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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-08
NJkTH CAROLINA caaP BULLETIN



There ss Increasing diversity IN TIE
Coalition of crops as reported frxssn
various ssctiuns of North CaroEgaA.
but. a. rule. the vsaiA~r was Enors
favorable for farm work over q large
portion Of the State than fsss sssrral
weeks. sun rsins occurred CO The -
80 ami 81 Of May ID many esatgAl
counties. which Kept the Hoil seFT = St
aud continued 10 interrupl farm wnsk
A number of very severe local sturrstz
with high winds and hail damaged
crops In several counties on Mar II.
chiefly IN Halifax. sampnon. Martin
and Crasen counties tn the eastern
district. Scotland. johnson. Vance.
Guiiford. and Harnett In The central
district. and only Surry and lre.sil in
the west. Over nearly all the western
naf OF the State. - we'll as most of
the northern and northeastern coun.
Ties, the week Was dry and fasorahle
for work. which progressed vigorously
Many II not most Of the fields Which
have been foul for several aeeks wcr.
given thorough cultivation. aud
crops placed In good condition On
the other hand the tempcrature con
dttions have not been favorable for
the rapid growth of vegetation.
While the average temperature vas
only slightly below normal. the nights
have been quite cool, aud unfsvo.ah
for both cotton and corn. The day
temperatures. while not very high.
in connection with more abundant suu-
shine were more favorable The cco,-
net H.. l.
ith OF june.
Cotton Is doing fairly well where IL
has been kept cultivated. the stands
remain good. but growth has been
SLOW on account OF the absence Of
stimulating high temperatures in the
majority of counties where the crop
Is uncultivated and grassy. and much
OF 1t not yet chopped 10 stands. the
condition is poor: nevertheless the
condition of cotton is such that rap
id recovery would probably occur with
warmer. dry weather. Corn is also
improving slowly In growth. but IN
many counties where originally ex.
cellent stands had been secured the
stands are now reported irregular and
poor on account OF the rayaGes Of cut
and bud worms some farmers are
billing corn in the southern portion;
the planting of lowlands could he fin
ished with a week or ten days of dry
weather. Peanuts are dong well:
early planted are being chopped 10
stands, late planted are coming mp
slowly. Wheat, cats and rye are rip
ening rapidly, cutting has begun. and
the harvest will be general in a week
or SO. While in the west reports con-
corning these crops continue fayora'
BILE. in the central portion wheat Is
said To have suffered considerable in
jury by excessive moisture, which has
caused the plants in many fields 10
fall TO the ground before ripening:
rust is also reported in many couAties.
but attacked the crop too late 10 do
material damage. Irish potatoes are
giving poor yield in the eastern po5-
ton of the State where digging Ia un-
der way, but are reported in good con
dition in the west Sweet potatoes
have all been transplanted and are
doing well. Garden vegetables are
generally fine. The prospect for ap-
pies has diminished on account OF
blight. Hay making has commenced
with indications for Il large and cx.
cellent crop.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-08

Winston Salem. Special.-James CAL
loway. colored, who was sentenced ID
the county roads last week for larcs-.,
attempted to make his escape Monday
and was shot by one o! the guards.
Mr.. Robert Shore. NineteeT shot took
effect in the negros back and his gnt
side and his condition Is regarded as
serious. Galloway. when ASKED = NJ
he attempted to escape, replied tEh
he did not know, except that be NJ
decided that road WORK did not agree
with him. His term was four months
for larceny and one month for attempt
ing to break out o. jail
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-08
More Headed For Manila.

Hongkong By Cabie.-The steamer
Zanrio. which has arrived here from
Manila. reports having sighted Rus
sian volunteer feet steamer. two sup
posed torpedo boats and three fun
neled cruiser. accompanied by deep
ly-Iaden transport. Monday morning.
In latitude z0.5s north and longitude
1888 east. The vessels were steering
southwark.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-08
To Reiair Ships at Manila.

Manila, By Cable.-The naval board
which has examined into the condi-
ton Of the Russian warships here re-
ports that the Oleg will require sixty
days, the Aurora thirty days and the
Jemtchug seven days to effect repairs.
Admiral Enquist has requested per-
mission to repair here, saying that he
would be unable TO sail except in a
smooth sea, on account of his vessels
needing patching near the water line.
The Japanese consul at Manila called
on Governor Wright twice Sunday to
make inquiries regarding the disposi
ton of the Russian vessels.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-08
Teleuraphic Briefs.

President Roosevelt was the pr1ncl-
pal speaker at the unveiling of the
General Slocum statue in Brooklyn,
and in the, course of his address he
declared a strong navy was the moral
of the Eastern war.
Memorial day was observed IN many
places, the graves of the Union oead
everywhere being decorated.
The program for the opening of the
Lewis and Clark Exposition from the
White House has been arranged.
The attorney who made an invesuga-
ton Of the disaster in the Letter mine
in Illinois for several foreign govern
ments has made public his report,
which scores the mine management,
and numerous suits against Letter will
be Instituted.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-08
Bio Building Destroyed.

Milwaukee, Wis. Special.-The Mil
waukee Exposition Building, occupy
ing a city block, was destroyed by
fire Sunday evening. The loss is
100000; insurance $4,000. The
building was in the block bounded by
Fifth and Sixth streets, running north
and south, and by Cedar and State
streets, running east and west. The
fire is supposed to have been started
from an electric light wire. me
blaze originated in the northwest por-
ton of the gallery, just at the time
the National Skat Congress completed
it's afternoon session. At the time
the flames broke out there were over
$500 persons in the building, but all
got out in safety.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-08
No LONGER Obstructs Navigation.

ST. John, n. B., Special.-Word was
received from Edmund Stone, N. B.,
Sunday night that portion of the Van
Duren Lumber Company's boom in the
St. John river. where Canadian and
American lumbermen became involved
in clash week ago, has been taken
up and swung in along the Canadian
shcre, allowing free passage up and
down the river. 1t is said that tie Van
Duren Company will anchor the boon
so that navigation of the river will net
be ObStructed.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-08
Funds For kentuey College.

Frankfort. KY. Speciai-Goyernor
Beckhem received from Hon. VIM. j.
Bryan. Of Nebraska a check for $500
TO be paid TO the Kentucky Agricai--
tuFal md Mechanical and Industrial
College. and invested. The annual
proceeds are to purchase a prize for
the best essay discussing the princi-
pies OF free government. The money
is part OF a fund Of $4,000 left to Mr..
Bryan as trustee by the late Philo
Sheridan Bennett. OF Connecticut to
be distributed among IS colleges.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-08
A New Connection.

New York, Special.-The surface
lines in this city are operated by the
METROPOLITAN Street Railway Company,
which was controlled by the late Wan.
c. Whitney and his associates This
company plans to build an extensive
subway system in competition with
the Inter-borough Rapid Transit Com
pany, which operates the existing sub
way and the Manhattan elevated lines,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-08
Memorial Exercises at Trinity College

Trinity College. Special.-Trinity
College commencement began Sunday
morning with services in Craven Me.
mortal Hall in memory of the late Mr.
Washington Duke, the benefactor Ci
the institution, these services taking
the place of the regular baccalaureate
sermon. More than 1900 s,uGents and
representative people of Durham as
sembled in the large nall to hear and
attend tie services. which we're con.
Quoted by DR.. J. c. Kilgo, president
Of the college. An appropriate musi'
cal programme was rendered on
magnificent scale by a splendid choir
of 25 voices, under the leadership OF
Mr. A. S. Cheek. On account of the
occasion services in the Methodist
churches uptown were suspended, the
ministers and their congregations
uniting in the services here. The
graduating class attended in a body,
and the remarks of DR.. Kilgo were
addressed particularly to them. The
address of DR.. Kilgo was a masterful
one. Before the address of the prin-
cipal speaker, DR.. w. P. Few, dean
of the faculty, read an appreciation
from that body of the work of Mr.,
Duke.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-08
Killed on Excursion.

Goldsboro, SpeCial.-A eolored excur-
sion from Washington, N. c., arrived
here Friday. When near Parmeie, two
negroes became involved in a dispute
over a woman, and one of them drew
pistol and shot the other in the
breast, killing him instantly. The
slayer then jumped from the train and
escaped. The remains of the dead man
were left at Parmele.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-08
Will Contest Lease.

ccldshoro Special.-at a meeting C
MAGISTRATES here. resolutions were
adopted authorizing the county toIs-
missioners to take STEPS to contest the
iease of fhe Atlantic G. North Carolina
Company on grounds OF non-fulhiiment
Of contract in their refusal TO reduce
rates. C. T. Foy is credited with being
instieator of the movement and il is
expected that the old warfare OF the
lease question has broken out again.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-08
Japsn Has Free Hand.

Toxic, By Cable.--With the destruc-
tion of Russia's naval power, interest is
returning to military operations on
land <Togo's victory tremendously al
ters the military situation and removes
all limits Of offensive operations
against Russia's marine provinces. 1t
is now possible to effectively close Via
divostcck, seize Sakhalin, the mouth Of
The Amur river, Kamchatka, and any
point between the Tumen river and the
Arctic circle that Japan; desires.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-08
100000 Loss by Lightning.

Chicago, Special.-During a thuder-
storm Sunday, three churches were
struck by lightning and two OF them
were destroyed. Several other build
ings were struck and damaged. The
total loss is 100000. The two churches
destroyed were Unity church in Oak
Park and Sacramento Avenue Metho-
dist Episcopal church. North Engie-
wood Congregational church was DAM
aged. The churches were empty.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-08
Ceoruia's Reduction.

Atlanta. Ga, Special.-Georgia's cot
ton acreage has been reduced 13 per
cent as compared with last year, and
there has been a reduction Of little
more than IA per cent in the amount
of fertilizer used under cotton. accord
ing to the official report Of State Com
missioner Of Agriculture S. o. Stevens,
issued Wednesday. The estimate is
based On reports from correspondents
In all parts of the State.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-08
Conference of Reforms,

Tangier, By Cable.-Mohammed Ell
Torree, the Foreign Minister, on be-
half of the Sultan, has invited the rep
resentative of the powers to ask for
an international conference at Tangier
for the purpose of discussing reforms
in Morocco. The members of the dip
lomatic corps have communicated with
their respective governments request.
ing instructions in the premises.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-08
Killed by Train,

Harrisburg. Pa, Special.-John Tit
tie, farmer aged So years, and his
son. James, aged II years. were instant
ly killed. and his daughter, Bertha,
aged 13 years, was fatally injured by
being struck by an express train on
the bridge on the Pennsylvania rail-
road between Mexico and Port Royal
Sunday Title and his children were
on their way home from Sunday school
at Port Royal.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-08
Boat in Distress.

Shanghai, By Cable.-A Russian tor
pedo beat which was towed in here
Sunday reports that she had been
drifting for six days with 1S0 men on
board and water sufficient for only
one day left and with very little food
The vessel was damaged forward.
The crew has already been transferred
to the Russian transport interned at
WCosung.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-08
PEACE NOW URGED
President Roosevelt pesifes That the
Warning Nations Come TO Terms
CASSINI WILL NOT ADMIT NEED

In a Conference at the White Hou..
the President Declares That Rus
stas Military Position is Now Hone.
less and That Further Fighting Can
Only Serve to Increase Japan's De.
made.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-08

]. A. MACARTHUR, Adjutant"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-15
o CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!

Written when Lincoln died, BY Walt
Whitman.
o Captain, my CaptainI iour fearful trip
is done,
The ship has weathered every rock, the
prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells hear, the peo-
pie all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the
vessel grim and daring;
But, o heart heartl heart!
o the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
o Captain. my Captain! rise up and hear
the bells;
Rise np-for you the flag is fiung-for you
the bugle thrills,
For YOU bouuets and ribboned wreaths-
for you the shores a-crowding--
For YOU they call, the swaying mass,
their eager faces turning;
Here Captain dear father!
This arm beneath your headi
It is some dream that on the deck
You've fallen cold and dead.
My Captain does not answer, his lips are
pale and still,
My father does not feel my arm, he has
no pulse nor will.
The ship is anchored safe and sound, its
voyage closed and done,
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in
with object won;
Exult, o shores and ring. o BELLS
But |. with mournful tread
Walk the deck my Captain lies
Fallen cold and dead.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-15
An old hat, and the humour of forty
fancIes stuck In it for a feather.
Tanning of the ShreW.
Church and State in france.

AS soon as the budget and the mill
tary bill are disposed of the bill of
Premier Rouvier for the separation of
church and state will be taken up, and
long before the session is ended in
July it is believed the bill will be
passed. 1t is even said the clerical
element in the house of deputies will
accept and support the bill, especially
If a few amendments are accepted. AL
ready some of the harsh provisions of
the Combes bill have been eliminated,
and as it now stands it provides as
follows:
The state does not recognize or subsi-
die any form of worship
Present incumbents of positions in
churches will receive, in place of their
salaries, life pension Of one-half or
two-thirds their amount with an annual
minimum of $50.
The property in goods and buildings,
of ncnmbents, will be transferred to So
cieties which may be formed to maintain
such worship. and which ma join with
others in unions, which may embrace ten
departments
These societies will hire from the de-
partments and the eommunes the build
lngs at present devoted to worship.
This bill does not provide for a method
of nominating bishops or cures. There
fore, 1t will be the Pope in accord with
the religious societies, who will attend
to it.
The bill will be amended so as 70
insure religious freedom, and to avert
hardships through the abandonment
of system which has existed, with
but one break. from time out of mind.
The bill involves no outlay It is in
fact measure of economy so far as
the state is concerned. M. Rouvier
will not therefore encounter in 1t the
risks he runs in trying to establish an
income tax and workingmen's pen
sions. The taxpayers dislike the for
mer, and the money is not at hand for
the latter. No such troubles beset the
bill to separate church and state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-15

itself free to amend submitted treaties
at will, but hereafter it must consult
the President unless 1t simply desires
to kill the treaty. anyway.
The Senate acted almost unanimous
~ on the arbitration treaties. Not
more than four or five votes at the
most would have been cast against the
amendment if the Senate had been
full And it is plain they acted in full
accord with the letter and the spirit
of the constitution.
But the real question is this, has the
President a right to declare a treaty
dead because it had been amended in
the Senate in a manner that does not
please him? The powers interested
may reject the amended treaties, but
is ii not the Presidents duty to give
them an opportunity?
The south is not grumbing deeply
over the result. 1t never did banker
after the treaties. 1t did not cry for
them at the beginning, and it is not
weeping over their downfall. But,
taking the matter up one side and
down the other, the south would have
preferred to see them go down with
ont creating another fracture in the
badly torn and rent document that
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton
and Benjamin Franklin struggled long
and faithfully for in the constitutional
convention.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-15
immigration for Alabama.

Massachusetts, largely sterile has
349 people to the square mile, while
Alabama, blessed with fertile soil
and a lovely climate, has but 35la to
the square mile. Massachusetts is ten
stlmes as populous as Alabama. Penn
Sylvania has 140 to the square mile:
Ohio, 102; Indiana, 70, and Illinois, So.
The reason is plain. immigration
has been diverted since the new move
mentN was begun sixty years ago. to
the northern states and away from
the southern states. In the last cen
sus year Alabama had but 1852 per-
sons born in foreign lands. Scarcely
a northern city has so few and
Greater New York city contains per-
haps one hundred times as many
The time has come when we should
take steps to secure our share of i'm
migrants. 1t is stated that the North
DSl man ihoyu 10 pidHHluS W ulFeTt
the stream of immigration from Bre-
men to the south and southwest, and
while the big German line is doing
that We should be taking steps to at
tract this way more Italian immi-
grants. Perhaps the best way is to
work through the Italians we have
here, about five thousand in number.
II we, could induce the five thousand
to write to their friends in Italy, we
could no doubt secure large and
valuable accession to our population.
The ways Of attracting them are many,
and all know that the Italians become
good citizens, and that we cannot get
TOO many of them. Instead of 1852
all told, this state should hold at least
half million of foreign-born citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-15

bers of small industries at no cost at
all. and with no damage to the water.
Another source of ,ondeF is that the
heads of the great industries Of this
district have as yet overlooked this SUI
perabundanee of water, anu the attention
OF the public in general might be called
to the fact that the entrance to East
Lake park is just forty-nine feet higher
than First avenue and Twentieth street.
Birmingham, being mean fall of seven
feet per mile This. of course, makes a
pipe line simple problem.
Il understand there is contemplation
of erecting a ten ton ice factory at East
Lake in the near future. which no doubt
will prove a paying investment for the
promoter. Another rumor is that the
town of East Lake is to purchase ore of
the numerous springs of that place. look
ing forward to the erection and installa-
ton of waterworks system under mu-
nicipal ownership. l say. watch East
7 oh
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-15
Francas EIlzs beth Willard.

On Friday next the House and Sen
ate will accept with appropriate cere-
mony and addresses the statue of
Frances Elizabeth Willard, presented
to the United States by the state of
Illinois for place in Statuary Hall in
the Capitol itself No other woman
has thus been honored.
The pedestal is of Vermont marble,
and the inscription on it tells the story
of the noble woman that is thus hon
ored. 1t is photographer, and it
reads, as follows:
"Ah! it is women who have given the
costiiest hostages to fortune Out into the
battle of life they have sent thei- best
beloved, with fearful odas against them.
Oh, by the dangers they have dared; by
sc hours of patient watching over beds
Nhere helpless children lay; by the in
cense of 10000 prayers waited from their
gentle lips to heaven. | charge you to
give them power to protect along life's
treacherous highway those whom they
have so loved"-Frances f. Willard.
Presented by the State of Illinois,
February XVII. MCMV.
1t may interest all to know that the
beautiful statue, which cost Illinois
$4,000, was executed by Helen Farms
worth Mears, native of Wisconsin.
She is a pupil of Augustus H. Gau-
dens. and it is conceded that she has
marvelously brought out in the statue
the womanliness and strength of char
acter that Miss Willard ever carried
into her life work. The statue will be
formally received on Friday, and on
Saturday the school children of Wash
ington will file in procession by the
statue, each leaving upon or near 1t
a flower as a memorial of the beautiful
soul now flown to the skies.
Frances Elizabeth Willard was born
in 1889, and her active years were ded-
icated, first, to the higher education
of women, and, secondly, to their or
ganization as a power in the fight
against strong drink. She lived to fill
the land with Woman's Christian Tenn
perance unions. She founded the or
ganization in 1888, and, like General
Booth. she has lived to see her work
become power. No other woman had
accomplished as much In this country,
and Illinois acted wisely in making
her subject of one of the two monu-
ments which that great state is per-
mitted to erect in the national capitol.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-15
COL. T. G. BUSH.

From the Gadsden Times-News.
The fact that the new owners of the
Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron
company retained Col. 7. G. Bush as
president and general manager of the
company is high compliment to the abil-
ity and worth of this gentleman's man
agement of the affairs Of this great cor
poration. A better man for the place
than Colonel Bush cannot be found. He
has the executive ability to manage great
plants and corporations and he uses 1T to
the advancement of the owners and at
the same time takes care of the laboring
man. Gadsden needs the help and aid of
such men as Colonel Bush and the Times
News voices the sentiment of the people
when it says Gadsden is ready to help
Colonel Bush and his company in any
manner they desire Gadsden wants that
new furnace. the locomotive works and
the cotton machinery plant and are will
ing to lend our assistance to this end.
To Colonel Bush and his company Gads-
den says Come on, we need you and will
help you
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-15
RlrmInaham,s coIdest snot.

Il heard three or four men arguing
this morning about the coolest place in
Birmingham" said a man yesterday.
land each of the men named different
place. But I believe that I know place
that is colder than any of these places.
"One of the men thought that the
woodward corner was about the coolest
place, and another was sure that First
avenue and' Twenty-frst street always
showed the lowest temperature. An
other thought that the Twenty first
street bridge was the coolest place in the
city. and man who lives on South
Highlands thought that Five Points was
decidedly the coolest place in the city.
Now if any of those men really want
to find out the cold place IN Birmingham
they should go to Capital park about 2
o'clock or o'clock in the morning, and
then they will find out a thing or two
about cold weather. l really believe that
Capitol park is the coolest place in
Birmingham by . degrees.