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VOL. 20. SMITI1FIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1901. NO. 19.
GENERAL NEWS.
A Partial List of the Week's Hap- ,
peninus Throughout the t
Country. t
A mob of negroes atCourtland,
Ala., lynched a negro last Tues- 1
day.
Fifteen hundred miners at i
Wilkesbarre, Pa., have been or- j
Uered out because of a wage dis- ]
pute. (
A movement has been set on 1
foot by the tobacco men of Rich- 1
mond to form a National Tobac- 1
co Association.
Out of the 1,818 miles of rail- j
way tract laid in this country so ,
far this year 1,275 was in the ,
south and southwest.
The Chicago Tribune which
keeps tab on such things figures i
out the casualties on the Fourth
at 25 killed and 1,813 injured by I
explosive patriotism. 1
There was a violenteartlujuake
shock in the city of Mexico on
Saturday night, electric and tele
graph poles swaying back and
forth as if in a high wind.
Prayers were offered for rain in i
the churches of Missouri last week i
and Sunday was set apart
by the Governor as a day of ,
special supplication to the
Almighty.
A dispatch from Pekin says: It 1
is reported that the Russians are
rapidly completing the Manchu
rian railway, and will employ
50,000 troops for the defense
of the line.
According to the Associated
Press reports there were during
the hot spell 4,478 prostrations
from heat, 1,283 of which were
fatal. Rut few of these were in
the southern states.
As a result ot [secretary w 11
son's recent visit to North Caro
lina, he will recommend to con
press the purchase of about
2,000,000 acres of forest land in
the Appalachian mountains.
Severe fighting according to a
dispatch to the Daily Express
from Lourenzo Marques, has
taken placebetwen Machadodorp
and Lydenburg, the Boss being
defeated with at least fifty killed.
The French colony in the city
of Mexico last week brilliantly
celebrated the fall of the Bastile
Paris. The great key to this fa
mous prison lies, or did lie for
many years, in a glass case at
Mount Vernon.
The combine of light oilcloth
companies of the country, to be
known as the Standard Table
Oilcloth company, was effected
Wednesday under the laws of
New Jersey. The capital stock
is $10,000,000.
The Charleston Mining and
Manufacturing Company, of
Charleston, S. C., a large fertil
izer concern, yesterday filed no
tice with the Secretary of State
of the increaseof itseapital stock
from one to three million dollars.
Zanesville, Ohio, was strangely
invaded one day last week
swarms of June bugs, worse than
a grasshopper plague, putting
out city lights, infesting the
hotels and other buildings, and
covering floors to the depth of
several inches.
An explosion in the smelter of
the Kansas City Consolidated
Smcltering company at EI Paso,
Texas, damaged the projierty to
the extent of $125,000. An ac
cumulation of gas caused the ex
Elosion. Thirteen Mexicans were
urned, three of whom will prob
ably die.
A dispatch from London says
that more than one hundred tier
sons, including troops and police,
were wounded Monday in an en
counter at Lemburg, growing
out of an attempt by the police |
to stop street parades neld in
demonstration on behalf of the
unemployed.
Boiling of the remains of I^ee
Wing, a murdered Chinese, to as
certain if bulletsfrom I>ee Look'B
pistol had entered his body, has
been completed. Fourteen large
buckshot and one 44-calibre bul
let were found when the mass
was strained. This bullet is said
to fit Loo's revolver.
The Tallest Nan.
This Confederate veteran, the |
;allest man in the Southern army,
jerved continuously with Par
ion's Brigade of Missouri Caval
ry and although 7 feet 7% inches
n height, he was wounded only '
nice in all the campaigns of that
lard-fighting command.
His life has been one of advent
ure. When gold was discovered
n California he left his home Tn
Morgan county to become a sol
lier of fortune. After prospect
ing a year he returned via Pana- '
ma,Cuba and New < Irleans aboai d
the steamer Falcon, which ran
the ft auntlet of Spanish warships
near Cuba. The episode resulted
in an international discussion,
which came near resulting in a
war between the United States
nnd Spain.
When the Civil War became
imminent he was among the tirst
volunteers to enlist in the Con
federate Army. He was with
fieneral Marma hike's division of
Parson's Brigade from Elkhorn
to the surrender of the Brigade
at Shreveport, La., June 5), 18(55.
His extraordinary height made
him a mark for bund reds of sharp
shooters, but a happy destiny
seemed to guide his movements
and the only injury he sustained
was a wound received in an active
engagement at Poison Springs,
Ark.
Mr. Thurston removed to Titus
county, Texas, in 1871, where he
has since resided. He "wears the
belt" as probably the tallest man
in the united States, as be is
nearlv 8 inches higher than Por
ter, the Kentucky giant, and 5
inches taller than .lack Shields,
the Hunt county, Texas, giant,
who was for several vears with
Barnum's Museum in New York.
(The tall man mentioned in the
above clipping is the same man
who heaaed the parade at the
Memphis reunion of which ex-;
Sheriff Powell wrote last week.?
Ed.)
Christianity and History.
Christianity has dominated all
modern history. Its morality,
based on the loving kindness of
an Eternal Father and the mys
tic brotherhood with the God
Man, has renovated the face of
the earth. It has set (irmly the
cornerstone for all future civ
ilization, the conviction of acom
mou humanity that has been
deeply rooted in us by no stoic
ism, but by the story of Jesus
Christ and by the lives and deaths
of countless Christian men and
women. It has clarified at once
the sense of sin and the reasons
for hope. It has touched the
deepest springs of efficient con
viction: preached successfully, in
season and out of season, of
mercy .and justice and peace; af
fected intimately every function
of domestic life; thrown a shelter
ing view of sanctity about maid
and mother and home; stood out
against the fierce ambitions and
illicit loves of rulers, and the low
passions of the multitude. It
lias healed and cleansed whole
legislations, and "filled out with
a vivifying spirit" the noble but
inorganic letter of great maxims
that a Seneca or an Epictetus
might utter, but could not cause
to live. It has distinctly raised
the social and civil life of all
civilized humankind. It bears
wit hin itself the antidote of a cer
tain divine presence, whereby it
overcomes forever those germs of
decay and change that cause the
death of all other societies. Its
earliest writers and exponents
had a subtle sense of its true
character when they took over
trom paganism and applied to
the work of Jesus the symbolic
myth of the phoenix, emblem
of a native, organic, and inde
structible vitality.?Cardinal Gib
bons in The North American
Review.
Charles A. Peabody, a distin
guished jurist, died last week at
nis home in New York from ex
haustion, caused by the intense
heat. He was 87 years old. For
the last six months he had been
suffering from the general weak
ness incident to his advanced
WEEKLY CROP REPORT.
general Outlook Continues Very Un
promising?Scarcely Halt Crop.
Gloomy report? auto crop con
ditions continue to be received
here, and there seems almost no
snd of the tidings ofdamagedone
by the heavy rains of the past
few days.
The weekly crop bulletin for
North Carolina, issued by the
I 'nited States climate ami crop
service, gives a general summary,
which presents in a comprehen
sive way the crop conditions
throughout the State. It is as
follows:
The weather during the past
week was favorable for crops
throughout a large portion of
the western district, and along
the northern border of the State j
until Saturday. The most im
portant feature was the devel
opment of two storms on the
North Carolina coast. The first
was confined to the immediate
coast, and caused heavy rains in
the east on the 8th, and some
damage to crops by high north
east winds. A local very heavy
and damaging rain also occurred
on that date over several wes
tern counties, chiefly Davie Lin
coln, Mecklenburg, Catawba and
Iredell. The second storm start
ed near Wilmington, Friday, the
12th, and the ram area gradu
ally spread over the entire State,
bringing on the average about
three inches of precipitation and
causing freshets in the rivers.
The temperature during the
week was about normal, and no
extremely high maxim were re
ported. The amount of sunshine
was deficient.
In many western and northern
counties crops made favorable
progress, but in the east and
south too much rain interfered
again with farm work, and has
started grass to growing rapidly
in most all crops, bottom lands
are in very bad condition, and
hardly any results are expected
from them. The weather has
been a little cool for cotton, and
the rainy, damp conditions since
the 12th is causing it to develop
too much weed. Corn on uplands
is doing well, and in all sections
where it was suffering from
drought the crop was improved
by rain. Chinch bugs are doing
some damage in a few counties.
Tobacco is growing fast, and
there is some fear of its taking
on a second growth. Cutting
and curing are proceeding slowly
in the east, and topping is genral
in the central portion. Peanuts
and sweet potatoes are good.
Tresliing wheat continues. A
little wheat left in the shock was
damaged by excessive moisture.
Field peas aie growing nicely.
Some nay was saved during the
week, and meadows are in fine
condition, but the work notv
awaits drier weather. Grapes
appear to be rotting badly, and
the rainfall has been too much
for melons. Melons are ripening
and some are coming into mar
ket. The general outlook for
crops continues unpromi|||ng.
Russia and Japan Ready to Engage
in War at Once. '
London, July 15.?Explana
tion of the great military activity
in Russia is given in a brief tele
gram from Russo-Scandinavian
press agency in St. Petersburg.
The message stated that the
Russian government has ordered
railways to hold themselves in
readiness to transport troops on
four hours' notice and that war
with Japan was imminent. The
relations between Russia and
Japan have been strained to the
breaking point for some time.
"I am indebted to One Minute
Cough Cure for my present good
health and my life. I was treated
in vain by doctors for lung trouble
following la srripjte. I took One
MinuteCougnCure and recovered
my health."?r. E. H. Wise,
Madison, <Ja. J. R. led better
Hare & Son, Hood Bros.
Gussie?"Did she weally cal
you a puppy?" Chollv?" Well
er?no; not exactly. She mereh
awsked me if I liked dog-biscuit.*
Ex.
Corporations Assessed.
Raleigh, N. C., Jnly 1(5.?The
Corporation Commission today
completed assessments of railway
and other property of corpora
tions. The lussessmeuts are as
follows: Atlantic Coast Line,
$13,932,420; Southern, $15,
479,002; Seaboard Air Line,
$8,(583,861; miscellaneous roads,
$4,270,230. The only increase
over last year ison miscellaneous
roads, aggregating $75,000.
Street railways, $839,850; this is
an entirely new subject of assess
ment. Southern Express Com
pany, $186,593, increase $72,
000; Pullman cars, $181,729,
increase $31,000; telegraph
companies, $904,000, same as
last year; telephone companies,
$355,000, increase $275,000;
steamboats $267,000, same as
last year; waterworks, $75,271,
this being over and above capi
tal stock; street railways, $83,
985, this being an entirely new
subject of assessment; electric
light and gas companies, $128,
838, this being also a new sub
ject.
The commission orders that all
street cars in operation in North
Carolina be vestibuled. It defers
action as to requiring fenders on
cars.
The Hot Spell Broken.
Jackson, Miss., July 16.?At
the close of another day the rain
is coming down steadily and
apparently over a wide scope of
country. The hot wave is broken
and tliere is general rejoicing.
The rain is too late to save any
late corn, but means much for
i cotton, potatoes, cane and
gardens.
Omaha, Neb., July 10.?Eas-i
| tern Nebraska ane western Iowa
! received today an inch or more
of rain, which relieved thedrouth.
Kansas City, Mo.,July 16.?
Rain fell over an area of eighty
mills around Kansas City today.
At Lawrence, Kas., it was tic
first moisture in twenty-six days.
Ottawa, Wellsville and Tornado,
Kansas, and Camden Point, Mo.,
also reported rains.
She's a "Bird."
The wife of a Methodist minis
ter in West Virginia has been
married three times. Her mai
den name was Partridge; her
first husband was named Robin,
her second Sparrow, and the
present one's name is Quavle.
There are now two young Robins,
one sparrow and three little
Quayles. One grandfather is a
| Swann and anotner was a ,1 ay,
but he's dead and now a bird of
paradise. They live on Hawk
avenue, Eagleville, Canary Is
land, and the fellow who wrote
the above is a lyre bird, an inter
ested relative of the family.?Ex.
Mrs. F. H. Briggs, of Auburn,
Me., a daughter of Senator Frye,
is the owner of the box which was
used to carry the electoral votes
for President McKinley and Vice
President Roosevelt from the
Senate to the House. The box
is of mahogany, two feet long
! and eight inches deep, and is
| bound with brass.
William Rollins, of Rogue, King
j George county, Va., whose deatn
i was noted in The Baltimore Sun
! recently, was widely known as
, the ferryman who carried John
Wilkes llooth across the Rappa
hannock when the latter was
making his escape from his pur
suers after the assassination of
. i President Lincoln.
.1 According to the censes returns
giving the area of the various
States, Florida has the largest
. | amount of land under water in
IJ proportion to her area, and
I Wyoming the least.
A Poor Millionaire
1 Lately starved in London be
cause he could not digest his
, food. Early use of Dr. King's
New Life Pills would have saved
him. They strengthen the stom
1 ach, aid digestion, promote as
- similation, improve appetite.
' Price 25c. Money back if not
' satisfied. Sold by Hood Bros.,
druggists.
STATE NEWS.
snort Items of interest Culled
From our State Exchanges.
i
Laurinburg Exchange: The
amount of cotton land in this
county ploughed under and plant- '
ed in corn or peas will form no
inconsiderable acreage.
C. 0. Wilbon, of West Durham, (
was killed on the track of the
Southern railway bet ween Morris
ville and Cary Monday morning
about 9 o'clock. A flask contain- 1
ing whiskey was found on his
person. * i
High Point Enterprise: It is
rumored that the capital stock 1
of the High Point Trunk and
Excelsior Co., will be increased
several thousand dollars and the
company will build a new factory 1
down on the Asheboro road.
While descending the mountain,
one mile from Plowing Uock,
Monday afternoon, a team of
Henkle Pros, was struck by light
ning and three of the four horses
killed. The driver was knocked
from the hack but was not seri
ously injured.
All the plumbers and gas fitters
of Charlotte struck Wednesday^,
for an advance in wages from
$3.00 to $3.50 per day of 9 hours,
except on Saturday, when eight
hours are to count a day; and
also double pay for holidays and
Sundays. Their demand was
refused by all employers.
In a negro settlement 111 Wil
mington Monday night, Will
Iludley colored, for fifteen years
porter at the office of theXavassa
Guano Company, was shot and
instantly killed by John Wallig,
alias Wallace, a half grown South
Carolina negro, who made good
his escape.
Person Courier: A gentleman
who has been traveling over
North Carolina for fourteen years
says that he has never seen such
poor crops in the State. In some
sections of the Srate, where much
wheat is raised, the crops are al
most a failure. The corn and
cotton are \ery small, and the
tobacco was ruined by the hail
Charlotte News: North Caro
lina can boast the largest grape
vine in the world. It is on the
farm of B. F. Meekins, Roanoke
Island, not far from the site of
Fort Raleigh and near the birth
place of Virginia Dare. It is
claimed that the vine was plant
ed by Sir Walter Raleigh's ill
| fated colony in l.~87. It is the
i Scuppernong variety, covers an
acre of ground and yields about
a ton of grapes annually.
Secretary Wilson, of the Na
tional Department of Agricul
ture, after inspecting last week
some of the most attractive
points in the territory of the pro
posed Apalachian Park, states
that he will again recommend
and renew his efforts to get Con
gress to establish this park and
vote a few millions to that end.
Senator Pritchard, the principal
promoter of it among our public
men, is sanguine of success. It
will be a great thing, if accom
plished.
Kneeling at the machine at her
father's home on the corner of
Main and Cemetery streets Miss
Aylmer James was found dead
one day last week by her mother.
Shortly before the young lady's
death her mother saw her leave
a back room and go to an ad
joining room. She followed her
a few minutes later and found
her daughter on her knees with
her arms thrown on the machine,
dead. A physician, who was
called in, pronounced the cause
apoplexy.
One day last week Dr. R. S.
You..g wr called to amputate
Mr. \V illiam Plott's thumo that
had been mashed at the Cannon
mills and while the operation was
going on water was upset on a
case of eighteen needles. These
i were placed on a piece of paper
and put in the sun to dry to pre
vent them from rusting, when a
goat came alongand ate needles,
| paper and all. The next morn
ing from all appearances the
goat does not need the medicine
I man.
easons dots.
Our tobacco farmers have com
menced curing.
Mr. Oscar (Creech was in our
section Sunday.
There will be sing i tgat Thanks
living church next Saturday and
Sunday.
The mail from En sons to Wil
son's Mills missedg> lingla^t Tues
day on account of high water.
Mr. Beth I'arrish.wf Dunn, who
has been visiting relatives in this
section, returned home Tuesday.
We are sorry to say thefarmors
are very much disheartened by
the rain. \\ e had the largest
rain Monday we have had since
May.
A mad dog bit the 10-year old
son of J. It. ilogan, of LaUrange,
Sunday afternoon. Mr. H >gwi
left Monday for Baltimore to pot
his boy under the Pasteur treat
ment.
There were 50 applications for
the position of professor of agri
culture at the Agricultural and
Mechanical College.
The state charters the Iteston
North Carolina Lumber Com
pany, of Woodlawn, McDowell
county, capital #125,000 also
theTravara Cotton Mills Com
pany, of (iraham, capital #100,
000.
The Governor pardons Ransom
Brodie, convicted 7 years ago of
nianSiuwughter. He killed an
other negro about a dog. New
evidence was discovered greatly
in his favor.
The jury on mines and mining
for the Pan-American exposition
was named today. Professor 3.
A. Holmes, state geologist of
North Carolina, is one of the five
persons named.
Raleigh News and Observer:
Mr. R. H. Perry, a farmer who
lives five miles northeast of Ral
eigh, had three quarters of an
acre in strawberries this year.
He gathered thirty-five barrels
and sold them for $?'{()!>.54. This
was not, mind you, in that section
of eastern North Carolina where
strawberries ripen early enough
to be in demand for the tables of
the metropolitan epicure, but hi
the higher altitude around Ra
leigh where berries ripen too late
for the northern demand.
The tnule that plows five days
and a half in the week, goes to
town 011 Saturday and hauls
home boxmeat to feed the famitv
and baled hay to feed himself
while driven by a master crazed
with mean whiskey, and must
plav buggy horse 011 Sunday at
a Maud S. gate, may be said to
have a pretty hard time.?Fre
mont Visitor.
Oriental advices give details
of a terrible destruction of hu
man life in Northern Java last,
month by a sudden and terrific
outburst of the volcano Kloet.
For fifty miles around coffee
plantations were destroyed bv
showers of ashes with g -eat
streams of lava and hot mud.
Fifteen thousand acres of wheat
went up in flames at Great Bend,
Kan., one day last week. The
fire was started by an unknown
man throwing a lighted cigar in
to a field of wheatstubble. Rough
ly estimated, the loss in wheat
will aggregate 300,000 bush
els nearly all of which was in
stack.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
should be promptly applied to
cuts, burns and scalds. It soothes
and quickly heals the injured
part. There are worthless < otiu
terfeits. Be sure to get BeWitt's.
Hood Bros., Hare & Son. J. R.
I .ed better.
Littleton Female College i < at
tracting much attention just
now and President Rhodes is
doing much toward solving the
problem of the education of
young women in the South.
Man perfected by society Is '4e
beet of all animals; he is the must
! terrible of all when he lives -vilfc
? out law and without justice:?
Aristotle.