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VOL. II.
ELM CITY, N. O., AUGUiST 29, 1902.
NO. 3.
JOHN WINTHROP’S DEFEAT*
SI Nostl “ ' *"
JEAN KATE liUDOJSfi,
(CoPTCIOH:^ SoBKBT Somo'l amr«- 1WW »
; CHAPTER I.
AT FIEB ISIiAND.
' The r.Rnjo slid over the beach water
and up to the pler-steps, the young
man at tlie prow bringing her “to” like
some Bonsate thing that knew her
duty. A few Idlers down from the
Lotel stood by, awaiting the arrival oC
the afternoon steamer bringing the
mail and such guests as fate might
pond. These turned to watch the disem*
Larking of the sailing party, anything
i>eiug idly interesting upon such an
exquisite day, with the sapphire sky
cud the amber and green and gold of
the ocean.
“IJy George!” murmured Harry Dil-
Tnsbam to his companion, removing
Lis cigar from his lips in surprised ad-
Liiratiou. “I say, old boy, who is that
niaguificent woman in the gray boat-
Ing-suit, with the gold anchor on her
Blecve and the pennon- around her
cap? Phew! You have a beauty here,
Bcusonhurst!”
His companion shrugged his shoul
ders significantly, knocking the ashes
from his cigar against the pier-railing.
‘•Your ignorance proclaims your so-
jouiu in the wilderness, Dillingham,”
was the lazy rejoinder. “Every one
wlio is any one or has been any-
wiiere this season knows Mrs. Gra-
hr.iu. She carries a fortune In her
tiiiscr-riugs and a nabob’s ransom in
Ler iiocklaca. None of yoUr milk-and-
v. atcr beauties, either. There is a
l>u\vcr t*£ wisdom in that little dark
lioail, k t me tell you. You are bound
to bo at your best in her society. Her
Lusbaud adores her.”
“She has a husbaud, then? Is he
hii'oV”
“Oi course. One of the lavish sort,
you kiicvr. Spends cash like water.
Their house on the avenue is magnifi-
ceiu. No shoddy; blue blood straight
tlii’cugh. Surely, you have heard of
thf> great house of Graham? They
niv.st I.are been abroad, he and his
v. ife. Th?y just returned this sum
mer, and liave spent the months at
this li^land. But that’s enough for
now. yUe’s coming up.”
He tviiaed toward the woman In
qiu'3iio:i. as she was assisted to the
p:vr. a t:ill, high-bred gentleman stand-
iu,' before her bareheaded, his cigar
couiigntd to Neptuu^, as he added,
EUiilins;
“.\'o I'.ced to ask if, you have en
joyed ilie sail, Mrs. Graham. Your
face tells its story.”
She Eiuilcd dazzlingly. Her lifted
eyes, even in that clear light, were
tl;o cAcii color of violets. She dan
gled a bimch of sea-weed in one hand,
chreful that the water should not drip
upon her dress. The sunset struck
gold tluough the brown of her hair,
under the pretty cap.
“AVe have bad. such a delightful
tail,” she said, “that my face would
be a craven not to show it, Mr. Ben-
Bouhunt. The Eaajo is well named.
It is tlio music of motijm.”
“Priesliy handles the ropes as deftly
as the literal banjo strings,” added
Eensouhurst. “May I hive the pleas
ure of making my friend known to
you? Mr. Harry Dillingham, Mrs.
Orahaiu. Dillingham’s been tramping
llirough the forests of Maine this
Eummer, and only now comes to Fire
Island, so he says, from pure friend-
tliil) for me, which—I doubt. To
G'jseend from the killing of deer to
the killing of dolphin for some other
fellow’s sake isn’t the nineteenth cen
tury code. Here comes the steamer.
The Ziugara, by Jove! Wonder what’s
happenL'd to the other? Are you ex-
recting any one out, Mrs. Graham?”
“Xo one,” said Mrs. Graham, with
supreme conviction. “Most of my
friends are at Mount Desert or the
Thousand Islands cr—Europe. My
husband and I came here to watch
the sailing of ships, instead of upend
ing the summer where dress is set by
Fashion’s decree. One needs rest after
the winter, not fashion. So the surf
here and the light-house—and the
coastguard—and sands—”
The brilliant smile that caine and
went iustantaneously, but was like
'Bunligbt upon her face, finished the
Benteuce eloquently. ■ •
“And sailing!” added Bensonhurst,
with his significant uplifting of the
cyo-liifi-vs. “EspeciaU_y the arrival of
tie Zingara, wiffi her passengCTB, MnT
©rahami”
“Yes,” replied Mrs. Graham, absent
ly, her eyes on the approaching steam
er, slowly swinging the sea-weed to
and fro, yet never splashing her gown
“Everything here is very restful and
tharming, Mr. Bensonhurst!”
The party from the sail-boat were
gathered about them, having alighted,
aud were also awaiting the arrival of
the Fire Island steamer. Mrs. Graham
Was conspicuous among them for her
beauty and grace.
“Unless I am mistaken,” Ninetie
■Bradley said, turning to Mrs. Graham,
‘ your husband is on the stearnor,
Alecia. There is scarcely ever any
mistaking him, is there? He is such
a. niasuitieent niHn'
Alecia Graham shook her head and
turned her face with one of those
swift, transfiguring smiles, upon her
She appreciated praise of her
friend,
husband.
“You are not mistaken, Ninette,
Harold is upon the steamer. He went
^ the city this morning on business,
"0 you think that'l would have gone
■Without him—even in the Banjo—thi;
■ttei'iioon, had he been hero?”
Niiiciie laughed. {?i'.e moved a trifi
®"’:iy from Alecift's swiugins Fva-
■w-L'od. s?iie abhoiied a soiled tolUl a
6 Siifcck upon her gov/n,
'me zfflgara, mdkln^ Ihore Tuss and
splatter than an ocean steamer, was
dashing and splashing through the
amber and green and blue ' water-
lights, fringing her bow with foam and
leaving a wide wake of seething bul>-
bles as she neared the pier where the
hotel guests were standing. Those
who recognized friends on the little
steamer fluttered handkerchiefs in
welcome, or waved white hands in the
sunset glow, laughing and chatting,
waiting for them to come.
The blue eyes of Mrs. Graham- were
penetrating, and they were steadily
regarding the noisy Zingara as she
plowed the golden wafernights. She
recognized her husband among those
on deck just forward of the cabin,
but, her eyes being keen with love,
she also recognized that he was un
usually excited and pale.
The man whom this woman was
watching saw her as quickly as she
saw him. He never failed to single
out this one woman in any crowd
where she might be. He lifted his hat
as they came nearer, and he perceived
that she saw him. There was not a
trace of color in his face, and his
black eyes burned like coals from its
paITof,~r5stiessry, a^lhougb’ he'were
haunted by some dread.
Alecia stepped a little back from her
friends. She was at one side of the
gang-plank where the steamer stopped,
aud waited for her husband to come
to her. The color came and went In
her face; her eyes, too, were burning
with nervous excitement.
Mr. Graham sprang lightly on the
pier, ere the plank was thrown out,
and again lifting bis bat courteously
to her and her companions, greeting
them with a word or smile, here and
there, turned with her up the pier to
ward the hotek
“Was It warm in the city, Harold?”
“Very warm, Alecia—suffocating. It
is like champagne to breathe this air
from the ocean. Let us go down to
the beach, if you are not fatigued.”
“I am not fatigued, Harold. Sha
we go to the pavilion or along the
sands
“Oh, along the sands,” he said, rest
lessly, keeping his eyes resolutely from
meeting hers. “A long distance on
the sands, Alecia, where I jcan have
you to myself. Then—ah!—“ he broke
off suddenly. “How can I tell you.
Alecia?”
“If there is anything that you should
tell me, Harold,” she said, steadily and
sweetly, “you need not fear. Nothing
can hurt me—much—while I have
you!”
That wonderful smile of hers was
1 her face as she lifted it to his as
they passed along the covered wall:,
around the hotel piazza and out on the
other side toward the beach. There
were groups here and there on the
piazza, reading or talking or idly
e.tching the light of the fading sun
set unon the water and the glimmer
of sails' in the distance a^inst the
heavens. These the two must greet
or exchange with them light words of
compliment.
‘There have so many ships passed
day,” she said, mechanically, not to
allow silence to fall upon them,
many ships, Harold—but they all go
7\ they never stop or stay.”
“Yes,” he said bitterly, commanding
his voice by a powerful effort. “Every
thing passes, Alecia, like the ships.”
Not everything, Harold. Love nev
er drifts by when once it finds harbor.
The winds and the currents cannot
move it! Its anchor sinks so deeply
in the heart, Harold, that only a dead
heart yields it up.”
He'turned upon her in sudden fierce
ness. His burning eyes flamed into
hers, but she would not falter.
You have never been tried,
said, hoarsely.
“Try me,” she said.
But he made no answer, and she
could not speak further with the
growing fear in her heart; and so in
silence they descended the steps of
the pavilion and struck out upon the
sands, where the surf hissed and
seethed wU:h the lifting and falling of
the. breakers.
The sand was heavy, and they
moved slowly along, she with the
dangling sea-weed, he with his
clenched hands, the soft lights upon
them, the ocean and the ships just
beyond. They turned the bend in the
beach and were alone, so far as curl
ous eyes could see .or curious ears
catQh any word not meant for them
Then Harold Graham stopped and
faced his wife. He placed some mar
velous restraint upon himself—for he
was a passionate man—and when he
disengaged the seaweed from her "
gers, letting it fall unheeded upon
sands, his touch was very'gentle. Both
her hands he. held in his, and drawing
lier to him so, he laid them upon his
breast, his eyes upon hers.
“Alecia!”
“Harold!”
“My darling, you believe that I love
you?”
“Perfectly.”
“You told me back there to try you.
I shall try you infinitely.”
Terror was growing upon her. Her
startled eyes would not retain tht
brave spirit she sought to hold. Her
lips would tremble, do as she woul*i«
as she answered, softly;
“Yes, Harold.”
“Alecia!” he cried, letting he^ hands
fall and turning despairingly from her
toward the ouc or two sails down on
the horizon. “Alecia! You cannot
dream what -i* Jsl How can I teU
fOU?”
He waa frlghten^g her more than
he realized. But she crpwded down
her fear and responded:
“Harold, my dearest, you may safe*
trust in me. What have you to
teU?”
He looked down upon her as she
clung to him, and smiled with a bit
terness deeper than words. She did
not know what it was she said. Some
men might affirm that the blow fallen
upon him was not so oad after all
with this ,exquisite face and steady
eyes and musical voice his own. Some
men! To him it was infinitely worse
because the blow must also fall upon
her. Nevertneless it was sweet to
have her clinging to him and assuring
him that he could trust her—very
sweet
"Alecia," he said; his voice was per^
fectly steady now, for his manhood de
manded that he should be brave and
strong and true to her, “You have been
the sweetest of women always. You
are brave, too; and yon love me. So
far, in our married life, 1 have given
you everything you could desire that
money could buy. Now—I cannot. I
have not one penny io all world
that la mine!”
Slie~ sfghed. The tense lines of her
face relaxed; her hands upon his aXa
were quite steady. She had feared
something so different, that this was
relief.
“Is that all, Harold?”
He fell back from her, letting her
hands fall from his arm. Amazement
was upon every feature of his face.
Then he recovered himself, believing
that she did not understand.
All, Alecia? Is it not quite enough?
Do you comprehend that I say that we
have not one penny in the world to
live upon—or die upon; not one penny!
Is that not enough? Beggars—cast
upon the world with nothing but cred
itors clamoring about me—and you!
Is this aU?”
But my money, Harold? How calm
she was! Surely she did not realize
what It meant to be penniless. ~”Caa
we not manage upon that until bet-
t*r times are for us? You will re
trieve yourself; yon could not stay
crushed. Your brave heart would
never admit that, dearest.”
He groaned again turning his face
from her.eyes.
“Your money, Alecia? Tour money
was in with mine, and has gone, too.
1 believed it perfectly safe^ tills last
investment, and put every penny into
it—every one! The house closed to
day, though no one outside is aware
of it; and as I shall give up every
thing, I cannot meet the demand. I
shall be weighed to the earth with lia-
bOitiee. 1 shall drag you down as
welL But, of it all, the bitterest is
that your money is gone through me.
The house is yours, Alecia. It was
bought and made over to you when
there was no hint of failure. And
your jewels are yours.. Were you not
accustomed to the luxuries of our
home you might call this s fortune;
nevertheless it is not half equal to the
fortune I lost for you.”
She smiled very softly, taking his
hand in both of hers and leaning her
cheek against it.
“I love beautiful things,” she said.
“What woman does not? But, after
all, I can be happy without them, Har
old. Having each other and our
health and brave hearts, should we
not feel that we are blest? Whatever
you did with my money you did for
the best, I am assured. The one thing
that I regret is that every demand
cannot be met. Of course we will
give up the house; that will surely
realize ^good deal and may help you.
The jewels I will keep because—you
gave them to me, and because—”how
steadMy she spoke—“because there is
no reason why I should give them up.
You think that I do not comprehend
this, Harold. I may not know all that
this means, but I am certain that I
have you, and have no fear. I can be
happy in but one room at a time. Our
home is beautiful, but I felt always
that I could be myself just as well in
less luxurious place. You must
not despair. I shall not let you de
spair.”
Twilight was setting over the water.
The dinner hour was almost at hand
and they must return to tho hotel and
to their friends, to the light chit-chat
and laughter and songs and careless
hearts and bright eyes, and hide this
blow for the one night at least
“You must not despair, Harold,
dearest,” added Alecia presently, they
two standing alone upon the sands
with the purple and lilac and pink of
twilight falling around them and the
hoarse murmur of the sea at their
feet; afar off, against the lifting rose
of moonrise, a white sail glimmered.
Her face, lifted steadfastly to his. was
ouched with some indescribable soft-
aess of light and shadow from the
world around them. Tue golden anchor
:)u her sleeve caught reflection from
the moonrise and glowed against the
soft gray of her gown like an emblem
of hope. “We will face the futui-e
and—conquer it, Harold!”
It was a question as well as a com
forting assurance, for she knew how
much this fashionable world was to
tiim, and how he demanded luxury
where she would force herself to be
liappy without it.
“We will agree to be true to each
ither, dearesV’ he made answer.veiy
gravely.
They turned back toward the hotel,
feeling that were beginning a new life
-an unknown life—from that time.
A.'rcia, pausing a moment in the pa-
rillon, her hand resting lightly upon
ler husband’s arm, gazed across the
)Ui-ple black of the ocean, along the
ine of silver heralding moonrise, to
vhere the distant ships seemed sta-
ionary so far away against the light
ing ueavrtn. . ^
“Aud are they laden with hopes,
oo,” she thought, wistfully, “and sail
ingawayr
ffo be contmaedJ
INDEPENDENT FOI CONGRESS.
rir. B. R. McKethav Anaonnces His
Candidacy.
Fayetteville, Special.—Bdwln R. Mc-
Kethan. of Cumberland county, has an
nounced himself as an independent
Democartic candidate for CJongress In
the sixth district. He resigned as sec
retary of the county Democratic exec
utive committee, and has published
the following card:
“To the Voters of the Sixth District:
In a government by the people it is
right and good for the people to di
vide. For more th^ thirty years un
natural conditions forb«de a true and
unhampered division with safety. In
North Carolina, in 190«, there was a
change, and it was proclaimed
throughout the State that thereafter
her electors should and would be free
to divide, every man according to his
views. On Monday, April 30, 1900,
this was proclaimed in Cumberland
by oar present honored and distin
guished Governor, and, in introducing
him in this city on the evening of the
day, a privilege and honor accorded
me as president of the white auprem-
acy club, I called attention, and spe
cially emphasised this position; bow
he and others labored to brin^ this
freedom to her rightful electorate.The
returns for Governor and the General
Assembly in North Carolina are a
lasting record. For cause there is
now a division among the voters of
the sixth congressional district. What
strength It represents now or will
hereafter grow to represent and what
the final result will be, it is not with
in human knowledge to telL When
I, heretofore, respectfully annoimce,
as I now do, my candidacy for this
high honor, as your representative in
this district, no man can realize more
than I do the importance of the step.
No matter what the result may be on
the 4th day of November, it has been
given me more than once in life to
come out among the foremost and the
few in behalf of some measure or opin
ion that proved to be right for good.
If it be so in this let us hope and
pray that I may be given strength to
do my duty. If I have misjudged pub
lic sen^ment, if on hearing me my
views are not sustained, if I stand for
liberty and freedom that is not desir
ed and you see fit to reject roe, I only
ask that you reserve too severe judg
ment until time shall have put its seal
upon it.
E. R. McKETHAN.
Mr. McKethan is a young man of
marked ability. He is a graduate of
Davidson College and the University.
In 1300 he led the legislative ticket of
his county and is the author of the'
bill that gave Cumberland prohibition.
He comes of a good old Cumberland
stock and has hosts of friends and rel
atives in every township in the coun
ty. By profession he is a lawyer. Mc
Kethan is proud of the distinction of
being the only Spanish-American war
volunteer in the last Legislature. In
the recent county convention he de
clared boldly for a minority represen
tation in the congressional conven
tion to which he was not a delegate.
It is said here that the Republicans
will endorse McKethan. His friends
believe he can defeat Patterson, the
Democratic nominee.
AUBAMA PtlMARV.
Jelks Woo Orer Johosofl li Mooday’s
ElectioB.
PRESENT GOVERNOR RE-ELECTED
The Former Ex-Qovernor and Ex-
Tar Heel Defeated I
Firat Legal Primary.
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN
Judge David Scl e ick Dead.
Greensboro, Special.—After years •?
ill health and a year of complete inca
pacity to take part in the affairs of
life, ex-Judge David Sclxenck died at
his residence here at 6 o’clock Tuesday
afternoon. His death had been hourly
expected for the past two days. He
was 71 years old and ever since his re
moval here in 1881, from Uncolnton,
had been prominent in all public affairs
greatly esteemed and beloved. To him
more than any one else is due the
preservation of the Guilford battle
ground and its becoming again a na
tional historic spot. In 1886 under his
guidance and indomitable persistence
wafi held the first Fourth of July cele
bration there and the Guilford Battle
Ground Association is now one of the
most patriotic corporations in the
United States, many buildings, monu
ments and Revolutionary relics being
in the park, the whole owned and paid
for by the association, of which Judge
Schenck was always retained as presi
dent.
SUte News.
The new State board to inspect pub
lic institutions is now examining the
Hospital for the Insane and the Sol
diers’ Home at Raleigh.
It appears that in some counties
there ie alnost a complete failure to
list incomefa for taxation.
It is said by some Republicans that
they will endorse B. Prank Mebane for
Congress in the fifth district.
Robbery in Qastcnia.
Gastonia, Special.—Some time during
the early hours of Monday morning a
bold thief took from Mr. F. M. Fays-
soux’s bed-room property valued at
$130, including a |100 gold watch, a
prize awarded to him by the Mutual
Life Insurance Company, |25 in money
and a |6.50 pair of pants. The watch
and money were in the pants, which
hung at the foot of Mr. Fayssoux s
bed and scarcely more than an arms
length from the window. The thief
probably did not enter the room but
reached in with a stick or pole and
“fished” thep out. An effort to procure
bloodhounds from Yorkville was futile
and thus far the culprit has succeeded
in baffling the police, notwithstanding
their strenuous efforts to apprehend
him.
Ask For Oenerai Boycott
New Orleans, Special.—As the result
of differences which have existed here
between the Cumberland Telephone
Company and dissatisfld employes,
considerable difficulty has been expe
rienced by the company in operating
its service. Striking employes of the
company are injuring the company’s
wires at many vantage points, and
have appealed to the central trades
and labor council to inaugurate a gen
eral boycott by all labor unions.
IfOntgoorary, Ala., Special.—In the
Democratic primary, held in this State
Monday for the nomination of candi
dates for State officers and congress
ional representatives, Wm. D. Jelks,
of Barbour, the present Governor, won
over former Governor Jos. E. Johnston,
of Jefferson, for Governor, by a major
ity which' will probably reach 20,000.
The day’s primary was the first held
since Ihe addition of the new consti
tution, by which the negro is eliminat
ed as a political factor in Albama, but
the new organic law was not made an
Issue in the campaign. Today’s result
is equivalent to an election in , this
State. The new constitution was en
dorsed in its entirety by Governor
Jelks, and'ex-Governor Johnston also
guaranteed to uphold it, although he
opposed Its ratification. R. M. Cunning
ham, of Jefferson, defeated C. B. Wal
ler, of Hale, by almost 20.000 majority
Cor Lieutenant Governor. The etlection
of State officers by a general primary
WAS an innovation in Alabama and the
voting passed off queUy throughout
State.
P R. Poole, of Marengo, for Com
missioner of Agriculture; Thomas L.
Sowell, of Walker, for Auditor, and J.
Craig Smith, of DaUa«, for Treasurer,
bad no opposition, they being accorded
a second term by precedent. Por At
torney General, Alex Troy, of Mont
gomery; A. M. Garber, of Talladega;
Massey Wilson, of Clarke, and former
Congressman J. E. Cobb, of Macon,
were the contestants. It is not believed
that any one of the four contestants
was nominated and a second primary
will be held between the first two re
ceiving the highest vote, the Stote con
stitution demanding that the success
ful candidate for State office should
have received the majority of all the
votes cast. For Secretary of State, J.
T. Hefiln, of Chambers. F. N. Julian,
of Cobert, and Jas. L. Tanner, of Jeff
erson, were the candidates and a second
contest will probably be ordered be
tween the first two as no nominating
vote was received by any of the candi
dates. In the contest for nomination
for Superintendent of Education John
G. Harris, of Montgomery, Thomas L.
Bulger, of Tallapoosa, Chapeil Corrie,
of Montgomery, and J. W. Hill, of
Etowah, was nominated. The following
Congressmen were nominated with op
position; First district, G. W. Taylor;
second district, A. A. Wiley; third dis
trict, Sidney J. Bowie; sixth district,
J. H. Bankhead; sevents district, John
L. Burnett; ei^th district, Wm. Rich
ardson; ninth district, Oscar W. Under
wood. In the fifth district former Con
gressman Willis Brewer is opposing
Charles W. Thompson, present incum
bent. The returns indicate the renom
ination of Thompson.
Fast Mall Wrecked.
Toccoa, Ga., Special.—The fast mail
on the Southern Railway, south-bound,
was wrecked Monday morning by an
open switch, near Harbin’s, S. X!. The
entire train, except the sleepers, turn
ed over, but none of the passengers
were hurt. Engineer Henry Busha, of
Atlanta, was severely but not fatally
injured, and a tramp, who was steal
ing a ride, waa fatally hurt. Slight in
juries were sustained by Fireman Chas.
S. Swan, of Atianta, Mail Clerks, N. E.
Lowenthal, W. A. Dagnal, of Toccoa;
J. R. Anglin and J. W. Gracy, Jr.
Three switches near the scene of the
wreck were found to have been tem
pered with, intentionally. It Is believed.
An attempt is being made to capture
the supposed wreckers.
THE S. C. PRIMARY
Condensed From Reports From ttaa
North Carolimi ScctkML
The majorty of crop correspondents
report that very favorable weather con
ditions prevailed daring the past weA.
and that erects have.continued to do
well. Copious showers occurred on
several dates, which generally sufficed
for growing crops. The rainfall was
too heavy In some eastern counties,
where also, notably in Pitt and Edge
combe counties, some minor damage to
crops by hail occurred; on the oUier
hand very dry weather contiaues la
several' extreme western counties In
which crops have not materially im
proved. The temperature waa above
normal early in the week, with maxi
mum above 90 degrees on a few days;
the nights have been rather cool for
August; a marked cool portion occur
red towards the close of the week. As
a rule conditions were very suiUble
for farm work of all kinds.
Young corn is no\^ filling well, and
will soon be mature; pulling fodder is
general; sorghum is doing well, but
the canes are heading low. Cotton is
reported as suffering from mat quite
extensively, and is also shedding forms
but probably not more than usually
occurs at this season. Plants generally
are heavily boiled indicating a large
crop that will mature early; the top
crop ■ Is promising in some sections
while not so well developed in others.
Cotton is now opening rapidly, picking
has begun, and some new bales have
been marketed. Tobacco In the north-
central portion is ripening nicely and
continues to cure well, with good color.
Frequent showers caused second
growth In some places which will give
difficulty in curing and cause leaf to be
heavy and dark colored. Peanuts,
sweet potatoM and field peas are far
more promising than expected a few
weeks ago. Fall Irish potatoes and tur
nips are coming up nicely, and late
cabbages are heading well.
Rains reported (In Inches): Newbem
3.36, Goldsboro 1.27, Lumberton 1.70,
Greensboro 0.52. Weldon 0.04, Marion
0.08, Seattie 0.40, Balsam 0.50, Foster
0.75, Charlotte 0.80, Wilmington 0.80,
Raleigh 0.42.
RIDDLED WITH BULLETS.
Colored Fiend Punished By JHembers
of His Own Race.
LaGrange, Special.—^Tom Jones, the
negro who last week cruelly assaulted
Mrs.,Smith near Seven Springs, waa
hanged and riddled with bullets about
10 o’clock Monday morning by a crowd
of eight or ten persons, who appeared
to be negroes. .
Sunday night between 10 o’clock and
daylight. Jones was caught coming out
of a pocosln, where he had been con
cealed, on the Kenansville road, about
eight miles from Seven Springs. He
was captured by a posse from Duplin
county and at once confessed his crime.
He was brought before his victim, who
identified him and showed the rasor he
stole from her house. He was then con
fined in a bam, from which he waa
taken about 10 o’clock by el^t or tea
persons, who appeared to be negroes,
hung to a tree and riddled with bullets.
Mrs. Smith, the victim, is not expectr
ed to live. One eye is nearly out and
her face terribly lacerated, and her
jaw broken in several places.
A later report says that the negro
was not hanged but was carried to a
tramway and riddled with bullets, but
both affirm his death.
Albert Dawson, also colored, is being
hunted for a similar crime, committed
Saturday night at Falling Creek, a sta
tion between LaGrange and Kinston,
on the Atiantic & North Carolina Rail
road. His victim Is a colored glrL
Utiner io the Lead For Uflited States
Seaator
lEYWARD LEADS FOR GOVERNOR
A Campaign Where Every Maa’s
nan Was -to Be a Winner 5howa
Snrprises For Many.
Columbia, S. C., Special.—^The Demo
cratic primaries for the nomination at
Governor and the State ticket, congres
sional representatives and State legis
lators. were held throughout this State
Tuesday. Ballots were also cast to de
termine a successor to United States
Senator McLaurin. It is estimated that
90,000 votes were received, but on ac
count of late returns only 30,000 votes
had been reported up to midnight.
Owing to the Sbnth Carolina primary
law which demands that successful
candid^es must receive a majority Of
the votes cast in primaries it is en
tirely probable that a second primary
will be in order in which the two lead
ing candidates for every office which
failed to receive a nominating vote will
be entered. Every nomination with
the single exception of State Treasurer
was bitterly contested by many candi
dates.
Prom returns that have been report
ed it is understood that D. C. Hayward,
of Colleton, Is far ahead in the race
for the gubernatorial nomination, with
ex-Congressman Tali>ert second and
Lieutenant Governor James H. Till
man, third.
Partial returns received up to mid
night from 41 counties show that In
the contest for the United States sen-
atorshlp to succeed Senator McLaurin,
Congressman Latimer leads and there
fore win be in the second primary. His
probable competitor will be either D.
O. Henderson, of Aiken, or ex-Con-
gressman J. J. Hemphill. U. X. Gun
ter is named for Attomey General, and
McMahon Is probably nominated for
Superintendent of Education.
A second primary will lie called to
determine tho nominations for the
State offices of Ueutenant Governor;
Secretary of State, Comptroller (5en-
eral. Railroad Commissioner and con
gressional representatives.
Charleston, S. C., SpecUl.—Partial
returns from 41 counties after mid
night show that In the race for the
United States Senate to succeed Mc
Laurin Congressman Latimer leads
and will, therefore, be In the second
primary. His competitor in the second
primary will be either D. S. Henderson,
of Aiken. S. C.. or ex-Congressman J.
Hemphill, of Chester. In the race
for Governor CapUin D. C. Heyward
very far in the lead. Congressman
Talbert next and Ansel next. Col.
James Tilbnan has no chance of being
in the second primary.
Jailed For Libe!.
Manila. Special.—Frederick Dorr,
proprietor, and Edward O’Brien, editor
of Freedom, have each been sentence
to six months in prison and fined
11,000 each, for libelling Benito Legar-
da, a native member of the civil com
mission, by publishing a certain article
in Freedom. Both Dorr and O'Brien
have also been convicted. of sedition,
but have not yet been sentenced on
this count. The case has been appeal
ed to the Supreme CJourt of the Islands.
Cold Prodoctloa.
Washington, Special.—Geo. B. I
erts. Director of the Mint, has issued
his final estimate of the production of
gold and silver in the United States
during the calendar year 1901. Mr.
Roberts’ statement shows that during
the year the United States produced
3,805,500 ounces of gold, valued at
$78.8C6,700; a decrease of $504,300, or
636 per cent., as compared with the
yield of 1900. The silver yield for
1901 amounted to 55,214,000 ounces of
the commercial value of 133,128,400,
which was 2,433,000 ounces, o^ per
oent. less than it was in 1900. The to
tal value of the precious metals pro
duced by the United States in 1901
amounted to $11,795,100, which was
$1964100 or 2 per cent, less than the
yi4ld for 1900. In 1901 tiie ^Id pr^
ductlon of Georgia was valued at
$124,500; silver $240. North Carol^
produced $55,500 8°W ?iid $12,180 sil
ver; South Carolina, $46,700 gold and
$120 silver; Virginia, $»,800 gold and
S420 silver.
Fatal Trolley Accident.
Memphis, Tenn., Special.—One per
son is dead and seven Injured, one of
whom may ble, is the result of a trol
ley accident here Monday. The dead;
Mrs. Newton E. Morris, of 308 Iowa
avenue; the Injured: Mrs. F. M.
Watson, of Pleasant Hill, Miss., shoul
der wrenched, injured internally', col
ored woman, name unknown; W. J.
Pox, negro, knee dislocated, burned by
electric current; Lige Williams, negro,
hands cut; Mrs. Fisher, bruised, not
serious; Docia Adair, colored, ankle
fractured, mouth cut; Conductor W. L.
Jones, left arm broken.
School Board Acts.
Shenandoah, Pa., Special—The school
board of Mahony township removed
six of the oldest teachers in the town
ship. The reason given was that the
members of the families of these
teachers were non-union mine workers,
Among those affected is one named
Bedell, tfister of Jos. Bedell, who was
killed during the riot of July 30. The
board unanimously decided that appli
’ants in any way connected with non
union workmen should not receive ap
pointments.
Qeneral News Note^
German steel and iron manufactur
ers have formed a trust and created an
export bounty fund.
The Columbian gunboat Boyaca
which was captured by Insurgents la
now keeping Government troops out of
Panama harbor.
The blockade of the port of Cam-
pano, Venezuela, is ended.
Camille Plammarion, the noted
stronomer, is securing aid in having
a new calendar adopted by France,
Rev. M. Baxter, of London; prophe
sies the millennium in 1929.
Johann Kasper, an American citi
zen, is confined in a German jail for
Avadiue militarv duty in his vouth.
The naval war game ended in the
defeat of the “enemy’s squadron.”
President Roosevelt attended the
christening of Theodore Ward Chan
ler, at Newport, and afterward visited
Senator Lodge, Nahant, Mass.
Ex-Senator Gorman and Hill held
conference at Saratoga
President John Mitchell, of the min
ers, told People’s Alliance representa
tive that he was willing to do anything
in his power to end the strike.
Wilcox Case Argued. '
Raleigh, Special.—The appeal in the
Wilcox case in which a new trial is .
asked for James Wilcox, sentenced
be hanged for the murder of Nellie**'.'^
Cropi.ey at Elizabeth City, was heard
Tuesday by the State Supreme CojO^ '
Appellants endeavored to have theT
court consider an affidavit nade by’i^
Wilcox’s father that his son did not
have a fair trial and that the riagia^^
of bells and demonstrations in cou^^
inuuenced the Jury. This was refused
The grounds of appeal are that -ihe
ring^g of bells and demonstrations ip^
court infiuenced the Jury. This was re
fused. The grounds of appeal are that /
the plaintiffs did not have sufficient ,
evidence to go to the Jury or warrant ^
conviction; that the testimony was
not in proper shape and that there
were errors in the judge’s charge. The
State pleaded as facts to show a :rime .
had been committed that there was
water in the stomach, lungs or ple»;afe>^
cavities of the dead body of
Cropsey, no blood in the heifOi^ile
or no froth in the lungs, that there
was-a bmlse on tb^ head; that the
brains were decayed, the rest of the
body intact and the membrane of the
skull discolored. To show Wilcox’s
guilt they pleaded the opportunity,
time, place, 20 minutes unaccounted for
and his indifference about the matter.
It will be several weeks before a decis
ion U handed down.
Held Prisoners at Bay.
Covington. Tenn., Special.—^Nineteen
prisoners In the county jail here made
an attempt to bre&k out in the absence
of the Jailor. They had bored through
the top of the cage and were about to
break through the roof when the wife
of Jailor Smith armed a negro trusty
and taking her husband’s shot gun cov
ered the prisoners and kept them still
until her husband’s return. The pris
oners were then forced to go back to
their cells.
News Notes.
A dispatch from Prairie de Chien,
Wis., says: Fire broke out in the Prai
rie Do Chien Woolen Mills and the
damage.probably will reach $150,000.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
Herbert, Hill A Co., members:
New York and Chicago stock exl
ges and the Chicago board of tr
Tuesday went into the hands of Olar-'
ence Day, receiver. Liabilities are be
tween $150,000 and $200,000.
Hon. Thomas E. Watson published
statement concerning the Indian
Spring incident It is alleged that he
was refused accommodations without
reason by the Wigwaji.
Trouble Threatened.
Johannesburg, By Cable.—A strong
force of British troops has been dis
patched to the western border of the
Transvaal, ostensibly to relieve troops
ordered to Indiana, but It is currentiy
reported that this step is Uken owing
to disturbances among the natives. Ru
mors are also current here of an Inten
tion to annex or establish a protector-
Sir Wilfred Laurier and M. Delcasse I g^^aziland, where a strong frrce
conferred regarding UriSs between | constabularly is now posted.
France and Canada. .. •