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VOL. 20. SMITHFIELD, N. ?., FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1901. NO. 17.
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STATE NEWS.
snort Items of interest Culled
From our State Exchanges.
The Presbyterian church at
Burlington was struck by light
ning Saturday evening, about 0
o'clock, and set on fire. It was
damaged at least $1,000.
At the annual meeting of the
North Carolina Bar Association
at Wilmington last week, Charles
M. Busbee,of Raleigh, was elected
president for the ensuing year.
Miss Mabel Green, a 10 year
old girl was burned to death at
Morrisville Monday. She was
pouring oil in the cook stove
when the can exploded with fatal
results.
The State has chartered the
Raleigh Hosiery company, capi
tal $75,000, stockholders Will
iam W. Ashe, Jr., and S. A. Ashe.
The company will manufacture
hosiery and yarns.
At Delgudo Mills near Wilming
ton, Sunday morning, Henry
Suggs was shot and seriously
wounded by his young bride of
two months. She was playing
with an unloaded(V) pistol.
Special Deputy J. I). Grimsley
and aides sized a whiskey distil
lery and five barrels of whiskey
near Seven Springs Saturday on
account of irregularities. The
still and whiskey were taken to
White Hall.
The Cumberland county Dis
pensary at Favetteville went out
of business Saturday and that
county will have prohibition
until the election of 1902, when
the people will have an opportu
nity to vote on the liquor ques
tion.
The people of Littleton are so
strong against the liquor traffic
that the county commissioners
at their session Monday refused
to grant license to the five saloon
keepers who made application
properly filled out. Out of 100
voters in the town, 88 signed a
petition against license.
A murdered man, who had been
dead four ortive weeks, was found
in Rockfish creek in Cumberland
count}7, Saturday. There was
a shooting scrape there five weeks
ago and this man is supposed to
be the victim. Weights had been
tied to his body to weight it
down.
TheTarboro Southernertells of
a horrible death in Edgecombe
county Saturday night. John
Cutchin, about 38 years old, left
Tarboro for his home on a cart.
He was almost dead drunk. He
was found in a field Sunday mor
ning dead. It is thought that
he fell out of hiscart, while asleep,
his head catching between the
spokes of one of the cart wheels,
thus strangling him to death.
The annual report of the State
board of health says that during
the year ended May 1st there
were 1,945 cases of smallpox
reported in the State, of which
530 were whites, and 30 deaths
from that disease, of which 15
were of whites. There were 1,000
fewer cases than during the pre
vious year. Wilson county made
no report but it appears there
were 500 cases and 1 death there
this vear.
The State Agricultural Depart
ment's June crop report was
issued Saturday, ba ed on 1,200
correspondents'returns. It says
the present acreage of cotton as
compared with last year is 105.
The May report , issued before the
great rains setin,gavetheacrage
at 107. Cotton's present con
dition is 77. The tobacco acreage
as compared with iast year is 80;
present condition 89. Present
condition of corn 81, wheat 88,
oats 91.
Secretary Bruner, of t he agri
cultural department, has
returned from Charlston, where
he secured the entire centre of the
forestry and mining building for
North Carolina's exhibit, 4,00<>
feet of space. He also arranged
matters so that this State's
exhibit will be collective, that is,
all together, and hence also en
tirely distinctive. It will embrace
agricr'.ture, horticulture, mining,
forestry and natural history.
WEEKLY CROP REPORT.
?
The Hot Weather is Bringing Out
Rapidly Such Crops as Have
Been Worked. Chinch Bugs
Hurting Corn.
The Weekly Crop bulletin for
the week ending Monday, July 1,
says the reports of crop corres
pondents indicate that the past
week has generally been the most
favorable so far this season. The
week was characterized by great
er warmth>abundant sunshine,
and only local rains, although
in some sections heavy amounts,
occurred on one or two days
with hail, resulting in damage to
crops over a few counties. Over
the entire ens em half of the
the State much improvement in
the growth of crops was reported,
and farmers have nearly succeed
ed in subduing weeds and t rass;
?but over a large portion of the
central-west* rn district the rains
have been too frequent to per
mit work, and crops are still in a
very bad condition. This is true
chiellvin Mecklenburg, McDowell,
Rutherford, Cleveland, Surry,
Cabarrus and Anson counties.
The local heavy rain on June
2<5th greatly damaged hillsides
and washed away some wheat
in Guilford, Randolph, Forsyth
and Alamance.
The midday temperatures
during the week were generally
above 1)0 d grees, but the daily
mean only averaged about 2
degrees above the normal.
Showers would be beueneficial in
the northeast portion of the
State.
Cotton made considerable im
provement, is small but vigor
ous, and is beginning to put on
squares more freely; the lateness
of the crop is indicated by the
the fact that generally at this
season bloomsareabundant, but
so far have been reported by only
two correspondents, in Jones
and Anson counties. Many fields
of cotton tire still extremely
grassy, and some farmers are
plowing up and planting peas.
Corn on uplands is generally
under good cultivation and
growing nicely; laying by old
corn is progressing rapidly; it is
coming into silk and tassel,some
rather low. Chinch bugs are do
ing much damage to corn in
several counties.
Laying by tobacco is also un
der way; where well cultivated
toba co is growing nicely, but in
grassy fields it has made little
progress.
Harvesting wneat is neanng
completion, some has l>een
housed, and t hreshing has begun;
complaints of damage to wheat
in shock are very numerous from
central and western counties.
Cutting oats continues with pros
pects for a very fine yield.
.1 une peaches and apples are in
markets, and appear inferior in
quality; dewberries and black
berries are quite abundant;;
grapes in some localities are rot
ting. Melons are late. Clover
anu meadow grass are fine, and
as soon as harvesting is over
farmers will probably lie able to
secure an excellent supply of hay.
Rainfall at selected stations
(in inches): Goldsboro 0.08,
Greensboro 4.44, Lnmberton
0.14, NewbernO.OO, YVeldon0.14,
Raleigh 0.00. Wilmington 0.30,
Charlotte 0.70, Auburn 0.54, j
Marion 1.31, Mocksville 0.31,
Settle 0.40, Saxon 2.15>, Soap
stone Mount 3.52.
Tit tor Tat.
Spring Poet to Great Kditor?
Here are a few lines 1 dashed off
hurriedly, for w hich I hope you
will give me a check. Ot course
it may need a little touching up
here and there, but then you can
fix it for the press.
Great Kditor, who had seen
poets before?Certainly, certain
ly, (writing,) certainly?now
there you are; there's your check
for a good, round sum.
Spring l'oet?Hut?er?excuse
me; you for-got to sign it.
Great. Editor?O, no, I didn't:
it's a check, all right: 1 dashed it
off hurriedly, anu it may need a
little touching up here and there,
but then you can fix it at the j
bank. James, show the gentle
man the elevator.?New York
Times.
HOT WAVE IN NEW YOKK.
A Great Many People Die From the
Heat and Hundreds are
Prostrated.
The heat for t lie past few days
in tiie Northern cities lias tieen
intense and a great many deaths
have been caused by it. The hot
wave struck New York City Fri
day when tiie mercury mounted
to above 90 at t lie Weather Bu
reau 011 thetopof a twenty-stor.v
building1. <>n the street level it
ranged from 98 to 100 in the
shade.
Saturday there were ?'$."> pros
trations and nine deaths in New
York City alone. In Brooklyn
four died and nine were prostra
ted! "About 200 horses died.
Sunday was another intensely
hot day. Fifteen died and 25
were prostrated. In Brooklyn
three died and six were prostra
ted.
Monday was the Aotest July
1st on record, the thermometer
reaching as huh as 108. The
number ot deaths was 41 and
1 52 prostrations in Brooklyn
The poorer classes have bean the
greatest sufferers.
Tuesday was a still more fatal
day when the death list reached
more than 200 and the prostra
tions over 500. On account of
the horses giving out the hospit
als were unable to send out am
bulances to bring in all the suf
! ferers. Among the deaths Tues
day was J. 8. Rogers, the million
aire and former owner of the
Rogers Locomotive Work s.
About 50 people died in Brook
[ lyn and many more prostrated.
Wednesday the heat continued
intense throughout the day in
New York. There were 89 deaths
and 107 prostrations. The ail
was somewhat cooled by tunder
storms during the day.
In Philadelphia Tuesday the
thermometer reached 102.8, the
highest in the city's history. Fif
ty-two deaths occurred and over
800 prostrations were reported.
In New Jersey more than 100
persons succumbed and a great
number of pros rations were re
porter! .
The hot waveextends through
out the entire country and many
fatalities are reported.
SOME TOBACCO NOTES.
United States: In the principal
tobacco States tobacco is grow
ing well and the stands are good.
Transplanting is now about fin
ished in the rnoe northerly sec
tions and cutting has begun in
South Carolina.
North Carolina: Tobacco is
doing well. Whereclear it gen >r
ally has a good stand; many
correspondents report condition
poor.
South Carolina: Tobacco is
lieing cut and cured in Florence
county; it is small and poor in
all sections, but has improved
during the week.
Virginia: Tobacco transplant
ing was nearly finishedduringthe
week. While in some localities
the plants are sr.i>ll and late, the
crop, for the most part, was of
good size, and vigorous when set
out, and has started off well.
There are some grassy fields. >'o
damage is reported from insect
pests.
Kentucky: The week was warm
with local showers in central and
eastern portions of the Stnte;
the western portion was very
dry. As a whole, these conditions
were very favorable. Tobacco
has improved rapidly during the
week, and is now quite promising.
Some reports from the burley
section say the entire crop has
been set under favorable condi
tions, but the planting has not
been as large as the year previ
ous. The dark section reports
little progress for the week, but
as the crop had lieen planted l>e
fore the past week, unless the dry
weather continues this will have
no effect on the crop.
During a thunder storm near
Hollins, Va., a 12-year-old jfirl
and her brother, while leaving
a field to seek shelter, were struck
by lightning. The girl, who was
carrying a noe on her shoulder,
was killed and the boy had an
arm broken.
GENERAL NEWS.
A Partial List of the Week's Hap
penings Throughout the
Country.
Senator Kyle, of South Da
kota, died Saturday.
The heat was so intense in Chi
cago Monday lhat 15 pa sons
died.
The (Joveniment thermometer
at Da h i nioi i- registered 102
Monday.
Monday afternoon at Chicago
eleven boys were killed by a single
thunderbolt.
And ew Carnegie offers $750,
ooo toward public library build
ings in Detroit. .Mich.
Over 50,000 men labored in
the fields of Kansas Sunday to
save the wheat from the drouth.
The union iron and steel work
ers have been ordered to strike.
The strike will involve about
20,000 skilled workmen.
Heavy storms oecured in Min
nesota and Wisconsin Friday.
There was some loss of life and
great damage to'property and
many people were injured.
At Eau Claire, Wis., Friday
lightning struck the animal tent
of the Wallace circus, killing an
elephant and stunning the entire
menagerie. Many persons were
severely shocked.
Joe Walton, a negro who at
tempted a criminal assault on
Miss Kate Clark in Brunswick
county, Va., a few days ago,
went to eternity Sunday night
by the necktie route.
The comparative statement of
the government receipts and
expenditures for the fiscal year
ending Saturday shows an excess
of rectipts over disbursements of
approximately $76,(K)0,0<>< ?.
An excursion boat with 7001
passengers sank near South N'or
walk, Conn., Saturday. All the
passengers were rescued but some
of them injured in the panic
which followed the sinking of the
boat.
The New Oreleans street car
employes and companies have I
reached an agreement regarding |
wages and there will benostrike.
The men are to receive 18 cents
an hour and will work ten hours
a day.
An electric car struck two j
wagons loaded with picnicers at J
Chicago Sunday. One infant boy
was killed, and 17 injured, eight
seriously. The motorinan arid
conductor of the car have been
arrested.
The candidacy of formor Sena-!
tor Arthur I*. Gorman forre-elec- j
tion to the United States senate
by the legislature of Maryland,;
which is to be chosen this fall,
was informally announced Thurs
day at a dinner given in his
honor.
Rev. Dr. Byron Sunderland, for |
35 years pastorof th? First Pres
byterian church of Washington
City, where Mr. Cleveland attend
ed church when he was President,
died at Catskill N. Y., Sunday.
Dr. Sunderland officiated at the i
marriage of Mr. Cleveland and
Miss Folsom.
During a thunder storm at'
Pittsburg, Pa., Friday, lightning
struck a large oak tree in River
View park under which Mrs. W.
H Young and her four children
were eating luncheon. George
Young, aged (5 years, was in
stantly* killed, and Norman, a
younger brother, was made un
conscious and will probably die.
Mrs. Young, her 8-year old
daughter and an infant were
severely shocked but will recover.
The body of Samuel Turner, a
negro physician, was found Sat
urday morning hanging to the
topmost branch of the largest
tree in Floral park at South and
Ormsby streets,St. Louis. Great
difficulty was met in cutting
down the negro's body, as it
hung fifty feet above the ground.
The unusual method of suicide
caused the report of a lynching.
Turner complained Friday night
of the heat and said he "meant
to move."
JIM BAILEY LYNCHED TUESDAY.
The Neg:ro Brute Met the hate He
so Richly Deserved?Dented the
Crime.
Tuesday afternoon about six
miles southeast of town, a irtost
heinous crime was coin nut ted on
the person of Maude Strickland,
the 1 .'{ year old daughter of Mr.
John \V Strickland, a highly
resp-cted farmer, by ? im It tiley,
a negro brute about 20 years of
age. The negro was captured
and justice was promptly meted
out to him.
The story < >f the horrible affair
is about its follows: Miss Maude
Strickland,accompanied bv a lit
tle girl eight or nine years old,
left herhomeuhout no ?n to carry
dinner to her fat her and brothers
who were working on a farm
about two miles away. As they
went on they saw the negro, Jim
Bailey, plowing in it field near t he
roadside. They remained at the
farm for sometime and started
back home about four o'clock.
As they came opposite the field
where Bailey had I wen plowing,
tliev saw him walking along the
roti 1 in the same direction they
were going. Just as thev were
about to pass him hecaughthold
of Miss Strickland and told the
smaller girl to leave them at once,
accompauing his command with
a murderous threat unless
obeyed.
He then tied the girl, choked
her and perpetrated that
vilest of crimes. He then re
leased her and went back to
the field. The two girls, get
ting together again, hurried back
to the held, about one-half mile
away, and reported the crime to
Mr. Strickland. Mr. Strickland,
his two sons and Griffin Brown,
though unarmed, then hurried to
the scene and found the negro,
whom they all knew well, still in
the field. When they turned
towards him he started to run.
but changing their course and
appearing indifferent, he stopped
and they soon approached him.
They charged him with the crime
and tried to take him. He had a
natcnet, and as ttiey were un
armed. they could not capture
him, He soon broke and run to
where two negroes were at work
in a field nearby. His pursuers
went on and told the other ne
groes of the crime and asked one
of them to take the hatchet from
him, which he did. But they
could not take him until one of
the Strickland boys arrived with
a gun. He then surrendered and
was taken to the home of M r.
Whitley. There the girl told the
horribie story of the crime.
The following story of the
lynching appeared in the Italeigh
Post of yesterday and was writ
ten by a staff correspondent who
came down Wednesday afternoon
and visited the scene of the
tragedy:
"From the Whitley residence;
Mr. Strickland dispatched a mes
senger for ex-Sheriff C. S. Powell,
who lived about two miles further
on toward Smithfield. He want^
ed Mr. Powell to advise him as
to what should be done. When
he came he was told the situation
and heard the story of the out
rage from the lips of Maude
St rickland. At the suggestion of
Mr. Powell Mrs. Whitley made
an examination of the child and
reported that her condition
showed that, "all that the child
had said was true, and more;
that her condition was terrible,
and that the assault was cer
tainly the most brutal imagin
able.
"By this time night was fast
approaching and Mr. Powell ad
vised that they carry the negro
to Smithfield and deliver him up
to Sheriff Ellington so that he
could be put in jail for safe keep
ing. They bound the brute se
curely, hands and feet, and then
made him fast to his seat in a
buftcy. Mr. Strickland got in
beside him to drive and ex-Sheriff
Powell and Mr. George Strick
land followed in a second buggy.
"It was nearly nineo'clock when
they started on the six mile drive
to Smithfield. A heavy cloud
overspread the sky and tnere was
an occasional fall'of rain.
"When they reached a bend in
I ~
the road about two miles beyond
Mr. Powell's house they wen
halted by a company of men. all
well masked and heavily armed
It was an ideal place to waylay
a traveler. There is a dense pitie
and oak wood on the right aeda
high fence on the left side of tie
road which, at that point i>
scarcely wide enough for two
vehicles to pass.
"About ten steps from the road
on the light side is ail oak trei
with a strong limb branch'.mj;
out about 12 feet abo\e the
ground and sti itching out at
right angle toward the road It
was over t his limb that the lyn -!i
ers threw the ropeaiul suspended
their victim in tnid-air.
"When the "Citizen's Comm.:
tee" stepped out from tin ir am
bush a squad took hold of each
horse and surrounded the bug
gies and then ordered Mr. Ktrh in
land, Mr. Powell and (ieo.Stii* in
land to "git." Mr. Powell told
me that as he and the twoStri k
lands withdrew from the se-'U"
they heard two or three gurgling
veils and exclamations of "< >h.
Lord have mercy,"' us the rope
slid over a limb and .1 ini Mailt a "s
body, bound hand and feet, as
cended into mid air.
"I was told that not a shot
was fired and scarcely a word ut
tered by any the crowd of lyn li
ars during all thetime ; he Strict
lauds and Mr. Powell were in li ? ir
ingdistance."
Mr Powell came on town and
reported the matter to the
sheriff, who then went to Selina
\ and getting the coroner, Dr. Per
son, they proceeded to the scene
of the lynching. An inquest was
held and the body cut down.
It is said that Mailey denied
any knowledge of the crime. Hut
lie was well known in that sec
tion. his victim having known
him for years, and there was no
question as to his guilt.
He was brought here early
Wednesday morning where he
remained till late in the after
noon. He was buried at the
county's expense.
His father was apprised of his
death early Wednesday morning,
hut lie did not come near him.
There has been but lifc'le excite
ment about the matter. Moth
white and colored seem to think
the lynching entirely justifiable.
Sucti brutes cannot meet death
too promptly, and especially
when there is no shadow of a
doubt as to tehir guilt. It is an
unwritten law of the land tiiat
the black wretch who lays hands
in violence on a white woman
shall surely die.
Entrance Examination tor A. anJ M.
College.
Candidates for admission to
the A. and M. College at Raleigh
will be examined by the Countv
Superintendent of Schools in the
court house at 10 o'clock a. in..
July 11. or at the Collo^-e. So;>
teniber 3. This College is giving
instruction in the most inij>ort
ant lines of practical education,
and its students are in great de
mand, always securing profitable
employment on graduation. It
offers s|>ecial advantages to stu
dents of Agriculture, including
free tuition and lodging and work
on the College farm. The textile
building is now being erected. A
Professor of fancy weaving and
dyeing has been added to the
Faculty, and about $20,000 of
textile machinery secured. As
dormitory accommodation is
very limited it would be well for
candidates to apply early. Write
to President Winston, Raleigh,
N. C , for catalogue and booklets
See advertisement.
The forthcoming statement of
the coiuage executed in the mints
of the United States for the fiscal
year ending July .10. 1901. will
show the total coinage to have
been $136,340,781, as follows:
I (told, $99,065,715; silver, 835.
265,498; minor coins, $2,009
568.
A dispatch fix?m BluefleM, V\
I Va., Saturday, says that the to
i tal number o! bodies found us n
result of the Pocahontas coal
field flood is 31. Five other j?er
sons are missing, making the to
j tal list of drowned 36.