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11.00 A TKAB. VOL. 111. WILCOX GUILTY OF MURDER. Tk Jidfe Sentences Wm to Die Oa April 25th lILCOX SHOWS NDIFFEttNCE A Brief Review of a Famous Case— Argaasrat of the Attorneys for state aad Defense. Elisabeth City. Special.—The Jury rendered a verdict of murder In the first degree against James Wilcox, at 19: SO Saturday night G. P. Derrlck aon acted as spokesman. The prisoner heard the verdict without apparent Motion. _. . After the verdict waa received Judge Jonca said: "It is sadder to me than it li to you, Mr. Wilcox. The jury found the facts and I laM down the law. I have tried to aee that you bad a fair trial. Ido not believe that some of th-» people milted you to hare It. Part of the public seemed to be afraid for the Jury to try your case. I am informed that the movement in the court bouse Friday, when several hundred people we.it out. was pre arranged and for a purpose. I hope it la not so. If it were FAXES WILCOX. true end the guilty on-a were bronchi before me I should send the last man. woman and child to jail for contempt. If it was wilful and with a design it was a disgrace to the fair name of the county. I hope It did not influence yon gentlemen. I refrain from saying any thing else. I would in>t wound the feel ings of any on». "The Judgment of the court Is that the prisoner be removed to jail and be hanged, until dead, by the neck on the 25th day of April, between 10 and 12 o'clock." This said, the court adjourn ed. Lawyer Aydlett wept while the judgment was being read. He will tako an appeal. All is quiet; the people are satisfied. The trial of James Wilcox, charged with the murder of Miss Nellie Crop sey, began at Elisabeth City. N. C.. latt Thursday a week and ended, closed on Friday. The case went to the jury on Friday afternoon. The story of the disappearance of Miss Cropsey from her home last fall and the long search for her; the ultimate finding of her body in the Posquotank river; the arrest of James Wilcox, charged with her mur der. and the beginning of the trial, are all familiar to our -readers. The Jury of Perqulman's county found a true bill against Wilcox and the court trial followed. The evidence was circumstantial The defense In- troduced no witnesses. The pleading of the uibrneys was on a high plane. Speaking for the prosecution Solicitor Ward said: , Thl« Is the moat important trial ever held in Pasquotank county, and bo citisens have ever had more re sponsibility than reata on you gen tleroen. I hare never had such a task before. I stand here for the State, without the hope or desire of more than the usual compensation. It is not my purpose to lecture the Jury nbr ahail I paint pictures. What I Bay will be in plain English and about a murdered girl and the maj who murdered her. I will not try to • prejudice you. I would not in the fear of God help convict an Innocent man. If I go outside of the evidence I do act waat you to consider what la not right, fair and just. If you do not And Wilcox guilty from the evidence do not convict him. But we a hall con vlnce you. . "What ia the evidence in the case? All authorities say that in 49 cases out of 100 there is water in the lunga where a person is drowned, in the other SI the pleural cavities would contain water. Ttr«re was none la either organ in tl is case. There waa no bloody froth. The stomach waa free from water >ind the right side of the heart from blood. 1 'None of the symptoms of drowning were found. I would rather btiieve what Dra Wood and Fearing aid about this case than Taylor or Reese or anybody else who was not here. Why did Dr. W. J Lu marten fail to testify T It is not . Bit Milling Deal Montreal. Special.—Chas. R Ho* ' mer. of this city, and F. W. Thomp son, of Winnipeg, have purchaaed the i extensive milling business of the W. j W. Ogilvie Milling Company The purchase price la ia the vicinity of •3.800.900. The business dates bath j to HOI. The company has three mill* la liojatreal and also at Goderich. ( Seafort. Winnipeg aad Fort William. Tbe company will be reorgsnixed and THE ENTERPRISE. for me to say that he did not have the courage to face the examination from the books of medical jurispru dence. I know this, that if he had not agreed to corroborate what the other doctor* said about the death the girl he would never have been subpoenaed here as a witness. Dr. Wood said that the girl was stnnned by the blow on the head sad put la the water while In that condition. That contusion or bruise on the left temlpe was made by a blow. It was full of fluid blood. If the blood had left the heart by exuding, aa Mr. Aydiett would have you believe, why did It not go from that place on the head? In the progress of his argument he said: I "Wilcox told Tom Hafmau that he would bunt the girl, but if ha found I her they would say that he killed her. . Mark hi* words They were aald when everybody elac thought ahe waa in Bal timore. Wilson or aomewhere elae. But he knew that ahe waa dead. Wilcox did ' not help aeaich for the girl. If I had . been innocent of that crime when I waa charged with It I would have apeat : every dollar I could get toward finding the girl. I have never heard or read of -a man who conducted himself under simtlaf circumstances as Jim Wilcox bas done. He has sat here throughout this trial without a sign of an emotion. He is guilty of that foul murder. Hi* conduct shows It. You need not tell me j that the conduit of that man is noi t'je conduct of a criminal.." Mr. E. F. Aydlett. leading counsel for the defense, made a forceful argument in which he said in part: "The Cropaeys have my sympathy. I have before extended it from my own lips. I do not blame Mr. Cropsey foi trying to ferret out the cause of the death of bis fair daughter. The peo ple of North Carolina are noble, just and law-abiding. They would noKvanT anything but what ia right. They want an honest verdict. Any criminal haa a right to have an attorney speak for him. When 1 secured my license to practice law I promised to do my duty I have been criticised for my part lu connection with this case. I havo done nothing by my honest duty." "Let us look Into the evidence in this case. The doctors say that there are but three certain tests of drowning and that they do not apply in cases where the body has been dead for auy length of time. The doctors admit that they did not examine the windpipe and oth er tubes to the lungs. That is one of the three certain symptoms. The second Is that of the lungs. They say that there wag no water there, but they round bloody froth, which is one of the usual teats of drowning. They found no wa ter in the stomach. The medical au thnrltlea say that these symptoms can not be relied upon when a body has been in the water five or six weeks. The books do cot lay down the ab sent e of blcod in the right side of the heart »s one of the tests sgsinst drowning. It may be that if the bady had been found within one or. two or three-days water would have ueen found In the pleural cavities but long er time than that would have g'ven it a chance to get out by natural causes, the endosmosis process. The water could have left the stomach in thj same way. The doctors admit It. We want the light." . i "If you believe that the girl was kill ed you must decide who did It. Did Mr. Wilcox do It? You are asked to con -1 vlct bim because he has been indiffer ent. Chas. Reld testified that Wilcox was indifferent but that it was his na- I ture. 1 agree with the statement of the gentleman who said t.iat no better man i lived in Pasquotank county than Mr. Rey. He would not he Unfair. They ssy i Wilcox is indifferent because lie cot wept in the court house. If he had shed tea™ tbey would have said thai he was g-ility. He Is accused of being Indifferent because he would not take part in the search for the young lady. Put yourself in his place. One moment they charge him with being Indifferent and the next they say that be Is guilty because he showed emotion on I f > or caalons when he thought the body of the girl had been found. His face turn ed pale and his hand trembled. Mr Hat-man said he told him that he wisii ; ed to God the girl could be found. "No. gentlemen, be has not been In different. Consider bis position. Every move of his WSB watched. Everything fce did was criticised. To ko further. There was no motive. He had been at tentive to the girl for several years. We find no trouU# between them till last September. Then Miss Ollle heard her tell bim that If he was going to act that way he might May at home. All lovers have quarrels. They claim that Miss Nellie told him to 'pull,' 'to go.' She meant nothing by that He went to the (air with Miss Nellie and Mia Carrie. He kept going to the Cropaey home. He went to the buggy as it passed. He was frequently In the kitchen. He patted Miss Ollle on the back and put smut on her fac#. She tried to put some on him. It was all for merriment snd In play. Because Miss Nell refuted an apple that the de fendant had bought is no evidence that she was mad. 1 don't believe any mem ber of that fapolly thought tatre Vu anything wrong. Mr. Cropsey could not have thought so or he would have re mained In the room. There was no no- Uve for the crime. I do not say It. but could not the girl have been Jealous.' She might havo felt that her former friend wss slipping away from her. I cannot say what a sweet little girl would do under such conditions. It is possible that she committed suicide." JUDGE JONES* CHARGE. In making bla charge to tfie. Jury among other tblnga Judge Jonos'Md. "Gentlemen of the Jury, your problem is to And the facts Is tbia eaae. Ton bare'heard tbe testimony of the wit nesses and the argument of the at- Newton. Mass.. Special.—News was received here Sunday of the death last Sunday, in Pasadena. Cal.. H "AMen Speare. president of the Alden Speare Sons Company, of Boston. Mr. Speare was a director of a number of railroad companies, among them the Mexican Central. Atchison. Topcka £ Sante FY*. Atlantic A Pacific. St. Loula A San Francisco and Connecti cut & Passumpsic. He was for years a delegate to the national board of trade at Washington and recently de clined the presidency of that body. True to Our»eive», Our Neighbor*, Our Country and Our God. WILUAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY. MARCH 28,1902. IWMTI Nov the raw la with you. It moat be tried by the evidence, if you ahoaid let amy impression you may have had. public opinion or anything elae. Influence yon. yon do violence to your oat ha. "A few simple rulaa must govern you. TIM start out with the assumption that the prisoner la innocent. If you should lad thst he slew the deceased unintentionally, without juat cause. It is murder la the second degree; If in tentionally, wilfully and with delibera tion and premeditation. It is murder in the tnt degree^ "Therefore, you must first assume that the prisoner Is Innocent. If the State satieties you beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant killed the de ceaaed without cause It is murder in the second degree; that he did it wil fully. after deliberation and premedita tion. it la murder In the first degre*. If the State does not satisfy you, be yond a reaonable doubt. that the de fendant killed the deceased you must And that he is not guilty. The evidence must not only be conclusively consist ent with the prisoner's guilt, but must be inconsistent with his innocence. "You are sworn to try the case by the evidence and that alone. Try the case as men. Rise above public opin ion." The Indictment of the grand Jury was read. The Judge continued: "The defendant denies the charge. You must try the case. You will fnd whether he ia innocent or guilty of murder In the first or second degree. The State must establish guilt. I hate no opinion in the caae. I shall call your attention to some of the contentions of the State and the defense. The State claims thru It has been proven that t'e deceased HRIXfI » N&i«Hfflnlu Mtsß XFM.IR CBOPHKY. was killed, that the prisoner had the motive and that the facts and his con duct show that he did it The defense contends thst the evidence will not sat isfy the jury that the girl was killed; that the bruise on the head could have been made in a thousand nnd one ways: that all the tests against drown ing are fallacies; that the defendant had no motive and that there was no opportunity." The reading of the evidence was then begun. There was 200 typewritten pages of it and the task of reading it required the hours from 10:30 to 4:30. Death Rcvraln a Secret. Tetcisburg. Special.—One of the insist rcamrkable n:;cs that has evir bccc known in Ibis section Is alleged to have come to li;;ht In Ettrlck, Cbcsti rfield county. Usi week, which reveals a well-kept act ret. A few months ago a couple. supposed to be man ami wife, came from Raleigh, N. !., and located r; T.trick, a village just S'-rofs Hie I iver from Peters burg. For home time past the "hus band." who was about 75 years of age. has been suf.ering from dropsy, and tbla morning he died. A gentle man of the village was called in to chroud a man who hnd died. Accord ing to his statement the deceased, in stead of being ono of the stronger sex. much to his surprise proved to be a woman. The couple have lived together as man and wife. It is said, for the past 35 years, and they have faithfully kept the secret as to their sex. The deceased, who is said to hare gone by the name of Green, had been going among the people of Kt trick, and there hac never been the hast suspicion that "he" was a wo man In man's clothing. Dock Combine. Trenton, N. J.. Special.—The United States Cotton Duck Company baa filed certificates decreasing its outhorlxed capital stock from $60,000,000 to f30,- 000,000. The certificate was signed by T. L Park, president, and David H. Carroll, secretary. Mr. Bryan Moves. Lincoln, Neb.. Special.-W. J. Bryan is no longer a resident of the city of Lincoln. This was Mr. Bryan's foriy aecond birthday, and he celebraed tbe event by moving to his farm four mll?a from the city. Until a handsome conn try residence which be Is building shall be completed. Mr. Bryan and his family will live in the barn. The President has sent tbe following nomination to the Senate: Marshall 1.. King, collector of cuatoma, district r.f Alexandria, Vs.; second lieutenant of infantry. Albert G. Goodwyn, Alaba ma; Postmasters. Virginia, Pulaski City. L. S. Calee; Mississippi, Brook haven. Wm. F. Jobea. Public Lands Ours. Washington. Special.—A decision by Attorney General Knox bolda that the public lands in Porto Rico belonged to Spain aad by vlrtne of tbe treaty of Paris, now belong f&khe United States. The opinion was rendered on the re quest of the Secretary of the Interior, for a ruling as to whether tbe so-call ed public lands of Porto Rico weie ceded as crown lands to the United States by the Paris treaty, or remaio the property of Porto Rico as State laafe SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL New Enterprises That Are EnrtrMng OMT Favored Section. Sooth to Work Right In his speech at the last meeting of the Progressiva I'nlon ol New Orleans John H. Kirby ot Texas, a successful worker for the Sooth, in addition to stirring hia hearers to activity n be half ot their city aid prophesying quite clearly the greatness of the South, and particularly of that portion of the South bordering upon -ne Gulf, dwelt upon the honor of work as a means to the fulfillment of the prophecy, he said: "We hare determined to make the Sonth the seat of bnay Industry, aa well as tha home of the most lovable hospitality that exists in the world. Wo are not only going to be planters and merchants, but we are going to be makers of all the producta that come from our natural resource*. We are not only going to grow cotton and cane and rice and timber, but we are going to get the great advance in val ue which come* through transforming these products of the soil into every conceivable form devised for. the use of mankind. In this way we will keep idle hands busy, snd It those who wish to do something for cba .iy. benevo lence and philanthropy will put their money Into factories tbev will do man kind more good than la any other way. There Is no charity so well directed as that which furnishes a means to keep the npopie employed. I am one of those who believe Andrew Carnegie is a bet ter man as an Ironmaster than he is a builders of librariea." The common sense which has made Mr. Kirby a leader in Texsn prosperi ty crops ont all through his fcpeech. but It is nowhere more apparent than in the sentence* quoted. Hut while It Is true that practical philanthropy gives employment to two pairs of hands wh-.'re but one pair was employed be fore. ft may go a littie farther in pro viding the means whtrcby the now hands employed may be train* 1 to do work to the best advantage. The South as a whole, does not lack unskilled la bor. Here and there In the shifting of population consequent upon the In ception of developmental enterprise In new fields, a stringency of even tin skilled help is felt. But that~ difficulty will be overcome In the natural order of things. Meanwhile there is an in creasing demand for hands and heat's trained to labor requiring more than ordinary aklll or to direct the mass of every-day labc.r. This demand may be snpnlicd only through the encourage ment, either through legislative appro priations or through individual gen erosity on a practical basis for the en largement of the scope and equipment of the Southern Institutions where young men. rid cf the notion that honest work of any bid may be off color. are receiving technical educa' tlon. Several Steles are awakening to their responsibilities In this direction, notably Mississippi, which has rec -nil/ been most liberal with its public funds toward Its Industrial Institutions, and public «entlment Boms certain to lead to similar leglalatlon ny mn of other States.. The adoption .by.,men of.the South who have amassed independent fortunes of some such plan for the aid of Southern boys anxious t > know how to work right, as that urged by th! Manufacturers' Record, will not only Increase the Immediate facilities of ex Isting Institutions, but will go a long way toward the promotion of the much-needed public sentiment voiced by Mr. Kirby In h l * sclriklng address* —Baltimore Manufacturers' Record. Textile Ni»ten. , M. B. Council contemplates establish ing bobbin factory at Aniericus. Oa. It I* reported at Augusta. Ga„ -hit Warwick Cotton Mills will estalilUh a bleachery In connection with that plant. The establishment of a knitting mill is contemplated at Dnrthan. Ala., and W. G. Robinson is asking for informa tion and price® on machinery from manufacturers. A movement is on foot for the ere-- ! tion of another cotton factory at .Spar tanburg. 8. C.. and Mayor Arch H. Cal j vert is promoting the enterprise. A j capital of $500,000 ia proposed. Massachusetts Mills In Georgia of | LJndale, Ga.. telegraphs that It does contemplate enlarging plant mentioned ! last week in the future, but has not de i clded upon any plans as yet. J. A. Smith of Bessemer City. N. C., has made a proposition to establish a j 5000-splndle cotton factory at Taylor. ! Texas. The proposition Is made through E. M. Aderbolt of Taylor. Will M. Smart, of Manchester. Tenn., contemplates establishing plant for the production of 200 doxen pairs of women's and chlldren't hosiery dally. He asks makers of knitting machinery to send him estimates on cost of plant, together with other pertinent Informa tion. Messrs. Seale ft Donegm. MifOgJu ches. Texas. propone the csN'illlliaieat of a mill for knitting from 500 ta 1.000 dozen pairs of hosiery tally. Tbey are desirous of receiving i.orre3l»on'len-e giving full details as to the Industry, estimated cost of machinery for such a plant, cost of power plant and best power to use, etc. A knitting mill will be established at Waco. Texas, through the efforts of the Business Men's Club. Its product dally is to be 300 dozen knit underwear, and 100 people are to be employed. Frankllnville (N. C.) Manufacturing Co. has let contract to King ft Hackett of Greenville. 8. C.. for Improvements at Its plant of 3472 spindles and ninety bag looms. There will be a 370-foot dam constructed across the river, nnd width of canal will be increased. Mayfleld Knitting Mills will be the title of the $30,000 coinpany reported last week as being organized at May field. Ky.. for establishment of a knit ting plant. Company Is not fully or ganized yet. Among those Interested are Messrs. J. K. Reynolds. Z. T. Ijoag, H. C. Neale and R. 15. Ixnighridge. Colletfon Cotton Mills of Water boro, S. C., has postponed date of open ing bids for the erection of its propoasd Gsx7&-foot extension. Bids will be open ed April 7. The extent of machinery to be added Jus not been stated yst- BIG STRIKE IMINENT Coal Operators Likely to lave Serioas Trouble. CONDITIONS LOOK TME4TTNING Unless the Condition* of the Unite* Mine Workers are Met a Strike la to Begla April ist Shamokln. Pa.. Special.—The reso lution presented at Monday's session of the convention of the United Mine Workeis of America by the special committee appointed Saturday made a provisional strike declaration and it can unanlmoualy adopted. After its adoption President Mitchell made this statement: » "Our convention unanimously adopt ed the recommendations submitted by • special committee composed ol the district presidents and vice president* and myself. The r"solution recites the effect* made by the representatives of the anthracite mine workers to secure a joint conference, and calls attention |o the repeated violations of the prom ises conveyed in their notices, posted one year ago. as well as their failure to carry out the verbal understanding reached with the representatives of the coal carrying railroads last March. I "This resolution also calls attention ta the wage scale whlrh was drafted . and unanimously adopted by the con ! ventlon, the essential features of which are: A shorter work day. a minimum day wage scale, uniform Increase in wages ami the weighing of coal where the physical conditiona of mining would make it practicable. | "It further explains that upon inves tigation It Is found that the average ' annual earnings of the anthracite mii:s Workers Is considerably less than in any other important American Indus try. while the number of fatalities and Injuries, in proportion to the number | of |>ersr)ns employed, is more than any j other Industry. I "The resolution then declares Ihit the niine workers cannot with honor to themselves oc In justice to those de pendent upon them, continue under the present low wages and Indefinite con ditions of employment, and provides for a general suspension of work to take effect upon n dale to be designat ed by the executive boards of districts 1. 7 and 9. | "It provides, however, that before ie { sorting to such drastic measure*, and ; with a lingering hope for a peaceful solution of the perplexing problem, an appeal be made to the executive cora j initlee cf the Industrial department of I the National Civic federation. Should this federation refuse to act. or should they fall In their efforts to effect a sat | l3factory adjustment prior to April 1, and If. after that date, negotiations ar«» still pending, all anthracite mine work \ trtt except those necessary to keep the mines in repair shall remain away from the mines, strlppings. washers : snl-hr'-'Akcrn _on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays cf each week. Should a strike take place, no settlement will be made In any separate district and will not terminate until It lias been official ly declared ended by a convention rep resenting the three anthracite elistrlcts. , 'The committee to negotiate with the j CI vie Federation has nof yet been ap -1 pointed." | Comim-nti»n on the action of the ronventlon. President Mitchell said: "I am free to confess that a strike Is I Imminent." l!nU>ss the efforts of the Civic Fed eration aro effective with th« oal o|r erators,* It Is more than likely that a repetition of the struggle of 1900 *lll occur In the antiiraclle region. In that year 140.000 employ m of the anthracite mines were out oa a strike for si* weeks. A Strike at l.owell Seems Certain. I„oweli, Mass.. Special.—A general striko of the textile operatives In Low ell now seems unavoidable. The cotton spinn'rs and the loom fixers met Mon day evening and voted to stand by tho demand of the council. The spinners voted to strike at ths word of tho council, and the loom fix ers went them one better by Instruct ing their delegates to advocate a gen eral r.trike at the meeting of the coun cil. The demand of the textile council for (i 10 per cent. Increase in wages Saturday was refused by the mill agents. Missing /lan Found Weldon, N. C„ Special.—Mr. J. J. Cobb, who lias been missing for sev eral days, was found dead in the canal Bunday. He had been foully murdemJ. There were three pistol shot wounds and a wound on the head made with some Instrument, supposed to be a hatchet, as a bloody hatchet *a* found In an old vacant house near by. The coroner's Jury found that he was murdered by parties unknowp to the jury at tfcU time. The iltictohHwho made the au topsy say Mr. Cobb was either dead or unconscious when placed in the water as there was water in the lungs and clotted blood was found in the brain. Colored flan Lynched. Tryo. Ala.. Special.—Bill Zigler, a negro, was lynched Saturday night, about 8 miles, below this place. He was charged with an assault on a little white girl, whose aino is withheld on account of her family. The negro had a preliminary hearing and was bound over to :hs grand Jury. The sheriff started to town with the prisoner, but was overpowered by the mob. The cor oner's jury renedered a v«d!ct that the fiegro rami to his death at the bands of unknown parties. Qreat Destruction of Mall. Washington. Special.—Only two dos en pieces of mall were saved from the two or three tons of postal matter of al! classes carried on the ill-fated traia No. 38. of the Southern road, wrecked near Charlottesville, Va.. early Sunday morning. This is the olßcial report of the wreck, made to the Postolllce De parttnent alter an investigation of the facts. _ PROMINENT PEOPLE. Blr Richard Tempk>. tbe former Gov ernor of Bombay, la dead. King Rdwsrd's proposed visit to the Blvlera has been abandoned. Dr. ff Seward Webb baa withdrawn from Vermont'a gubernatorial race. Lord Panacefote haa retained to Washington. D. C.. from the Boutb. not at all improved in health. It Is said that President Roosevelt contemplates writing a history of Tex as as soon as he finds tbe time. Lord Francis Hope has turned over all his property to an insurance com pany for a life income of SIO,OOO a year, v AlexJttidcr Mavroyeni Bey. formerly Ulalster of Turkey at Washington, has been appointed Governor of tbe Island of Samoa. Pension Commissioner Evans Is to rrtlre.Tt was announced lu Wa*bing lon. and a higher ofllce will be given to him by tbe President. One of the last thing* Prince Henry of Prussia did before sailing for Ger many was to purchase two chainlesa bicycles of American make. Prof«-*sor Alexander Kerr, of the Greek department of Ihe University of Wisconsin, has taught the Greek lan guage iu that Institution for thirty-one years. llerl«ert Booth, tliinl noil of General Booth, who was In conuuajßd of Hie Salratiou Army in Australia, has with drawn from the hrmy. 11l health is the cause. U. IV Tenney. the artist, of I'orts mouib. N. 11.. has received an oriler from the Navy Department to paint a set of portraits of all the Secretaries of the Nary. Kin;: Alfonso's coronation is to lie commemorate*! liy the Issue of thirteen new kinds of postage stnnijn*. each of which Is to hear the head of one of the thirteen tines of the same uauie who hare ruled over Spain. Conference Divided. Richmond. Special.—There were two ramps formed of the suffrage forces in the constitutional conference Wednes day morn in*. The Glass-Daniel side, with 27 members, held the fort in the convention hall behind closed doors. Capt. Parks presiding, and the Thorn- Cordon element. 36 strong, met in tho reception room of the institute with Dr. Mcllwain in the chaff. It Is general ly supposed that a compromise will lie reached on the lines proposed by Mr. Glass looking to an extension of tlie temporary clause for live or more years and other modifications. To flake No Exhibit. Ilarrisburg. Pa.. Special.—A meet Ins of the committee of the Pennsylvmia commission to the Charleston Exposi tion was held here and it was decid-d to make no State agrlrultural exhibit at the exposition which closes June I. The last Legislature appropriated }■">.- K«O for an agricultural display and Wm. F. Hill, of Meadville, master of the State Grange, was recently chosen to arrange for It. Mr. IliU,reported 10 the commission that the time was too short in which to prepare an exhibit. D-fense Closed. New York. Speelal.-The defense in the Patrick trial closed Its cose Thurs day afternoon. David U Short, one 6f the witnesses to what Is known u !:>• IXXJ will, said today on cross exami nation that Rice showed the will to him and to Morris Meyer and then said: "This is my last will. 1 want you to promise not to say one word about this until after ft am dead and gone." ROBERTS' m None genuine unless Red Cross is on label Don't take a Substitute WECHALLENGETHE WORLD TO PRODUCE THE EQUAL OF ROBERTS' CHILLTOMIC FOR CHILLS, FEVERS, Night Sweats ar.d Grippe, and all forms of Malaria. DON'T WAIT TO DIE I SPEND 25 CENTS AND BE CURED! WOOOERFUL CUIUS BUE ROBERTS' TOIIC F&fiOUS! TRY IT. • NO CURE NO PAY. V 25c. PER BOTLLE. ■iWWM DELIGHTFUL TO TAKE Sold by ELI GUROANUS and SLADE, ANDERSON & CO «KN*IS SIMMONS. Pre*. T. W. iaC«IUN.C«i JOUN D. WCCS.Sec. * Trrat THE . DENNIS SIMMONS LUMBER CO. Maniilafturorw ot KILN DRIED NOR Til CAROTIN A VISE L UMBER, DENNIS SIMMONS' BRAND CYPRESS SHINGLES WILLIAMSTONi N. C. rafOrders and Correspondence Solicited. Wheeler Martin. Dennis S. Rigg* MARTIN & BIGGS, of FURNITURE, - . WILLIAMSTON, N. C. COB&BSPONDBXCE SOLIOITBD. 'PHONES:—Office 33; Factory 46. Sivolc Conn 6 Cum. NO. 27 Mm Cmrw— »'■"■« Tta health board has seat out or ders to all ettbena of thU and other boroughs that no rugs ahall be beat nla tha yard or on the roof. The reasoa therefor is that germs and mi crobes are aet loose la the operation of beating, mart to the detriment of the general health. There are vacant lots |a the city, wherein rug* and ear yets aay }» beaten until they weep. It mast be Car mora detrimental to the general health to beat them la vacant lota than oa the hemaetops. tor on tks Ituasimpa there la a chance for the wtad to carry off the germs and drop them lato the sea.—New Tork Press. GEO. W. NEWELL, Attoraey-at-Law. WIH.IAM.STON, N. C. pyruMtißwnikuwe dniicd.fl i|«vkl atmboa gives to examining and nuk iM libbr pvchavt Iflaler mad timbet . . T A LEX- n SMITH, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, Main Street Willi amstov. N. C. 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