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VOL. IX. NO. 37. «===«=================== TOTICS% v Hems Gathered From Al Sections of the Slate W Bit Storm Buncombe. Asheville, Special—Reports re ceived hero are to the effect that one - of me severest stoma in the history 1 sf Buncombe county passed over the Room's Creek, Flat Creek and Ivy sections of the eoanty Wednesday, , iding thousands of dollars' worth of : iapaage to lands by washing and to crops. The storm was little short of t cloudburst. Reem's creek went 18 inches higher than it had ever been known to go before. The abutments *f a new steel bridge across the creok were washed away, while a mill near Weaverville was damaged $20,000. Ibe creek rose rapidly after the itorm had passed and as a result of, this an old couple, Mr. and Mrs. Mc-1 Canless, of Baker's Mill, come near i io|ing their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- j Canless went out to view their gar den to see what damage had been tone when the waters rose and cut ' them off from their house. They j were marooned on a strip of land scarcely six feet sqnare, where they . were forced to remain in water until | near midnight. Efforts to rescue them were futile. Had the creek ( risen much further tliey would prob »bly have been drowned. Davidstti Gets SIOO,OOO. The general education board en-. Sowed by John D. Rockefeller, gave Dut for publication a resume of gifts nade to colleges and institutions, and | also announced the election to the *>ani of President Charles W. Elliot, i of Harvard, and Andrew Carnegie. | The list of gifts was announced as follows: Davidson College, Davidson, N. C., $100,000; Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., $50,000 Knox Col lege, Galesbnrg,. 111., $50,000;; Wa fcash College, Crawfordsville Ind., * IMKOOO, Williamsburg ' Institute, Williamsburg, Ky., $50,000; Univef lity of Rochester, Rochester, N. Y., 130,000; Smith College, Northampton Mass., $12,500; MaftAlata Ctflegt, St. Paul, Minn., $75,000; William Jewett College, Mo., $125,- >00; Western College for Women, Oxford, 0., $50,000; Harvard Univer »ity, Cambridge, Mass. (for graduate tchool of business) $62,000; for far iners' co-operative demonstration work in the Southern States, $80,000; for special high school agents in con nection with State universities in the Southern States, $20,000; Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va., SIO,OOO ;Tus kegee Institute, Alabama, $10,000; Spellman Sominary, Atlanta, $12,- 300; total $782,522. Three Interesting Opinions. Raleigh, Special.—The Supreme Court lied three interesting opinions Friday. That of Commissioners of Pitt county against in volves the bonds issued for the Eastern Training School at Green ville, which have heretofore been held valid. The buyer now wants adjudication so that the county can fxoeed the limit of taxation to pay the principal and interest. This the eourt declines to do as there was no such promise in the statute under which the people voted the bonds. In Holtwell against Borden, from Wayne, it is held that bonds issued to build a schoolhouse are not valid unices submitted to the vote of the people. In Victor against Louise Cotton Mills, from Mecklenburg, it is held to be ultra vires and without authori ty for a corporate to insure the lives of its officers out of the corpor ation's funds. Four Years in Penitentiary. Fayetteville, Special. The Com berland Superior Court convened here last week. The only ease of interest was that of Adolphns Ingram, who was sentenced to the penitentiary for foor years, for bigamy, in eloping with and marrying Ito Neal, a young girl of Cambellton, while having a wife and family living in South Garo % liaa. Ropo Broke, Elevator Fefl. Asheville, Special,—An •' aeeident that may. prove fatal befell Seeb Grant at the Asheville laundry Fri day morning. Grant had gone to the third floor to make some repairs and waa starting down the elevator when a rope broke and the elevator with its humajj. freight crashed to the boi |pm. Grant was rendered unconsci ous and remained in this condition for several hours. ' An examination eatablished the fact that there were six broken ribs and a rupture of the tnngs and bladder. m i * f s& ykiUKliwu zflM. m THE ENTERPRISE. * i : Five Convicts Pardoned. Raleigh, 9pecial.—Governor Glenn Friday granted five pardons and re fused ten applications. Pardons are granted to the follow ing: Amxie Helms, Mecklenburg coun ty, sentenced to 12 months on the road for manalaughter. Helms was a youth of fine character and the mother of the girl whom he killed joins in the requeat for pardon. Joseph Danley, Bertie county, 2 years for carnal knowiedge of a child. The Governor believes on testimony that the man ia innocent. C. W. Hyams, Mecklenburg county, 12 months for larceny. Hyams was j once a professor in the A. and M. Col j lege in Raleigh, and took booka from | lawyers. Many persons have asked the Governor to give the man anoth : er chance. Jack Palmer, Wilson county, for storebreaking, aentenoed to three i years. The man has consumtion and l will die if kept in jail, and ia too weak to work. I George Rhyne, Gaston county, six months for larceny, f The pardons refused were aa fol lows: Sam Watson, Chatham county, marder in second degree, sentenced for 25 years. I Ed. Causey, Guilford, larceny, two years. I W. J. Archbell, Beaufort county, six months for assault with deadly I weapon. Warren Perkins, Mecklenburg, murder in second degress. 12 years. Pur* Food Law Effective July 1. Raleigh, Special.—Mr. Allen, head of the pure food section of the Agri cultural Department, says that on , the Ist of July the law booomes ef fective which forbids the use of any preservatives in foods. This will be strictly enforced and the sale of all such food will be prohibited. Many manufacturers of foods who had said they could not put up and ship them unless preservatives were used are now sending them ont pure snd in proper shape. Mr. Allen says the law is sweeping. The department has usually depended on publicity, which , is reslly more powerful, he thinkß, thsn arrests snd wonderful improve . mint has been made in the foods on sale in this State. Bad Storm at Newborn. Newbem, Special.—The worst storm in several years has raged here ' all day. Four inches of rain fell, the | wind has bean blowing a gale all day I and the tide is higher than in the past year or two.' Many trees have been blown down in the streets and ' the city electric plant has been out of service all day. Juat how much dam -1 age lps been done to the trucking in -1 teresft cannot be learned for a day J or two. The storm was so bad that [ the graduating exercises for the city school were postponed until Monday. ! 1 ". Receiver For Printing Company Ask ed For. [ I Winstom-Salem, Special.—The reg ' ular two weeks' term of Forsyth Su ' perior Court adjourned late Friday ! afternoon. Major J. E. Alexander, at torney for Bradley Reese Company, i made application for a receiver for I the King' Printing Company, of this - j eity, Friday afternoon. The motion 9 was continued until June 16th, when - the mstter will probably bo beard bo fore Judge Jones. Item* of State News. j The State Agricultural Department I asked its fifteen hundred corrcspond -3 ents for information ss to the aero r age of crops May 20th, compared I with last year's-acreage, whiceh is j put down as 100, and the report! s show the acreage of cotton this - year if 99, eorn, }QO, tebaoeo 102, pea; , nuts 101. 'lhe North Carolina National Guard, tj - Raleigh, Bpecial. Adjutant Gen j oral T. R. Robertson has issued eose - missions to the following officers of » Company G, Seeond Infantry, North I' Carolina National Guard, at Wash iliagton; Captain O. B. Wynne; First * Lieutenant, J. F. Ross; Second Lieu - tenant, R. B. Cowell. General Rob - ertson has accepted the resignation i of Z. X Walser, First Lieutenant i Company A, Third Infantry, Lexing ® ton, and W. 0. Brown, Second Lieu e tenant Company 1* Third Infantry, Greensboro. tha 14 yjSfc £' WILLIAMSTON, N. C„ FRIDAY, JUNE 5, t9OB THE UNIVERSITY CLOSING Closing at CLapcl Hill This Yux Marks the End of Successful Tear's Work. Chapef Hill, Special.—The com mencement exercises of the State University were marked by unusual interest this year. Judge Pritcbard addressed the senior class on "The Judiciary." There were fifty-seven graduates, representing many of the most prominent families in North Carolina snd other Ststes. President Oscar R. Rand, of Smithfield, who was recently awarded the Cecil Rhodes scholarship to Oxford Uni- j versity from North Csrolina and who haa been a leading spirit in hia class for years, wss in eharge of the exer cises. Education and democracy, waa the basic theme treated in his ad dress. The elass history was read by J. A. Andrews of Chapel Hill. H. B. Gunter was class prophet, J. W. Hester announced the clasii gift, and M. L. Wright, of Greensboro, read the class will. The exercises were of a very high order, rellecting the ex cellent* work done by the University the past year. Young Man is Drowned. Greensboro, Special.—Will Lyon, the 17-year-old son and only child of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Lvon, of this city, was drowned while swim ming in Lake Wilfong, at Guilford Battle Ground, Saturday afternoon. The body was recovered after a search of about two hours. Young Lyon was accompanied by two bpy companions, the threo riding out to the battle ground on their bicycles early in the sftemoon. Soon after going into the water Lyon was sttack ed by cramp, sinking before hit companions could resch him. The dead boy was a manly young fellow, of spotless character and pure life, and had the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. He hold a posi tion in the Commercial National Bank. ' Asheville Jan Dies Suddenly. Asheville, Spocial.—Asheville was shocksd to learn of the death Satur day morning a few minatos after -3 o'clock of Mr. W. A. Boyee, proprie-> , tor of the W. A. Boyce. hardware ,es tablishment of tnis city and one of the best known and most highly re spected citizens of the city. Mr. Boyce 's death occurred at his home ! on Haywood street after a few hours of'acute illness. While he had been in bad health for the past several ! months and recently suffering fear fully with neuralgia, none of his friends or acquaintances thought for an instant that his illness was serious and the announcement of bis death came as a distinct shock. Big Sum For a Patent. Lexington, Special.—Mr. H. Cam Heitman, who recently invented and ' secured a patent on an automatic ' hanging arc light and took the mattn' ' up with the Westinghouse Elect i.c ! and Manufacturing Company, of j Pittsburg, has been offered by 'he ' above company the sum of $125,000, he states for the right in the Uni''d States and Germany. The Wctsin;,'- house Company writes Mr. Heitman | that after testing the arc light 'or twenty-four hours they are satisfied ' it is the most perfect thing of the kind yet invented. The light with tl.iS arrangement only needs trimming ery three months. It holds sixt n carbons and has other attachments. Mr. Heitman wants not less than $200,000 for the patent. Been Collecting Too Much. Winston-Salem, Special.—For- th 1 is one of those counties that ' ' been violating the poll tax law. lor 1 years the sheriffs h*ve been col! 't -1 ing $3.30 on polls-in Winson town-:ip " and $2.70 in all townships of the twin eity. Salisbury Men Qmarrel and Shoot on I Street. Salisbury, BpeciaL —N. S. Freer.an , s coco cola dealer, of Salisbury. " ™ j fired upon on the street here by C. . M. Bailey, a saloon-keeper, *ho * elaims he was assaulted by Freeman. ( The gun was knocked out of s hand and the men were soon *e; »r --1 tied. The shooting followed a cj *t r*L 1 Boy Killed by Train. New Bern, Bpeeial.—Willie Poy " otto, a white boy, fourteen years old, i was killed here While jumping on s k etssag of moving cars in the Norfolk . and Southern yards. In some wa 7 f be lost his grip sad his clothes caught, dragging him along the cp>ss * ties until he was dead. The body fln * ally fell away from the track, and 0 was not mangled. His fathec, W. J * Boyette, an employ of the Nortolk * and Southern, was at work in the railroad shops only a short distance 'J away from the place where the acci dent happened. PARIS COTTON MEET World's Manufacturers Talk Over Their Troubles DESIRE CHEAPER RAW COTTON Sentiment of Congress of Interna tional Cotton Spinners Is That Americans Will Not Sell Their Cot ton at Fair Prices. Paris, By Csble. —The reports to ind the debates before the fifth in ternational congress of cottoii spin tiers and manufacturers which open ed in this city Monday, all indicate thnt Europe stands in (jreat fear of American monopoly snd feels the ur gent necessity of freeing this im mense foreign industry from Ameri can domination of the price of raw material, especially v.'hen cotton is ito subject of speculative movements. Hie official French report insists '.hat foreign manufacturers have a right to fair prices in order to avoid » derangement of the industry ihroad. Moritz Schany, a German »xpert, expressed the opinion that while there is n . possibility of a largely increased American produc tion, labor difficulties beyond the Atlantic make an increase in the •supply of American raw material abroad unlikely, especially as the United States undoubtedly will great ly increase the consumption of its own cotton. Herr Schany joins with his colleagues in the cry the Americans on the ground that they nre not disposed to deliver their cot lon at fair prices. To remedy this condition the Etiropaan delegates ad vocate, first, some method to put a stop to improper speculation, and second, the fostering and the exten sion of the production of cotton in the colonies of Europe, especially in Africa and Egypt. It is claimed that in ten years' time these countries Avill be able to produce 10,000,000 hales of cotton a year. The Americ&n delegation, on the contrary, contend that ,thp Southern States aro the natural field for cotton production, and say they will be ca pable ultimately of an output amount ing to a hundred million bales a year. D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, N. C., submitted a report in which he urged that the existence of a large new cot ton area was problematical and it was therefore the duty of the Euro peon manufacturers, instead of pur suing illusory dreams, to turn their attention to aiding emmigration to the Souhern States, wheie, with adequate labor, sufficient cotton can be grown to supply the entire world. A. 8. Perrill, of Chicago, insistted that the only way to reduce the price of cotton was to increase its produc tion. The European manufacturers who had so greatly lessened the cost of manufacture, he snid, could best contribute to this end by co-operating with the American planters in find ing methods to lessen he cost of pro duction. At a secret session held Monday af ternoon there came up for discussion a resolution in favor of organizing a systematic compaign of agitation to induce the governments of Europe to 00-opernte in the exploitation of colonial cotton production bv fur nishig seed and teaching colom-i* how to plant and cultivate. Tlio American delegates, realizing that the practical results of such actior are vague and distant, .assumed f passive attitude,, Air. Perrill, how ever, argued that some of the Euro pean opposition would be disarmei, if greater care wan. exercised in th( South in the picking and preparinf of cotton. The committee of the congress fin ally proposed a compromise resolu tion to the effect that the best meani of evading disaster in the trad whether in the direction of lack ol rsw material or overproduction ir mills, were to be found in Be estab lishment of an international agree ment to the restriction of production The resolution, which probably wil be voted, ipvitcsjall confederated or ganizations of the various cpuntriei to act in harmony for a short when conditions demand a concerte* curtailment. Wholesale Grocers. Atlantic City, N. J., Special.—Oi the register of the Marlborough-Ben heim appear the names of leadini food jobbers from all parts of th nation, here'for the annual eonven tion of the National Wholesale Grc eers' Association. A meeting of th executive committee and of boar of directors will precede the forms ! opening of the convention. The assc 1 eiation represents 80 per o«nt of th wholesale grocers of the country an has members in 39 States. Late ./Vetoj 1 In !Brief MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST The Chinese boycott has paralysed ( the matchmaking industry in Japan, j Gus Deford, an alleged safe blower I and bank burglar, wanted in Colum bia, 8. 0., is held in London. A thousand persons were killed in a typhoon and as many more in a mine tire in China. A revolt on the Island of Samoa caused women and children to flea from an evpected massacre. The mines of the Fairmont Coal Company are now running on full time. Army and navy officers disagree as to the success of the firing test made on the monitor Florida. President Roosevelt appointed Cap tains Wainwright and Schroeder act ing rear-admirals. Commissioner of Corporations Smith recommended that uniform cot ton grades be established by the ex changes. The newly created Nationnl Cur rency Commission met and elected Senator Aldrich chairman and Rep resentative Vrecland vice-chairman. Congress enacted n radical militia law, giving greatly increased power to the President, over State troops. Judge Hundley, at Farmville, de cided against a tobacco growers' as sociation in a suit for a pooled crop. After 22 years the Newburg mine, in Preston county, West Virginia, where 3!) men were killed, will be re opened. The Governorship of Georgia was decided Thursday, when the Demo cratic State primary took place. Veterans are disposed to regard Secretary Taft's reference to General Grant's drinking habits as- in bad taste. The reunion of the. United Confed erate Veterans will be held at Bir mingham June 9 to 11, Mrs. Rachard T. Wilson, knftwn in New York as "society matchmaker," is dead. Commander Peary is making prep arations for a new dash to the North Pole. The Automobile Club of France, the world's biggest organization of , the kind, was formed 13 years ago by a mere handful of enthusiasts, | headed by the Marquis dfi Dion. Now it has 2, .'100 members and owns a mag nificent five-ritory home, containing even a theater seating 800. George West Wilson, president of . The Jacksonville Tinres-Union Com , panv, died Tuesday. He was a well known Democrat and had been presi dent of the Semi-Tropical Exposition . a commissioner to the Paris exposi [ tion, collector of internal revenue, . and pVesident of the board of trus tees of the University of Florida- Governor George E. Chamberlain, i Democrat, is the choice of the people p of Oregon for the United States sen atorship to succeed Charles W. Ful , ton, Republican, nnd a Republican > Legislature has bean chosen to elect . him. Chamberlain s majority over t his opponent, Henry M., Cuke, Re , publican, will exceed 1,000, it'is bo [ iieved. I Announcement was made bv the i i United Fruit Company of New York - that it will shortly inaugurate a fort - nightly service between that city and 1 Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, and Bo ! cas del Toro, Colombia. The com l pany also announces that the service between Charleston and Jamaica will . be discontinued this week andean in . crease will be made in the service be s tween Baltimore and Jamaica, e Mrs. Susan Reid Paolding, former f wife of Governor Paulding, 3d, of 1 Boston, was married in Norfolk to • Theodore Laurence Bogert, of New - York. '* Congressman Robt. N. Page, of ' North Carolina, enjoys a rather uni '* que distinction' in that he did not 8 miss a single roll call during the re e cent session of congress. * The revolt of the Mohmands in India has Wen suppressed. TIK' New York Life Insnrancc Com-* pany has served notice that it will n rtot pay taxes in South Carolina as required by the law of that State. g " The Arkansas State Democratic convention instructed for Bryan for president. President George T. Winston, of »• the North Carolina Agricultural and f Mechanical college, has resigned, his d resignation to take effect at once. >1 The Southern Pacific Railway Com piinv has heen indicted for if A monument to Confederate sold (1 icrs an ! sailors waa uuveiled at Lees burg. v 91.00 a Year in Advance MAYOR OF SUNBURY Says Pe-ru-na Is ft Good Medicin*. . " 1 Hon. 0.0. Brooks, Mayor of Baatafft Ohio, also Attorney (or Viimtf Bank andSunbury Ball ding ud Im>Ok» writes i "1 hare the utmost oonfldenoe la fW ▼lrtue of Per una. Itta ft grea*medlolM. hare wed It tnd I h«e known way 4 my friends who hm obtained bane tolal results from Its nse. f cmmtmt waiM Peruaa too htgbfy." HON. O. a BROOKS. | I are a host of petty ailment* ■ which are the direct result of Iks weather. This Is more true of the eieesiln heal of summer and the Intense cold of vto* ter, but is partly true of all lewoai eft the year. Whether It be a oold or a ooagk, ear tarrh of the head or bowel whether the llrer be aftec ted or the k**- neys, the cause Is tery liable to be the same. The weather slightly derange* Iks mnoous membranes of the organs the result la some funotlonal diaeas*. Peruae Ass become m atmaSbj tm thoußmndn ot hornet tor minor mß* momta at thin sort Nt. Pettrsbtirg ha* had 85 iwieiin a month for three months. s The ease of Ark Hale, accused *f the murder of his sweetheart, IiB» Davis, was given to the jury *i Blountsville. Mrs. Anna S. Allen, widow of Ah ner McKinley, was sued for $72,001 insurance by the McKinley estate. Risking death for science Fruk Merritt, a wanderer, was inoculated with tuberculosis germs that seieni ists might pain knowledge for a ewwm. The Wright brothers give tho first authoritive explanation of their *oe ccssfui airship. The Oeneral Assembly of the Pree byterian Church took action designed , to prevent concentration of authority in the hands of a few. (Jen. Stephen 1). Lee, commander in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, died at Vicksburg. Hearst gained 68 votes in the New York Mayorality recount. The West Virginia Dcmoeratie Convention was held at Wheeling. Cotton Compress; Meets. Paris, By Cable. —Cotion planter* and manufacturers of Ettope, Amer ca ami Rg.vpt were present when the International Cotton Federation be* gan its delibrations in Paris Tuesday. A preliminary meeting was held laat week. One of the matters to be con sidered is the project of the British delegation to establish a large cot ten plantation in America. Charged With Stealing Ship. Washington, Special.—Upon re ceipt of official confirmation of tb* arrival of the steamer Goldsboro the Honduras State Department has m- , quested the American minister at Sa» Salvador to request Honduras to ar rest and surrender F. 0. Bailey, al leged to have stolen the ship. Ai ! though there is no treaty with He»- - iuran, it is said that the friendly feel- j ing between the government* aq bring about the surrender. Mors Votes For Hearst New York, SpeciaL— The eontonttt i of 26 ballot boxes had keen rerwnl |a ed when the work of counting the | ballots cast for W. B. Hearst and. J George B. McClcllan, in the laat My- 1 oralty election ended for the day* ~i The net result was a gain of votes for Mf. Hearst, sjn the p«»* cnce of the court 10 boxes of ballot* were counted, giving Mr, Heart* *>Jg gain of four vote*? for the day. MwljjJ | than 14100 boxes remain to be oqMmß
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