely attended and very interesting
convention for Little River township was
permanently organized. Mr.. Charlie Whit
ley being elected president. and Mr.. H.
w. Hoyle secretary
A meeting OF Cedar Fork township will
be held at Morrisville today, beginning,
at $50 a. m.
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A Bloody Fourth at Pittsburg.
(By the Associated Press.)

Pittsburg Pa, July 4.-Independence
Day was one of fatalities and accidents
Up to midnight sixteen bodies had been
taken to the morgue, the largest number
of any July since the morgue has been
established. OF the dead three were killed
in trolley accident, four were electro
cuted, three were victims of heat, two
run down by railroad trains and four lost
their lives through fireworks. Added to
the deaths are many accidents. such as
usually go with the celebration of hoI-
DAVIS
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The Fourth in Raleigh.

Raleigh celebrated the Fourth of July
most decorously.
The executive offices Of State, the Fed
eral offices. the banks, and some in
suranee offices closed up, but there was
no general Observance of the day
The young folks made some noise with
fire crackers Of various sizes, toy pistols
and other explosives. AT night there were
scattering displays of fireworks and a
few balloons were sent up Some people
went fishing and others WHO were not at
work just sat around
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Eleven Hurt in Street Car Crash.
(By the Associated Press ]

Birmingham, Ala, July 4.-Eleven per-
sons were injured this afternoon in a
street car collision which occurred at
Wares Station on the Bessemer Electric
Line. Most of the injuries consist Of
broken bones. The collision happened in
cut and on long curve and seems
20 have been the result OF changing the
schedule. with which two or more Of the
crew were not familiar. The injured are:
Mrs. Mary Jones, of Bessemer; Mrs. j
J. Collins, daughter-in- law of Mrs. Jones:
Matte Collins. young daughter of Mrs.
}. J. Collins; w. A. Norman, time-keeper
1t the Bessemer Mill hip broken, prob
ably injured internally.
M A. Barnes. right leg badly broken
and left arm broken.
DIR. J. R, Chowder, Bessemer. right hand
badly mangled
James Hambry, motorman, fracture of
hand, dislocated shoulder and head badly
cut. T. M. Smart, hand cut by glass,
Conductor Algood, Birmingham, badly
hurt, and two other persons whose names
have not been learned.
---------------
When woman begins to draw man
a11o hao e.,
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teelng deliveries at special dates, have
found it only possible to comply with the
contracts by buying spot cotton from some
of the mills at extraordinarily high prices
We noticed shipment of 5000 bales of
cotton from New England mills recently
to New Orleans firm at 10 cents per
pound, to enable the New Orleans specu-
lator to fill his July contracts.
Such condition of affairs is almost un-
prccedented in the history of the cotton
trade. We have also noticed shipments
OF cotton back to our ports from Liver
pool for the same purpose. Many mill
men have disposed largely of their sup
Plies recently at profits ranging from SIS
to $50 per bale, preferring to secure that
profit rather than work the staple into
cloth. In view of these facts, there can
be no question that the present supply
OF American cotton has been fully ex-
hausted save the small supplies that are
in the hands of those mill owners who
were fortunate enough to buy a sufficient
quantity of raw cotton to meet their
requirements for IL months. To talk
about any surplus of old cotton being car
ried into the new crop of this year will
not only be absurd and absolutely with
out foundation, but it will be a scheme
on the part of buyers and spectators to
deceive the producers as to the true con-
dition of affairs.
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Kinston Nears Free Mail Delivery.
fsnecial to News and obseryerl

IDVGCIdI =
Kinston, N. c., July admission will
have free mail delivery next year. The
local office is now in the second class. An
nual receipts of $4,000 place an office in
this class and the receipts at the office
last year were 50 400. Postoffce receipts
of SO. 900 for the year will entitle the
town to free delivery and there is not
the slightest doubt that these figures
will be passed next year.
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cures wornanly ills.
wFavorite Prescription" establishes
regularity, dries weakening drains, heals
Inflammation and liberation and cures
female weakness. 1t makes weak women
strong, sick women well.
uAfter my first child was born" writes Mrs
Jordan Stout, of Fawcettgap, Frederick Co, Va,
amy health was very poor for a long time, and
last winter was so bad with pain down i'll back
I could hardly move without great suffering
My husband got me bottle of DR.. Pierces Fa-
vorite Prescription and a vial of his Pleasant
Pellets which used as directed In four days
was greatly relieved. and now. after using the
medicine three months. / seem to be entirely
well. can't see why it is that there are so
many suffering women when there is such an
easy way to be cured / know your medicines
are the best in the worid.n
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets the IA
vorite family laxative. One Pellet a
laxative, two Pellets cathartic dose.
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Railroad From Whitney to soco Gap
(By the Associated Press

Asheville, n c., July A survey has
been completed for a new railroad to ex-
tend from ), nltney to Soco Gap, N. c.,
in the Balsam Mountains. The Lippin-
colts, of Philadelphia; the Masons Lumber
Company, the Hans Rees Tanning Com
pany, and several eastern capitalists are
said to be interested in the road which
will be about twenty-four miles in length,
traversing region of virgin forest of oak
and hard wood 1t is to be completed by
January first next.
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rooted preference.
And 50 it often
happens that the
wife enters upon
the obligations of
maternity just as
thoughtlessly as
she entered on the
marriage relation,
because no one
has warned her
of the dangers she
faces.
Thousands of
women become
invalids for lack
of knowledge of
themselves. 1t is
to this large body
of women that DIR.
Pierce's Favorite
Pre- cri p ii Q n
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Boy Drowned in the Neuse
Especial to News and Observer ]

Godsboro, N. c., July A young son
of Mr. Matthew Jones was drowned in
Neuse river at the railroad bridge yes
terday. The boy climbed up to the bridge
and was watching men at work on it, when
he lost his balance and fell twenty five
feet or more to the swift current below
He was carried out of reach by the
strong current and was drowned before
help could reach him. The body was
found in deep hole some distance from
where he fell.
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GARDNER OUT-sLUus Rcor.
The Bout Scheduled for twenty Rounds Lasts
but Five
(By the Associated Press. )

Buffalo. N. Y, July 4.-George Gard.
ner. of Lowell, Mass, debated Jack Root,
of Chicago. in the arena of the 1nterna-
tional Athletic Club at Fort Erie this af-
ternoon The bout, scheduled for twenty
rounds, lasted twelve. The men fought
for the light-heavyweight class, a purse
of 81 1000 and diamond medal. The crowd
was not large The expensive boxes show
ed very bare. Manager Herman had
banked on $4,000 gate, but he says he
broke only little to the good.
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The GRAND OLD MAN
Heart Touching Words From
Gen. Matthew Ransom.
He Speaks at the Reunion Of Bryan Grimes
Camp and Hearers Hang BrealhIess
on His Words.
Special to News and Observer. }

Grecnville, N. c., July 4.-General Matt.
Ransom was the orator OF the occasion at
the reunion Of the Bryan Grimes Camp of
Confederate Veterans held here yester-
day. Many of the old boys in gray were
present and when at little past noon the
General, introduced by Commander e. A..
Moye, arose to speak, the air rang with
cheers for the beloved veteran officer in
which the entire audience joined with one
accord.
He said it was hard for him to speak
on this occasion when memories of the
past came beating on his heart He saw
the men as he did 40 years ago when
they we're the truest men in the world
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At Olivia Ransy Library.

The list of books added to the Olivia
Raney Library in the month Of June, are
as follows:
Purchased Shute's Real Diary Of
Real Boy; McCarthy's ''Marjorle" Web
ster's when Patty Went to College"
Harbens substitute; Mitchelfs Come
DIV of Conscience Tiermans Picture OF
Las Cruces; Pages Gordon Keith
Gifts McCutcheon's Castle Craney-
crow; Molesworth's Sweet Cntent.''
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A Quiet Day at Richmond
fBx the Associated Press. J

Richmond. Va, July 4.-There were no
developments in the street car strike. One
car was shot at tonight near the Jeffer-
son Hotel, with fobert or similar rife.
The bullet took effect in the fare register
ing apparatus. ringing up fare or two,
but doing no other damage The man who
fired the shot was not found.
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ENGAGED.

Marriage is very largely an accident.
In few cases do men or women set up
standard of manly or womanly excellence
and choose by it. In most cases people
become engaged as the result of pro-
pinuuity rather than because of any deep
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-07

Rev. DR.. T. D. Bratton, lately elected
Bishop of mississippi, will remain in Raj
eigh till September. About the last OF
that month, or early in October. the cere-
mony of making him Bishop and in
Quoting him into his high office will be
celebrated at jackson, Miss.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-07

When a woman begins to draw man
rut she has plan on tap for pulling him
in.
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Intense Excitement in Greenville Over Assault
on Negro Child.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer
Asheville, n. c., Sept. 15.-Word was
received by Solicitor Mark Brown today
from Governor Aycock calling a special
term of court to try the following criminal
cases in Buncombe county: John Barn
ard, who it is alleged on October 26 enter
ed house in Big Ivey township at night
and attempted to commit criminal assault
He was only indicted for burglary. Con-
tfnued case of Walter Greenlee, alleged
to have attempted criminal assault upon
a colored woman, will come up for trial.
The trial of Logan Twitty and Frank
Bruton charged with highway robbery
and several cases that have been continued
will be disposed of.
Last night Sheriff J. Henry Reed re
turned from Greenville, S. c., where he
turned over to the authorities the murder
er who is wanted in that State for the
murder of Sol Norton.
Reed says that the most intense excite
ment prevails in Greenville over brutal
assault on a four-year-old colored girl in
that county by white man named Gun
nells Friday night, and that Gunnells mar
rowly escaped lynching at the hands of a
mob composed of white and colored men
The sheriff says that it was reported ii
Spartanburg yesterday that the child was
dead. but that he thinks this is an error
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the loss of their natural bodies. In it you
will find a shadow cold as Arctic mid
night, in which the breath of June grows
icy, and the carol of the lark gives place
to the foreboding cry of the raven. Drink
it, and you shall have woe, sorrow, bab-
bling, and wounds without cause, your
eyes shall behold strange women, your
heart shall utter perverse things. Drink
it deep and you shall hear the voice of
demons shrieking, women wailing and
worse than orphaned children mourning
the loss of father who yet lives. Drink
it deep and serpents will hiss in your
ears, coil themselves about your neck and
seize you with their fangs; for at last it
biteth like a serpent and stingeth like
an adder For forty years this liquid
death has been within slaves of oak,
harmless there as purest water. l send
it to you that you may put an enemy in
your mouth to steal away your brains.
And yet / call myself your friend"
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NOT MUCH CHANGE IN FOLKS,

We often hear people lamenting that
the world is growing worse while some
others optimistically declare that it is rap
idly growing better. The truth probably
is that, while better provision is made
for the sick and the afflicted classes today
than ever before, there is not a great
deal of difference in folks. Human nature
has not changed. The changes are only
in the expressions and in the environ
ment. The best proof furnished that folks
and things haven't changed much in the
past century is seen by reading the news
papers of an hundred years ago. The
outward appearance has changed wonder
fully. Typesetting machines and fast
presses have revolutioned the appearance
and quantity of the~contents, but the
contents have very much the same tone
and style. Of necessity stories were told
more briefly then than now, but what in
terests folks now interested them in 1875
Recently the Baltimore American has
issued facsimile of the Maryland Journal
and Baltimore Advertiser, dated August
Goth, 1873. Below are three items that
illustrate the stationary habit of the hui
man mind:
"A few weeks ago a large RattleSna
was killed on a Gentleman's Plantation
in the Neighborhood of this Town, in the
Belly of which was found three middle
flied Rabbits. The Snake had ten Rat
ties, and was fuppofed to be about thir-
teen Years old.
I'VE hear from Aceomack, in Virginia
that there lately died there one Mrs
Eleanor Spicer, aged 121 Years, who re
tanned her Senfes and Memory to the laft
and work'd at her Spinning Wheel, with
great Dexterity, till within fix Months on
her Death. She never drank any Kind OF
fpiritous Liquors. She has left Grand
fon, aged upward of SO, who hath been
equally abstemious as his Grandmother.
'On Tuefday, as fmall Boy, about
Years of Age, Son of Mr.. William Barney
of this Town, was playing with a Piftol
which unfortunately happened to be load
cd, it fomehow accidently discharged itfelf
whereby Mr.. Barney, the Father, who was
fitting near, received TO terrible Wound
in the Side, that after languifhing about
4S Hours he expired-to the great Grief
of his Family and Friends He was a
Man of an unidentified Character, and a
valuable Member of Society,"
week seldom passes that this paper
does not print snake yarn that reads
almost exactly like that told of in the
Maryland papers in 1873. AT least seventy
snake stories have been printed this month
in this paper. Stories of people living to
remarkably old age and the killing OF
boys by pistol that they didn't-know- was
loaded is a daily occurrence.
Things don't change much after all.
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WHICH Is THE TRUE EULOGY?

In his life time, Robert Ingersoll, the
brilliant infidel, not only denied the ex-
istence of God and sought to destroy
mems faith, but naturally and logically
and writings that tend to debase man
kind And he did it in way that APP
pealed to young men of talent and spirit.
For example, he sent to friend a pres
ent of whiskey, accompanied by this
scintillating note:
Il send you SOME of the most wonderful
whiskey that ever drove the skeleton
from the feast or painted landscapes in
the brain of man. 1t is the mingled souls
of wheat and corn. In it you will find
the sunshine and shadow that chased each
other over billowy fields, the breath OF
the lark, the dew of the night, the wealth
of summer and autumns rich content all
golden with imprisoned light. Drink it
and you will hear the voice of men and
maidens singing the Harvest Home
mingled with the laughter of children.
Drink it and you will feel within your
blood the starred dawns the dreamy
tawny dusks of perfect days. For forty
years this liquid joy has been within
slaves of oak longing to touch the lips
of man."
Rev. Dr. Buckley, editor of the New
York Christian Advocate, read Ingersoll's
note which was widely printed, and par
APPRAISED it i'll a way that tallies more with
truth and is not less beautiful in Ian
guage. Dr.. Buckley wrote:
II send you some of the most wonder
full whiskey that ever brought skeleton
into the closet, or painted scenes of lus
and bloodshed in the balm of man. 1t il
the ghost of wheat and corn, crazed b.
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Opening Of Greensboro State Normal

Especial to News and Observer
Greensboro N. c., Sept. 15-The State
Normal and Industrial College opened its
fall session this morning AT the open
ing exercises in the chapel there We're,
exactly $50 young ladies present. otnefS
are arriving on every tram. AodiVlohS
have been made during Vacd1ion thdI
will give dormitory accommodations TO
one hundred more students. lhefe VIII
be at least 600 in attendance TINS year
requiring $50 to board at nearby private
residences.
The exercises in the chapel this morn
ing were interesting Rev. Dr. ii. W.