iIT'S TRITE ME. LEE
Government Accepts Statue. Gen. Federick D.
Grant Receives Statue of Confederate General
Presented By United Confederate Veterans
Vicksburg, Miss., Special.—Several
thousand Confederate veterans wit
nessed the unveiling of the heroic
•tatuc to Gen. Stephen Dill Lee here
IViday. The splendid monument, de
signed by Kitson, stands in the Na
tional Park upon the exact spot from
which General Lee directed the move
ment of his troops duriug the siege
of V icksbuig.
Vicksburg had been prparing for
the dedication for months. The town
was galy decorated with flags and
bunting, the Stare and Bars and the
Stars and Stripes always entwined.
.. The parade formed at noon and
headed by Gen. Fred D. Grant, Unit
ed States Army, and an escort of cav
alry, proceeded to the National Park.
The Warren Light Artillery fired a
general's salute and then Henry
Watterson called the assembly to
order.
Upon taking the "hair as presiding
•fficcr, Mr. "Watterson said:
Standing by the Father of Waters
let mc first give thanks to God, that,
from the Falls of St. Anthony to the
- Gulf of /Mexico, it flows through an
unbroken snceessoion of American
States; at once-a chain and an em
blem of perpetual union between the
North and the South.
It was to train this outlet to the sea j
that we acquired thp Louisianas of
France. It was to keep it open that
the yoemen of the great Northwest
took the field. The purpose to close
it proved an error of far-reaching
magnitude; but if it be true, as
bon tells us, that "History is little
more than the register of the crimes,
follies and misfortunes of mankind,"
what must not all of us have to an
swer for, when reason comes to the
final disposition of the facts of a con
flict, which even now baffles philos
ophy; because the South, foredoomed
to defeat, risked all and had every
thing to lose; the wonder being, and
the glory, that against such odds the
aelf-coniident but vanquished and
vanished Confederacy was able to
boljl out so long.
After a most eloquent and touching
t speech and the unveiling of the mon
ument Gen. Fred I). Grant was intro
duced.
Genera] Grant referred to his ac
quaintance with General which,
he said,, continued through many
years and afforded him the greatest
happiness and gratification. He re
viewed the career of General Lee,
who died, "leaving an untarnished
record, nnd a memory deservedly
honored with admiration and respect,
because of his noble life and charac
ter, of which his surviving son and
friends will be ever proud, and which,
all who follow him, may emulate.''
Continuing, General Grant said:
I myself, am especially grateful, to
liave this opportunity of speakin" in
THE VETERANS IN CRAY PARADE ENDS REUNION
Memphis, Tcnn., Special.—A fren
tied demonstration of welcome bv the
_ x ttit n i.'t ujg.V-. l'or the Bon of the man
who conqnerfd them, marked the
final srone of the nineteenth reunion
of the I'niti'd Confederate Veterans
Thursday. It took place during the
parade. In the reviewing stand stood
Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, of the
United States army. The first few
divisions in line passed with onlv a
limited number recognizing; the *on
of the man who accepted the surren
der of Lee. Hut finally, a cavalry
division approached and its com
manding officer, Oeneral Tyler, of
Hickman. Ky., old and grided, peer
*ad steadily at Oeneral Grant a mo-
A BRILLIANT BANQUET FOR THE NEW JERSEY BAR
Atlantic City, N. J., Special.—The
annual banquet of the New Jersey
Far Association, held at the Marl
borough-Blenheim Friday night, was
most brilliant and successful in
its history. "Never before in the his
tory of the association has this occa
sion been honored with so many dis
tinguished men. Among those pres
ent were: The Governor of New
Jersey, judges of the United States
EDWARD EVERETT HALE, SENATE CHAPLAIN, DEAD
Boston, Special.—The morning !
light was breaking as the venerable i
Rev. Edwanl Everett Hale, D. D.,
chaplain of the United States Senate,
Unitarian divine, philanthropist, au
thor, journalist and lover of peace,
breathed his' last Thursday in his
homo in Roxbury.
It seemed as if the whole eeuntry
joined in mourning the loss of Dr.
Hale. Messages, expressing sorrow
»and esteem, poured into the Hale
household, one of the first being from
President and Mrs. Taft. Or. Hale
WRIGHT BROS. ARE HONORED WITH GOLD MEDALS
Washington, Special.—The appre
ciation, good will and congratulations
of the American people were Thurs
day extended to Wilbur and Orville
Wright, the American aviators, by
the President of the United States.*
The occasion was the presentation
of the gold medals awarded to the
Wright brothers by the Aero Club of
America to commemorate the con
quest of the air. In the presence of
distinguished statesmen, foreign dip
£-, a , "k ' ' v*
!|honor of General Stephen Lee's metn
- ory, as less than two years ago, he,
c my kind friend and hospitable host,
B took me over these very historic
- grounds at Vicksburg, and we recall
- ed together the incidents of the fear
-3 ful struggle which occurred here, in
- 18C3, where he and I had both been
e wounded, General Lee serving during
that struggle, as a distinguished of
p ficer of the Confederate army, and I !
1 being with my father, who command- |
I ed the forces of the opposing Union '
3 army. We talked over the battles of I
the past with r>o feelings of bitter
-1 ness, but only with rejoicings, that
- peace had been established and that
• harmony, patriotism and loyalty to
. one flag, now exist throughout our
i great land.
"In the shadow of this beautiful '
' statue, built to the memory of this
knightly and chivalrk soldier, I am
: elad to recall the earnest wish cher
ished constantly by my own deal
; father, Generela Ulsysses S. Grant,
i. for peace and harmony among the
American people. This wish was
shown in the terms granted hero at
Vicksburg, and also April 9, IBHS,
when at Appomattox, upon reading
that the side arms, horses and private
property of his officers and enlisted
| men could be retained by them, Gen
eral Robert E. Lee said to General
Grant, 'These terms will have, in
deed, a most happy effect upon my
army, and upon the whole South.'
"I am glad to recall that this sen
tence for harmony between the North
and the South, begun at Appomattox,
was cherished by General Grant un
til the end of his life, ns shown by
him, during the administration of
President Johnson .and the Recon
struction period, when General Grant
stood firmly and determinedly, for
the promises he had given to General
Robert E. Lee and to the South, as
he did also, throughout his own two
administrations, as President of tha
United States, even up to the last
hours of bis existence. This is evident
in a message written by General
Grant during his last illness, after
the loss of his voice, to one of the
physicians attending him, a short
time before his death, of which mes
sage, I will read a few lines:
"My father wrote: 'I am thankful
for the providential extension of my
time, because it has enabled me to
see for myself the happy harmony
that has so suddenly sprung up be
tween those engaged a few short
years ago, in deadly conflict. It has
been an inestimable blessing to me,
to hear the kind expressions toward
me, in person, from all parts of our
country, from people of nil nationali
ties, o* all religions, an!® from Con
federate and National troops alike—
tlicy have brought joy to my heart of
they have not effected a cure.'-"
ment. Then be turned in his saddle
and yelled:
"Come on, you dids, here's Gen
eral Gratrt- come—to 1 if«+ -again, in his
son."
With one of the old-time rebel I
yells, the division remnants of For
rest's cavalry charged upon the stand
and jostled one another for an op
portunity to shake the hand of the
son of their old-time enemy. From
that moment every grav-clad veteran
who could reach the stand rushed up
to shake hands with General Grant.
The stocky army officer's cold gray
eves tilled with tears and his shoul
ders shook with emotion as he mur
mured, " God bless you all, boys, God
bless YOU !''
circuit and district courts for thia
district, judges of the New Jersey Hu
prome Court, Congressman and Sena
tors, and the two guests of honor,
Justice David J. Brewer, of the Unit
ed States Supreme Court, and Hon.
White head Kluttz, of North Caro
lina.
Mr. Kluttz came with a notable
message and delivered it with force
and eloquence.
had been chaplain of the United
States Senate since 1903. The news
of his death reached the Senate early
in the day and was received with
general expression of regret. Dr.'
H*le wore a long clerical robe when
officiating in the Senate, and mad»
the prayer service impressive rather
than perfunctory. It was his habit
to repeat the Lord's prayer. Former
ly he would ask the Senators to join
with him in doing so. On account,
however, of repeated failures to ob
tain a response, he at last desisted
in this practice.
lomats, the members of the Cabinet,
noted scientists and porimnent aero
nauts and aviators, the two inventors
of the first successful flying machine
heavier than air, received the first
public recognition of the achieve
ments from their feliow -countrymen
President Taft expressed keen ad*
! miration for their work. The Wrights
■ were introduced to the President bv
P Representative Herbert Parsons, ol
>J New York. . '
INVESTIGATING MUTINY
Authorities Will Make Example of
the Visaytns When Captured.
Manilla, By Cable —Brigadier Gen
eral Harry H. Bandholtz, chief of the
Philippine constabulary, who is at
present on a tour of inspection in Uta
island of Jolo, will at once proceed to
Davao, Mindanao island, the secene
of the mutiny of the second company
of constabulary June 6, news of
which reached here Sunday.
Qeneral Bandholtz will assume per
sonal command of the constabulary
forces sent in pursuit of the muti
neers. The insular government is de
termined to make an example of the
mutinous Visayans, and the pursuit
will be pressed with the utmost vigor
until the last of the mutineers have
been captured.
Acting Governor General Forbes,
who returned from the province of I
Pampanga, expressed his confidence
in the native constabulary.
No additionl details of the mutiny
and of the three hours' light made by
. Governor Wr.lk?j and the Americans
in the church at Davao have been re-
I ceived here. There are no indica
tions of any extensive military plans,
aside from the ordering of several de
tachments to follow the mutineers.
United States Officers Hot' on Trial
of Black Hand Rascal.
Marion, 0., Special.— Hundreds of
shotgnn shells containing crOBS-mark
ed bullets were captured by Inspec
tors, J. F. Oldfleld and George Pate,
of Cincinnati, in a spectacular raid
on the shop of Sain Lima, the black
hand suspect, ut this place Sunday.
The shells and crossmarks were iden
tical with those found in Deanison,
Belleioiitaine and other towns visited
by the officers. Lima, who was out
on hitil, met the officials with a show
of great indignation and succeeded
in delaying the search until one of
six Italian women in the place had
escaped. It is believed by the inspec
tors that this wuman carried with her
some documentary evidence and clues
to the whereabouts of Sebanstian
Lima, brother of Sam, who is sought
by the authorities. In spite of the
failure to secure this evidence, the
inspectors expressed confidence that
Sebastian Lima will be caught with
in a few days.
Fire at Mount Pleasant.
Mount Pleasant, N. C., Speeinl.—
Lightning Saturday night at 9:30
o'clock set fire to tiie Pi Sigma Build
ing of the Carolind Collegiate
Institute aud in a short time the
beautiful structuro was reduced, to a
heap of ashes. Most of the furniture
was saved. The tire-fighters than
turned their attention to the blaze
and tyy strenuous Vork succeeded in
confining the tire to the Pi Sigma Phi
Building, though at times it seemed
that other nearby buildings would be
destroyed.
The burned bnilding was a two
story brick structure and one of the
prettiest of the group of college
buildings. The loss will amount to
something over $5,000, purtially cov
ered by insurance.
Funeral of Rev. DT. Halo.
Boston, Special.—Under the pold
domes of the auditorium of the South
Coiigregatiuual .ehurtsh* wluj-e tor •
ninny years Edward Everett Hale
broke the bread of life to his people,
there gathered Sunday the great Uni
tarian family *>f Boston to pay last
reverent tribute to the gTeat leader of
Umtarianism, ,the preacher, author,
philosopher nnd friend of all man
kind, while nt the same hour a host of
mends and admirers of Dr. Hale
gathered at the Park Street Unitar
ian church to listen to eulogies by
clergyinent uf many creeds. Through
out the city from sunrise to sunset
flags were floated at half mast by or
der of the city's chief executive.
Lives Lost in Earthquake.
Marseilles, By Cable.—From 75 to
100. dead and 100 injured is Sunday
night s estimated total causualities
as the result of the earthquake, which
devastated several towns and villages
in the southernmost part of France,
particularly in the departments o f
Herautt and Bouchee-Du-Rhone.
Slavonian Grew Saved.
Purta Del Gada, Azores Island, by
Cable.—Wireless telegraphy played
a prominent part in the saving of the
crew and passengers of the Cunard
i line steamer Slavonia, now a total
wreck two miles southwest of Flores
Island. The steamer Princess Irene
was 180 miles away when the thril
ing call "C. Q. D.' r was picked up.
The Princess Irene arrived along
side the Slavonia Thursday after
noon and took lift cabin passengers
aboard. The Hamburg-American line
J steamer Batavia, took the steerage
passengers. .
' Shoots Down Superiors.
i Des Moines, la., Special—Coropral
" lisle Crabtree Sunday probably fa
i tally shot Capt. John C. Raymond,
s commanding officer of Troop B, Sec
t ond United States Cavalry, at Fort
- Des Moines, shot and seriously injur
■ ed Fiat Sergeant James H. Wash
* and Corporal Elijah Such, who
s attempted to disarm him, and then
y shot himself, the ballet striking the
f rib above the heart and crashing the
Wnm. He may recover.
BLOODY SIREET BATTLE
Two Dead and Five Injured—Foed
That Had Beea Previously Marked
With Tragedy, Breaks Out Anew.
Meadville, Miss., Special.—Two
men ure dead, two were perhaps
fatally wounded and three others
slightly injured in a bloody street
battle here Monday afternoon, waged
by parties to a bitter fued that had
been previously marked with tragedy.
As a result of ths affair, feeling here
runs high and Stato troops were rush
ed to Meadville from Brookhaven to
guard against pssibility of rioting.
Those killed in the affray were Dr.
A. M. Newman, clerk of the chancery
court of Franklin county, and Silas
G. Reynolds. Dr. Lenox Newman, a
son of one of the slain men, is be
lieved to have been fatally injured,
and Herbert Applewhite, an attorney,
may not recover as the result of his
wounds. Emmett Newman, another
son, was shot in the leg. The three
were taken to Natchez for medical
uftention, after having been formally
placed under arrest. Two men nam
ed Boyd and Parr, alleged to have
been involved in the affray, were
slightly wounded bat escaped and
have not been captured.
L. P. Prichard, a brother of Corne
lius Prichard, whom Dr. Newman kill
ed seven weeks ago, was arrested and
charged with complicity in the trag- i
edv.
The killing of Prichard by New
man was the first bloodshed to mark
a fued that had existed between the
two men, relatives and friends, for
months. This bitter factionalism had
its inception in a political campaign
in which Newman and Prichard were
opposing candidates.
Newman was trii'd a few weeks
Wo for Prichard's murder and was
acquitted. This served to arouse
even more bitter feeling among the
relatives and friends of Prichard and
fiie Newman family and faction.
Monday's fight occurred almost on
the same spot where Prichard was
slain. Apparently Newman was first
fired upon as he was passing
It building in his buggy. The skot
came from one of the rooms on the
second floor of the building. It fail
ed to take effect and Newman, jump
ing from his buggy, rushed to the
front of the building, drawing his
pistol, it is asserted, in the meantime.
Gigantic Plot Unearthed.
Norf lk, Special. Packed in
piano boxes and ready for shipment
on a filibustering steamer bound for
Venezuela, a quantity of rifles and
ammunition, destined, it is believed,
to Cipriano Castro's revolutionists,
was discovered at Franklin, Va.;
Monday. • ' ,
The rifles are believed to be a part
of the 15.0Q0 Mauser weapons ship
ped from New York to St. Louis and
back to Franklin, biTTed as pianos
and packed to weather the (rip to
South America. The flTibneter sua
pect steamer Nantichofce was lying
near Franklin, and in the Blachwater
below fhe steamer was her consort,
the tug Despatch. The revenue cut
ter Pa mlico is blockading the two I
suspects, and it is not befieved that
either could pass her, even in the
dark ness. although there were per- I
sistent rumors that an attempt would
he made to get awav. Orders have
been issued from Washington to take
prompt action n case the steamer
should lift anchor.
- Apparrntfr tfte-gigantie ttf 1
Castro's supporters, unearthed by se
cret agents of the government and
present Veneznclan regime, and at
first not considered very seriously at
Washington, for fhe overthrow of the
opponents of the exiled President,
was verified by the discovery of the
Mausers at Franklin.
Whether fhe entire supplv of rifles
reached Franklin or the filibustering
steamers were waiting for the arrival
of other piano boxes from St. Louis,
is not known, but the State Depart
ment has again blocked Castro's
game.
Italians Convicted of Conspiracy.
Fairmont, W. Va., Special.—Nine
Italians, members of an alleged black
hand society on trial charged with
conspiracy to rob and kill Orazio
Beredelli, who was initiated into the
society on March 27 last, vere Mon
day found guilty as indicted. Ten
others who were in an adjoining
room when the place was raided,
were convicted of a misdemeanor.
Stoma Do Damage.
Big Stone Gap, Va., Special.— Five
deaths are reported and damage to
property estimated at upwards of
SIOO,OOO as the result of rains and
electrical storms whieh swept over
this section Saturday night and
Sunday. Railroad traeka were wash
ed out, causing landslides and a 10-
foot rise in the Powell river in two
hours. The Interstate road lost more
than two miles of road in the six-mile
stretch of track between Appalachia
and Stonega. The Powell Valley
Light and Power Company's plant
here was put out of commission by
lightning, and crops were injured.
Brasll's President Dead.
Rio Janeiro, By Cable.—Dr. Alfon
so Moreira Penna, President of Bra
sfl, died Monday. He was strieken
with influenza on June 2, and al
though quite seriously ill for a time,
improvement was noted on June 2,
which continued until Saturday. The
President then suffered from a re
lapse and there were marked pulmo
nary and gastric symptom*.
[north state news notes
Items of State Interest Gathered from Here aad There and :
Told Briefly for Baay Readers.
Hunting Wild Cattle.
Fayetteville, i Special".—For the
last several days a hunt for wild
cattle has been in progress within
ten miles of Fayetteville. A number
of years ago Major J. B. Broad foot
turned several cows loose on a stretch
of land he owns between Carver's
creek and Cross Creek.
There they have been ever since,
multiplying and growing wilder with
each generation, until now the herd
numbers fully a hundred, all wild as
zebras. These animals ranged for a
distance of seven miles between two
creeks and along their banks ten or
twelve miles.
Finding it almost impossible to
catch any of them and hearing &at
certain parties were hunting them
with rifles Major Broadfoot decided
to take a hand in the matter himself
and enlisted the services of J. A. Rat
cliffe, a crack rifle shot. So far the
last several days accompanied by a
pilot, a man in the neighborhood, who
knows the wild cattle and their range
Mr. Ratcliffe has been haying real
sport.
So far he has been able to get- with
in rifle range of six of the animals
and he has brought them all to the
ground. One of them, a great bull,
after being e.hot twice, made a dash
for Mr. Ratcliffe, and it took three
more bullets in the head before the
animal dropped at the hunter's feet.
The pilot, Sam Elliott, estimates the
number of these wild animals at 100,
having himself seen as many as sev
enty-five different ones.
Wilmington Wireless Station.
Wilmington, Special.—A commer
cial wireless telegraph station for
Wilmington is included in the plans
of the United Wireless Telegraph
Company for the present year, and
en office of the company has just
been opened in this city.
The eastern operating department
of that company, which has its head
quarters in New York, has announc
ed the placing of an order for 250
complete sets of wireless instruments
all of which it is said'will be install
ed at stations to be established dur
ing ISNH) in cities east of the Missis
sippi river, requiring au expenditure
of £500,000.
Besides the station at Wilmington,
others are to be established in North
Carolina at Nuwbern, Ruleigh, Greens
boro, Charlotte, Ashevilte, Hender
son and Winston-Salem. The com
pany already has stations at Eliza
beth City and Cape Hatteraa, and the
United States government operates a
wireless station at Beaufort.
The wireless station to be estab
lished here will probably be one of
the long distance kind, of from 5 to
20 K. W.„ which will transmit long
distance messages, under aJ3i con
ditions of weather, for a range of
from 500 to miles overland and,
from 1,000 to 3,000 miles over water.
Killed by Lightning.
Mt. Airy, Special.—Thursday even
ing at 5:15 o'clock, Mr. Jeswa L.
B'hTikerj a ihuite, son of ©hang ©writer
one of the late Siamese Twins, was
instantly killed by lightning whilte at
work in his corn field. He lived two
miles west of this city. At the same
time four eattl'e were killed by light
ning on the farm of Mr. S. C. Frank
lin, a near neighbor of Mr. Bunker.
The bolt or force, struck Mr. Bunker
on ton flip head, his clothes
wp considerably. His wife nas beta
very sick for several days and it is
feareV the terrible shock will be more
than she cau bear. The deceased be
longed to the Baptist church and w*a
highly respected.
Vote on School Tax Waa a Tie.
Salisbury, Special.—At Granite
Quarry on the sfh inst., an election
was held to determine whether a
special school tax of 25 cents on the
SIOO worth of property shatl be
levied, and the election resulted in a
tie. A new election will be ordered
as soon as the law permits another
to be held. The friends of the pro
posed increase of tax are working
hard for the schools.
Fire Destroyi Two-Story Building at
Southern Pines.
Southern Pines, Special.—A two
story biulding on .Pennsylvania av
enue owned by I. L. Hamlin, occupied
by Newton C. Zuver's barber shop
and James Bethea'e meat market,
was entirely destroyed by fire at 4
o'clock Tuesday morning. The loee
is $1,500, insurance SSOO. When die
covered the building was beyond
hope, but the fire department pre
vented any further damage, although
another building was within seven
feet. Nothing was saved ftom the
' building. Mr. Zuver's collection of
curios was a total loss.
Aliiged Florida Forger Ron to Earth
at Fayetteville.
F:v» etteville, Special.—Grant De
. vaaect was arrested here Tuesday at
tie request of Tampa, Fla., authori
-1 ti"«! on the charge of forgery, and i»
■ being held for the Florida sheriff.
Mnrpky Votes School iu»i.
• * Marphy, Special.—School district
9 No. 1 Saturday voted SIO,OOO bonde
- to build and equip a modern school
. building. Not a single vo£e was east
against the bonds.
Found After Bern Year*.
Charlotte, Special— The mystery
surrounding the disappearnce of Mr.
Ellis M. Moore, on the night of May
20, 1902, wu cleared Friday morning
when the remains of the missing man
were discovered fifteen feet below the
level of East Boulevard in Dilworth,
at the intersection of Winthrop aven
ue. Negro workmen had been set to
work digging up the street for- the
purpose of making sewer connections
from the line on East Bulevard with
Winthrop avenue. Two negroes were
shoveling dirt from the bottom of the
hole, when the shovel of John Twitty
struck the body of 'the dead man.
The earth was then taken from
around the skeleton and before it was
removed, Chief of Police T. M.
Christenbury and Coroner W. A.
Grssham were notified and arrived on
the seene.
Mr. E. V. Moore, a brother of the
dead ma*i. was then called and posi
tively identified the remains ) as his
brother. Mr. Moore was able to iden
tify the pair of trousers the dead man
wore, and slated that he had given
them to his brother several days be
fore his death occurred.
Many Charlotte people remember
the sudden diappearanee of Mr.
Moore seven years ago, but until Fri
day there was no positive knowledge
that he was dead, thoaerh his w'.V
and brothers have always thought
that only death could account for the
long absence.
Terrible Hail Storm.
Millboro, Speciol.—One of the larg
est cloudbursts and hail storms pass
ed through this county last evening
that was ever known in this country.
It lasted about one hour. The hail
literally destroyed everything in its
path. It hailed for about one hour
and the stones were as large as quail
eggs. The wheat is down fiat on the
ground and lots of it beat off the
heads, while the corn and vegetables
in the gardens are completely de
stroyed. Beans, tomatoes, cabbage
and other vegetables are cut smooth
with the ground. It killed a lot of
young turkeys for Captain Lineberry
and blowed down his tool house. For.
tunately he bad his binder in tnt
wheat field bat a mowing machine
and com drift was in the house and
received some damage. It reached
from Millboro to Lineberry station,
a distance of five miles, and every
thing in its path is obut destroyed.
Fruit Crop Good.
EJkin, SpeciaL—The cherry crop is
orach better than at first expected.
They are now ripening and a great
many are being brought to market,
where they find a ready safe. The
blackberry crop is full and there will
be lot* of apples and a fair crop of
peaches in some sections. The wheat
crop will be excellent if nothing hap
pens te it. The farmers ought to be
happy and not compkiin, for every
thing seems to be in their favor.
There has been no trme in the past
forty years when all kinds of farm
products brought as high prices as
they are doing now, and yet there »
not enough to meet the demands.
Cashier is Short $5,000.
High Point, Special.—S. B. Ben
nor, cashier of the Southern Oil Com
pany, has been arrested in Baltimore
on charge of embezzlement. He will
be brought back here by Chief Ridge.
The warrant charges the embezzle
ment of a normal sum. but it is un
derstood that the real amount is
about l&o.OOO. The shortage was at
the nigh Point and Asbeville of
fices. Benner left here last Decem
ber, but the shortage was not dis
covered until a month ago. Benner
is from Philadelphia.
Spencer Woman Hurt in Runaway.
Spencer, Special. Mrs. Ellie
Owens, well known here, was severe
ly injured in a aunawav accident near
Spencer Tuesday afternoon, being
thrown down an embankment by a
horse which she was drifing. The
animal took fright at an automobile
and Mrs. Owens lost control and was M
badly bruised in the face and
ders.
Methodist Children Home
August lit.
Winston-Salem, Special. The
Methodist Children's Home here will
be opened August 1. The director*
representing the Western North Car
olina Conference have purchased the
i Davis school property for $12,500 giv
.ing the orphanage site about two
hundred acres, same being one of the
finest and most valuable tracts in the
State. Many useful furnishings, gifts
etc., are being received daily.' Prof.
A: H. Hayee, of Reidville, superin
tendent of the orphanage, enters up
on his work July 10.
Spencer Oonoern in Reoeiw's
Spencer, Special.—Upon an appli
cation of Mr. C./H. Morrison, th«
principal atockhfclder io the Rowan .
Groeery Company, of Spencer, tin
1 concern waa Tuesday placed in the -
hand* of Mr. L. A. Raney as receiver.
Xhers waa no pressure on the part of
; the creditors and it is said the step
i was taken voluntarily with a view of
[ a settlement of matters concerning
; the stockholders and with a view to
reorganising the humans.
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