glje l0lk fntmtrj ffeto. p 1 "M'W,,IWWM,IIMMMIWM"MWM"'""1 a-aaaaaaaaaaajM fhjjjCgntsthe Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price. $1.00 Per Year in Adrsnel " VOL XIV. ifiif GUUJNGS Of NORTH STATE NEWS I U,vys of Interest Gleaned From Arranged for Busy Readers Legislation is Aflfcc. Raleid'. Special. At the Pish and Ovslf j I onvenuon recently neia at 1.1 - 1.1 I 13 a tt, State Geologist, was chairman, V. J. Tate, of Carrituck county, ras secretary, it was unanimously -. i,l ill ' . rt 1 eknow lodged tnat ine supply oi edi- Je fish ni the waters of North Car- a has tor a number years past mo less and less and that there two facts which are responsible or this condition: First, insufficiency f laws for the protection of the fish, nd second, nor&enforcement of such aws that have been passed. State (ieologist Pratt, in speaking f the proposed legislation said: "The State has placed little or no est i riction on the amount of appara- Itns that can be fished in the waters f the State and made hardly any at tempt, except in a small territory, to nforcc the laws that have been i ' . 1 X A A J 1 uassen wiin a view to proieci me fish. It is not putting it too strong to say that it the commercial nsher men will not consult their own ' in terests enough to protect the fishing industry of their own accord, they hould be made to do it because they are not the only ones that have an interest in the fishes of North Caro lina. "Careful consideration was given y the convention to legislation which it was considered would Tiest protect the fish and oyster industries and build these up to the place where tbey would be a source of considera ble revenue to the State. The inr. lerests of the commercial fishermen were carefully considered and the ommittec believes that the legisla tion recommended is in every ease to the best interests of the fishermen, and that- if laws are passed regulating fishin? and oystering, according to these recommendations, that in a few years both these industries will be very ranch improved and the cem- mere:;ii fisherman will find -that with the same amount of labor and expanse he can make considerable more profit. V i - a a it was the unanimous opinion that the oyster industry in the State needs much more thorough protection, not only from the shipment of oys ters outside the State, but the taking off of the beds and selliner of ovsters aller than the law allows. If the law; s recommended for the cultivation )f the oyster are passed, it will be )ssible for those desiring: to enter his business to obtain an incontest ibb e title to a bottom suitable for the rowing of oysters and, as this indus- ry is introduced, it will mean an in reasp m the Droductivitv of the atural ovster bottoms. A general closed season of three onths was recommended for fresh atcr fish that are heinc eancht in stern North CJnrnlinn. hv nt.trs for oirnnercia! purposes the convention, outside of legisla- ion that is recommended, was of onsiderable value to the fishing in- ustnes of North Carolina inasmuch S it broucrht tncptripr between 50 and 0 delegates, representing nearly ev- O' fount v in pa stern "NTnrfh P!n.rolinft. rrh ese not only exchanged ideas, but Were biono-ht. intra a rrivnh elnser ouch with the fishing industry of the .- v inii tuv y ii u v w w more dearly than ever before the Sine of this inliiBrrv tn the State tad fh, need of fostering and pro- lectin- it. North State Items. D. J. Carpenter, of Newton, de considerable improvements io his hosiery jnill. He has enlarged his . warehouses in " ?ive himself room for his it put of goods. He has also 1 new room to bis office build eh he has furnished in an :ft a style. . sin will have the electric power lhiekhorn Falls 'by the end of ear. Work is coin? ahead on ansrmssion line and $25,000 is expended by the Carolina Pow 1 pany in doing concrete work in ace of stone and earth work at ant. . ; Tbe new bank buildinsr of X, ' ai"n-s and ' Merchants' Bank ofl !,,n, has reached the second 'y and is a very handsome edifice. governor Glenn has tendered his ices whenever needed a num. a"onal Democratic committee. Viartermaster General H Save tViot i -.fi il. - : uat mc cubi oi me encamp ?ei't of the National Guard this year, "''"Jdine the n'flo -,o .knnf . i:l -li,t. rvt. . T laj W V- V V The War Department pays 1 this. P- H. TTflwlri no m nairrn x Vitrei has n J IP'aetiofi W - i tt n Hiuiession. ne is a UP a lum o of PJ,U1 tt; -l. lllni'v -1 medical departiwmt of Shaw Bias at. : ftrrf;,' Drdi V Bidder j up--,, flTT; the a AH Sections f the State and Will be Amicably Adjusted. Washington, pecial. Health Officer Woodward, of Washington, returned trom his vacation and has taken charge of the leper ease. He says he met Dr. Lewis, chairman of the North Carolina board of health, out West and told him he would have a eper to turn over to him upon his return to Washington. Dr. Lewis replied, says Mr. Woodward, that North Carolina would take care of the man if it had any funds for such a case, but that it did not. Mr. Wood ward gave out a long statement in which he said that Early would be cared for that he was not going to be shifted back and forth in a rail road box car as the Assyrian was be tween Maryland and West Virginia a few years ago. "There is no rea son for any feeling in the matter," says the health officer. "It will all be amicably adjusted somehow. I know of no law to compel North Cai folina to take charge of the man, bat 4; ir it is qeciaea tnat trie estate is to charge, he will be sent in a way which will be comfortable for him and not endanger the people along the way." To Provide Girls' Training School Winston-Salenm, Special. One of most practical philanthropies yet pro jected in this city is that which is now being fostered by the Young Ladies7 Aid bociety of the Centenary Methodist church, the idea being to provide a training school for girls, with particular reference to sewing and domestic ftrts. A meeting will be held soon, when it is expected that the project will assume definite form. Miss Florence Blackwell, deaconess of the ohurch, has the matter in charge! An Appeal by the Governor. Raleigh, Special. Governor Glenn has issued a proclamation in which he declared the Governor to be pow erless to relieve suffering in the flood devastated sections of eastern North Carolina and calling on all humane citizens of the State to contribute to the fund for relief in these sections. He also stated that he had directed the attention of the national govern- ment to the devastated conditions, es pecially in Pender and Lenoir coun- I . .... ... m I ties, urging that steps he taken lor re- lief. The proclamation was isssued with the approval of the council of State. I Aged Man Killed by Freight Train, I Reidsville, N. C, Special. Mi i Swann, 80 years old, was killed by a freight train on the Southern while crossing the track just north of the depot. Some one called to him to get out of the way and as he turned around he was struck by the train. An arm was broken and a severe wound about the temple resulted. He was carried to his home where he died about an hour after the accident. The deceased is survived by his aged wife and one son, Haywood Swann ,of Charlotte. Car Inspector Killed. Hamlet. N. :CL Special -W. A. Mel ton, car inspector for the Seaboard Air Line, was run over and instant ly killed here by train No. 44. No one seems able to state the exaet manner in which he met his death, but it is supposed that he was on the front platform of the rear car -and when the train started to pull out he slipped and fell under the car. Mr. Melton was a young man, 25 years old. North State Itemr. T. H. Vawerford, North Carolina agent for the Bryan campaign 'fund, secured $100 in Winston-Salem. He has $1,500 in all so far. The farmers along the Cape Fear Qn-.T-t ihaf 1 flip cotton and corn that was covered by water dur- ine the recent freshet is a total loss, and some oi tnem wm susiiiiu a i loss. There are about 67 candidates foT the ministry at Davidson College. A Urtre tar cent of this numner is furnished by the senior class, wnicn r as campared with the junior is ncn in such material. Salem Female Academy, of Winston-Salem, began its one hundred and seventh year with appropriate exer- mi -ii io lororo in. eises. ine anenuaaoc w & eluding -representatives from many States and some foreign countries. An interesting experiment .will be trJei fbis vear., that of having Mon day for holiday instead of Saturday tu. w eftv hall at High Point is enmnletion and will probablyj within three! De iw -r-- . .1 weeks, tl is located on oruan succi .nj Trill be used for mayor's office,! and will. polic water departments i r 4ii COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER MGEB F Tutu re floods Are the liver Floods Becoming High er? The question naturally arises in connection with the recent floods what has been the cause of the enormous increase in the height of floods in the Southern States during th pase det. cade? W; W. Ashe, State Forrester of North Carolina; ascribes it largely to the destruction of the leaf mold by to te destruction of the leaf mold by forest fires, and to te large areas ofJ washed and gullied land which sheds the heavy rains in place of absorbing them. . The increase both in the number1 and the height of the floods has been . remarkable during the past fifteen years. That it is not due to climate is snown Dy tne weather bureau ctata.n which show, o notieeaWe change imaie since tne oureau nas Deen operation. The higher rises of the muua in l ilt-, i f 1 I'M i nun i iit- ia i ; 1, r . xr ,i ii o . , . i . ff an nyers may oe taaen as ex- " ". as the highest in the Cape Fear rivwliveral seats, attacked her with his er up to that time. In 1903 a height of 63 feet was reached, while the present freshet was 8 feet higher or 71 feet. The same gradual increase in the height of the floods can be traced on the Savannah. For many years the flood of 1830 was the standard, but those of the past de cade have been higher, culminating:, up to the present, in the one which has just cost the city of Augusta a million dollars and the loss of two score of lives. The some record ex ists on many other Southern streams, the Yadkin, Catawba, Paeolet, Ohio, Cumberland, Alabama and Santee. Cause of the River Floods. There is no doubt that both the. neignt or tne nooas nas increased, and that the actual number has in creased during the past fifteen years, and that the same amount of rain fall now produces a much higher flood crest than formerly. The destruction of the forests on the headwaters of the rivers has undoubtedly been one of the important causes. The area of forest land on the steep slopes has Been rapidly decreasing during the past fifteen years. There has also. been a large area of forest land lnm- bered and burned destroying the leaf i3 i i l x ii. :i moia wnicn jsepi me son uyeu am porous and in a condition to absorb heavy rains. There is in addition to tniS SDOUl 2,uuu,uuv acres oi wasur farmine land from Virginia to (xeor- fria, having a hard baked soil, which i 1 1 lli IL- ooes not aDsorD one-nan ox me ..... i -ii i wnich it would were it euner in cul tivation or in timber. These unfav orable conditions increase every year. Less of every heavy rain is absorbed antl a larger portion runs rapidlv off resulting in higher and more destruc tive floods. The upland soils of the Piedmont are heavy clays, naturally impervious, unless kept porous by deep plowing or by the cover of for est litter. When dry and baked by the sun this clay is as unabsorptive as a brick. It is the additional five or ten feet of flood water which causes the destruction, and this is the water which these soils would absorb if tbey were open and. porous. The. rainfall, also, is of a very heavy concentrated character, making it. all the more nec essary that the soils shall absorb as fast as the rain falls. The Piedmont of the Southern States differs very much in this repspect from the north eastern States. Can the Big Rivers Be Made Safe? The Southern States have now reached the point when they must de cide whether the large rivers and their valleys are to be made safe, or wheth er their enormous value is to be threatened by the attempt to secure a liicrHer temnorarv orofit from the steep hillside land than the conditions justify. The permanent value of these lands can only be maintained in timber and the States which are con- emed, should on their own initiative take some proper measures for per- wmamiag 1 .. ber, and at the same time protect the commerce, cities, factories and lanas of the large rivers. The damage to these States from floods during the past ten years ag- etM more tban $20,000,000. How - - u it to before the States act! Held Up and Robed. Spencer, Special. Adolphua Wil helm, a well-known merchant t Richfield, Stanly eounty, was held up and robbed about midnight Saturday night by four masked white men who accosted him while returning from a social call. Two men held the team driven bv Mr. Wilhelm, one covered him with a pistol and another went through his pockets, securing about $2(1 Tin cash. Thev also took his hat - . , g. aiu in dui reiumea n, leaims some way. Mr. Wilhelm was roughly use la5 wVi JP ' n r m w m 10 DEATH Awful Deed of a Crazy Man in North Carolina Village TJttfiajT ON THE SABBATH DAY Miss Willie Bollinger Murdered Sun day Morning While Seated at Or gan Playing Sunday School Hymn. Newton, N. C, Special-At Startown three miles from this plac, the Sab bath peaceful neas was broken by one of the most demoniacal crimes ever known in this county. The tragedy took place in the Methodist church about 10:30 while Sfcnday School was oeing held, Miss Willie Bnllinger, aged about 18 years, beine stabtied 7 , ----- j"iot Luueu TSJlSSSi' """" The reports that reach here are a httle conflicting as to just how the awiul deed was done One is to the . UIO enect tnat Miss Knl hnmr uroc aafAf1 A aZ: '" 'Zi " j . sanooi when Kader.' leanmc aernss packet knife, stabbing her once in the back and twice m the breast. An other report is that the man waited just outside of the church door and just as she came out committed the deed. But whereyer the act was done, the result is the same and the girl lies dead at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Bullinger. The attack was very violently made and it is said that those reaching the couple first could not prevent Rader from giving his victim several cuts. The murderer was arrested at once and is now in jail. He is not sorry for the crime and is reported as say ing that he killed her "because she was a witch." Rader was last spring committed to the asylum at Morganton, having become violently insane. At this time in his ravings he talked incessantly of Miss Bullinger for several months. He has been at home apparently well and nothing strange was noticed about him until his terrible deed Sun day morning. Saturday afternoon he delivered a load of wood in Newton and while here purchased a new knife with which he committed the murder. COURT DISMISSES SUITS. Government's Suits For the Enforce ment of the Commodities Clause Against the Anthracite Coal-Carrying Railroads Are Dismissed by the Circuit Court. Philadelphia, Special. Declaring it to be drastic, harsh, unreasonable and an invasion of the rights of the States, and, therefore, repugnant to the constitution, the United States Circuit Court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania dismissed the suits of the Federal government to enforce the commodities clause of the Hep burn railroad set against the anthra cite coal-carrying railroads of this State.' Judges George Gray and Geo. M. Dallas filed opinions dismissing the suits and Judge Joseph Buffiugton dissented but did not file an opinion. The commodities clause prohibits rail road companies to tbansport in Inter state Commerce any article or com modity manufactured, mined or pro duced by them or under theiratimor ity. A penalty not to exceed $5,000 is provided for each violation. The case was argued in June, Unit ed States Attorney General Bona parte delivering the principal argu ment for the government. The effect of the commodities clause if consti tutional would b$ to confine the min ing of anthracite conl bv the rail roads for use in Pennsylvania only, or compel the railroads to-s&ll all the mining property they are interested in .either -dirgctly or indirectly. It is almost certain that the case will be appealed directly -to the Unit ed States Supreme Court. Oil Can Explosion Causes Fatality. Poraeroy 0., Special. A can of oil standing near, the stove in the kitchen at the home of John G. Roush, in Mafcpn county, W. Va., ex ploded early Sunday and as a result one child was burned to death, and Mr. and -Mrs. Roush and three children weie so severely injured that wiey may die. The, house was con sumed. Reception to be Genuine. Tokio, y Caixie- The lull pro- i gramme for the reception by the Jap anese to the American fleet, which is due here October 17th, leaves very few minutes for sleep while the ves sels are in port. Official orders, The Associated Press is informed, will in clude decorations and regulations as to the treatment of the visitors. Al ready in Yokohama it has been di rected that during the visit of the fleet, lantern I u t d stat 17, 08. ELECTION Bert M. Pernald, Republican, Chosen Governor Over Obadiah Gardner, Democrat Republicans Elect Four Congressmen and! State Auditor. Portland, Me., Special. Although the Republicans came off victorious in the State election Monday, Bert W. Fernald, of Portland, being chosen Governor, over Obadiah Gardner, of Sockland. All four Republican candidates for Congress were elected and for State Auditor Charles P. Hatch, of August ta, Republican, defeated his oppon ent. At 10 :30 returns for Governor from all of the cities and 400 towns and plantations out of 499 gave: Fernald (Rep.) 68,300. Gardner (Dem.) 61,016. Same places in 1904 gave: x Cobb (Rep.) 70,882. Davis (Dem.) 46, 712. Preferred Suicide to Hydrophobia. Springfield, 111., Special. Fearing iy10?00111 88 result oi a Dite m- , , 1 i - ,. ... . nictea oy a squirrel sunenng witn -rabies, Fred Peterson, 45 vears old died Sunday of carbolic acid poison ing. He swallowed the acid with sui cidal intent, becauseV as he remarked Sunday, he preferred to kill himself rather than die of rabies. Five other persons bitten by the rabid squirrel are in Chicago undergoing treatment to prevent" possible serious develop ments. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Mexico is having guns of a new and powerful type built in France for her coast defense. Seventy thousand German troops began the great military maneuvres in Alsace-Lorraine. At Rio. Janeiro deputies advocated an increase in Brazil's appropriation for national defense. M. Leon Delagrange broke all rec ords for aeroplane flights at Issy les Moulineaux, France. The Belgian ChambepMf Deputies passed the Congo annexation treaty by a vote of 83 to 55. Nevada Democrats have indorsed United States Senator Francis G. Newlands for re-election. Turkish subjects in Mew York City at a mass meeting in Carnegie Hall celebrated the promulgation of a con stitution. Because she refused to marry him, Roe Hinkle shot his boarding mis tress, Mrs. Anderson, seriously, at Seneca, S. C. A reporter visited Harry Thaw in the Poughkeepsie (N. T.) jail, and found him lodged mare like a star boarder than a prisoner. Zia Bey, chief spy to the Sultan of Turkey under the old reginie, and who admitted responsibility for the Armenian massacres, fled from New York. The Netherlands Government has sent an ultimatum to Venezuela de manding the revocation of President"! Castro's decree which virtually kills the trade of Curacao. 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Foul play is suspected In the death of Miss Marie Rancke, who was found drowned near Detroit, Mich. Mrs. Marshall Field, Jr., of Chi cago, surprised her friends by marsy ing in London Maldwin Drummonc. Dr. Grace Wilson Cahoon, of Butte, Mont., has just been elected secre tary of the Montana State Medical As sociation. There are already tweity-sevehi American women registered as medi cal students to take the course in the University of Berlin, Germany. New York women highly disap proved of Professor Herrick's char-, acterization of the American woman as wholly mercenary and selfish. The wives of three mail carriers in New York State are carrying the mail while their husbands are away on va cations ordered for fckeir health.. There are said to be two women in New York receiving salaries of $20, 000 a year. Th?y are both designers of women's dresses for concerns mak ing a specialty of handsome ready made garments. Mrs. John B. 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