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A v v v: THE WEATHER. Fair Tuesday and Wednesday; mod cvaete temperature; light west winds. MR. MERCHANT Use our Business Local columns to advertise your specials" in season able goods. One cent a word and they bring results. .Ask the Users. FO.UN.DE VOL. LXXXVI NO. 66. WILITKGTOK, JST. C., TUESDAY MORNTSTGr, JUISTE 7, 1910. WHOKE NUMBER 13,314, v - . : t - v. RAILROADS ACCEPT TAR'S PROPOSAL Injunction Suit Withdrawn and Increased Rates Will Not Be Imposed. MIT NEW RAILROAD LAW President of Western Lines and Other Officials Assembled in Conference at White House Yesterday President's Views. Washington, June 6. A complete aionnent between the government ami the recently -enjoined railroads of ih Western Trunk Line ' Association was reached at a White House con ference which lasted for more than four hours this afternoon. The railroads represented agreed to withdraw all rate increases filed to be effective on or after June 1st, and agreed to file no more increases until the hill in Congress which gtoes the Interstate Commerce Commission power to investigate and suspend in ciea?s that are not Justified, becomes a law and goes into effect. The President thereupon stated that the administrations purpose in bring ing the injunction suit had been ac complished and the suit would be dis continued. The discontinuance will not be entered, however, until after the new railroad law is signed. The belief was expressed .tonight that all of the other railroads of the country which have filed Increased rates, or have such' a plan under con sideration, will abide toy the agree ment reached today with the railroads named as defendants in the recent suit Therei will be a conference at the White House tomorrow in which Pres idents Brown, of the New York. Cen tral railroad: McCTea, of the Fennsyi vania and other officials) representing railroads in the eastern central terri tory will participate. That they will acquiesce in President Taft's propo-jbeen gition and hQld OPW tne propose in-1 Wses IITJUI Ttirer ine new jaw ue- CtimP3 eirective, 13 ura.UUCtt.uy wicu tor granted here tonignv .verv one connected with today's conference' seemed gratified over the outcome; All that Prsident Taft has desired is that the Interstate Com merce Commission should have au thority I to investigate increases in rates to determine whether or not thev are justified by prevailing condi tions and are Just -to the shippers. This power is to be conferred under the new law. - The, railroads on the other hand, it is iiointed out, are to be relieved of embarrassing litigation, are assured of a "square deaTV when their case is presented to the Interstate Commis sion, and are free to resume the con traqts for improvements and exten sions which they threatened to cancel ha.l the court proceedings continued. The new railroad bill contains a clause which gives it effect 60 days after being signed by the President. It will be necessary to" make the pro vision as to the supervision of rate's by the Interstate Commerce Commis. ion immediately effective and .tot this reason, as President Taft indicat ed tonight. It will be necessary to send, the bill to the conference. Attorney General Wickersham, "Sec retary of State Knox, Secretary of Commerce and , Labor Nagel and .Messrs. Knapp and Lane, of the Inter state Commerce Commission, partic ipated in the conference. At the con clusion of the conference the follow ing statement was Issued: E. P. Ripley, president of the Atchi son. Tcpeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Walker D. Hines. acting chairman executive commitee Atchi son. Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company, Frederic A. Delano, presi dent of the Wabash Company, and sv M. Felton, president of the Chica go Croat Western Company, a com mittee representing the 24 railroad companies defendant in a suit brought by the government in Missouri in which Judge Dyer granted an injunc tion restraining increases In rates met Hi" President and Attorney General today pursuant to a request sent to tin- President a few days since. Tho President stated to these gen tb inen at the outset that the purposo of ihe suit was to prevent' the pro potioii rate increases (which, "under ihe existing law, could not be investi ;r;i!o(! at all until after they had be come effective) so as to preserve the status until the new statute could be j-a.?sed and the commission should have' the nower to investigate rate advance's as soon as announced and I before becoming effective. He stated further that he thought .-the railroad companies must withdraw the tariffs enjoined and all pther -tariffs filed by them effective on or aft luno 1st, 1910. and that n,one of them oiii'ht to Hie any new tariffs involving istte advances until the new law should ljf passed, assuming that it would be passed at the present session of Con gress. " . Alter conference the railroad com pMnis .announced that they would i'dopt. the view expressed by the Preel 'if,nt and thereupon the President stat-'-'1 that if thev did; so his purpose in '"'inking the suit, would be accom i li bed, and. such result being accom plished, he saw no occasion for press in" the suit and the same would be withdrawn. . ' The rate Increases specified in the v MEXICAN UPRISING IRAILRQADS CAUSES BLOODSHED Reign of Terror in Yucatan and Troops Are Rushed to Scene. INDIANS RANSACKED TOWN Battle Expected Between Insurgents and Government Forces Trouble ' Over Indian Lands Forty People Reported Slain. Vera Cruz, Mex., June 6. Th? most serious uprising with which the Mexi can government has had to deal in a long time has occurred in the State of Yucatan and troops are behit; rushed to the disturbed area. In the oian time, reports which have reached here indicate that there has been much bloodshed and that the insurgents are preparing for a battle with the govern- ment foross which is sure tov come soon. The independent newspaper, El Dic tamen, publishes dispatches from Mer dia, the capital of Yucatan to the ef fect that 40 persons were slain by ihe Maya Indians on Saturday. Further dispatches received here state that ,- 000 of these Indian insurgent ransack ed the town of Valladolid. :5 miles to the Southeast of Merida, killiiii; all the principal government employes, the chiefuif police and others Thoy seized rifles and pistols and instituted a reign of terror. Many of the inhabitants of Valladolid are fleeing to Merida. Tbfe gunboat Morelos has already left thislport with 600 soldiers abroad, while the Yucatan gunboat Zaragaa is lying in the harbor ready to take a 1,000 additional troops, who are expect ed soon to arrive from the iiter?or. Railroad and telegraph ' communica tion between Medida and the zone of the trouble -is now cut- off. , Twenty miles ofthe Yucatan railroad "have destroyed by the Indians.' j. It Is reporxea t iaai many jeiegrapa . up.vra- ioia nave- ueen Kiiteu or are ririsour?r. ruiuitu, juugo ui tniuiuai wun, u among tne dead. The rebels are strongly entrenched in anticipationof the advance of the Federal troops. Maximiliano Ramirez Bonilla, the former rebel leader, and Colonel Victor Montenegro are said to be at the head of the uprising. The towns of Tinum, Uayma and Tunkas, all between Merida and Valla dolid have been attacked, but the re ports say that the. families of all the residents, except officials, have been unmolested. To what extent the In surgents pillaged or killed at these places has not yet been learned. A strict censorship has now been established, and the original telegrams giving the first details of the uprising were sent before the government took charge of the news. It is understood that the cause of the trouble is dissatisfaction on the part of the Indian over the action of the government officials regarding lands, but the extent point of controversy has not been made clear in the reports. It is not thought that any Americans are Involved. J. JULIAN SOUTHER LAND Prize' Awarded to Wilmington Student at Georgetown Finals. Washington, June 6. Secretary Na gel, of the Department of Commerce and Labor, advised v the graduating class of Georgetown University law school tonignt to "serve the public in its own behalf and not, strive to swell your own pocket book." He declared that he could not subscribed to the doc trine that a lawyer has a right to take any case, in the graduating class, a prize was awarded to J. Julian South- erland, of Wilmington, N. U., and in the post graduate class to George Mel ling, of Greensboro, N. C. injunction suit against the railroads in the Western Associstlon did not cover all of the increases that had been filed with the commission. The railroads today, however, agreed to withdraw all the increases that had been planned for June 1st, ,or after. There have been a number or increas es put into effect during the last few months. These will not come under the agreement. For instance,, the increas ed rates on live stock, effective last March, will not be affected. The Im portant increases, however, and the ones of which the shippers chiefly complained, werethose scheduled for June 1st and after. . , 4 . The railroad - presidents claimed they had been misrepresented as to their having been anything clandes tine about their agreeing upon or filing new rates. They claimed they had sent written notices to the shippers and even had the receipts of certain of the shLppers who had denied ever hav ing received such notices. Finally, they declared that the increased rates had been filed in the same manner as the Interstate Commerce Commission had approved for the past 'ten years. The ' railroad presidents told Presi dent Taft incidentally that they had been advised by their cpunsel that the government's injunction ... - suits could not be sustained. The Presi dent "replied that he 1 was willing to take a chance as to that and he thought the best way out for the rail roads, was for them to withdraw their Increases. It was then that the settle ment was reached J GOULD DEFY IDE LAWS ' J Alleged "Joker" Permitting Rebating in Railroad Bill, Say Democrats. AS PASSED BY THE SENATE Senator. Shively Claims Thet Certain Proviso Would Nullify Laws Pro hibiting Rebates Joint Conference on Bill. Washington. June 6. Democratic leaders in the House today discovered an alleged "joker" in the Senate rail road bill which they say would permit the railroads to engage in rebating without fear of prosecution. It is-in the form of a five-line provision to that section of the existing law which prescribes a penalty of $250 for fail ure to quote a rate to a shipper on re quest or for misquoting a rate The proviso, which is said to nullify laws prohibiting rebates, was presented by Senator Shively, a Democrat, and is as. follows: "Provided, however, that notwith standing anything in this section con tained, any person or company suffer ing damage in consequence of any vio lation of any of the provisions of this section shall have the right to recover such damage by suit against the car rier in any court cf competent juris diction." The theory of the Democratic mem bers of the House who pointed out this feature of the bill was that it would open the way for railroads to give rebates under the guise of pay ing damages to a shipper. Lawyers of the Senate, both Republicans and Democrats, ridiculed the suggestion and said that it probably was advanc ed to cast doubt upon the wisdom of accepting the Senate amendments to the railroad bill without a conference. nReireaeBtative -Underwood;, of Ate- bama, declared the Senate amendment would effectually restore to the rail road the power to grant rebates. The Standard Oil fine of 129,000.- 000 was imposed as the result of a misquoted rate," said- Mr. Underwood. If this section were to become a law, the railroads might misquote a rate to a shipper, and pay to him, as dam ages, anything they wished. The pnly penalty they would Incur under the circumstances would be a fine of $250 and the payments in 'damages', might amount to millions. The shipper, of course, would not need to bring actual suit, as the rail road could confess the damaees and pay theVshipper. It wouldn't natter whether It was called damages or re bates, the effect would be the same." Representative Sims, of Tennessee, a Democratic member of the Commit tee on Interstate and Foreign' Com merce, said that in his opinion, the Senate section would restore to the railroads the privilege of rebating. I do ' not want to say", said Mr. Sims, "that the Senate intended' the section to read that way. but that is the effect of the provision." The railroad bill probably will go to a joint conference committee repre senting the Senate and House. This had become fairly certain in the in formal discussions in the House dur ing the day, and appears inevitable in any event as the result of the confer ence at ' the White House between President Taft and the railroad presi dents. Since Saturday there has been a movement on foot to have the House agree to the Senate bill in its entirety and thus avoid a conference.- The "insurgent" Republicans and Demo crats have been representing as being strongly in favor of such a course. The. regulars on the other hand have in sisted that, the bill needed smoothing out in several particulars. Doubt arose today as to the degree of unanimity among the Democrats oh the subject. It appeared that they had reached no decision as to their ftttitudef .and it ,Was evident from individual-expressions that the minority party wa& badly divided on the ques tibn... Representative Champ Clark spent most of. the afternoon trying to get, a .concensus of opinion from his fellow Democrats. .' A-conference' lasting an hour or so was held ; in the Democratic cloak room between Senators Shively, of In diana, and Hughes, of Colorado, and Representatives Clark, of Missouri, and underwood, of Alabama, it was thdToplnlofl. of those in the best posi tion to know, that, the Democrats would, not. vbte in sufficient numbers to',4hsure concurrence in the Senate amendments: -; The whole question was, however, thrown into a different status by the result of the White House conference. PITCHER ' LUYSTER RECOVERS. Rallied prom Injury Saturday and Re - . turned to Hiu Team, (Special Star Telegram.) -Wilson, N. C, June 6. Luyster, Fayetteville's pitpher, who was hit by a ball Saturday evening, after remain ing unconscious for four hours, rallied and on Sunday afternoon returned to his. team at Fayetteville. . . . -i" . ; Dancing Tonight. Dahcing.. at Lumina tonight 16 piece orchestra. RAILROAD CLAIMS BIG FRAUD LOSS Illinois .Central Sues Four Former Officers for an Accounting. CONCERNS THAT PROFITED Estimated Loss at $2,00(7,000 by Re pair Work Through Conspiracy. Overcharges Alleged in Com plaint in Court.' - Chicago, June 6. Charging that it has been defrauded of about $2,000,000 on repair work in a period of four years, the Illinois Central Railroad Company today filed suit, in the Cir cuirt Court for an accounting, against four of its former officers. The railroad company's bill, which alleges conspiracy to defraud, names the following men: O. S. Keith, for mer superintendent of transportation; Joseph E. Buker, former assistant sup erintendent of machinery; William Renshaw, former assistant superinten dent of the machinery department, and John M. Taylor, former general storekeeper. In connection with the charges, the Illinois Central road declares in its bill that these concerns profited in al leged overcharges on car repair work in the following amounts; The Blue Island Equipment Compa- ny,$400,000; The American Car and Eqiupment Company, $100,000; Aoster- man Manufacturing Company, $750,- 000 and The Memphis Car Company, $300,000; International Car Company. The railroad also suits for an ac counting against the West Pullman Car Company and against the Ameri can Car and Equipment Company. The filing of the suits follows an in vestigation by thj railroad company and numerous minors of an alleged graft "ring" in the Illinois ' Central Railroad. High tfficers of the, road have stoutly denied, that there existed any trouble of tWSliaracter. The bill against the four, former de partment heads alleges that the men entered into a conspiracy in June, 1906, and that, from that date until April. 1910, the railroad company was defrauded ,out of nearly $2,000,000. The defendants are alleged to have represented to the corporation that the company's repair work could be done more cheaply by independent concerns than at the railroad's own shops. When contracts wer given to certain independent Concerns the bill charges, the railroad . company began paying aj long series of large over charges from which' certain superin tendents are declared to have obtained thousands; of dollars. MUST SXY "FLOATED OYSTERS" Ruling of in Department of Agriculture Regard to Oysters. Washington, June 6. In a decision issued today by the Department of Ag riculture 5t was announced that the "floating") of oysters would be per mitted by) the Department if the water in which he floating was done, was of ealine content as the water the same in which the oysters were grown. Accordbg to the testimony given at the hearihg of the oyster shippers at the department some time ago, this will not plump up the oyster and make it stay fat as in the case when it is floated iti fresh water. The Depart ment ruted that if oysters for inter state shipment are given a drink of fresh wajer, they must be marked on the vontaner "floated oysters" If ihey! are floated in water that is polluted hey will be considered adul- terated tvithin the meaning of the pure food 1q nr OUTLINES. Agreeikg to President Taft's propos al to wait until the railroad bill be comes allaw and goes into effect, tho railroad Presidents of Western lines agreed nt to impose the proposed in creased ' -ates and the President as sured tb?m that the injunction suit would be withdrawn in a suit filed yesterda; by the Illinois Central rail road aga ast four of its former officers for an . ccounting, it contends that the roadl has 1 been defrauded of $2,- 000,000 py conspiracy the postal savings , bank bill comes up in the House tcpay. It is expected that tho feasure -will go through without a sin gle amendment. .Two minority reports were file! yesterday The Senate by vote esterday agreed to take up the admpistration bill to withdraw public lai ds for conservation purposes Twel e thousand acres of timber land kno ra as the "Murchison boun dary," in Mitchell and Yancey coun ties wer sold yesterday tol a West Virginia syndicate for $200.000- New Y01 c markets 1 Money - on call steady 2 1-4 to 2 3-4 per cent, ruling rate 2 3 1, closing bid 2, offered at 2 1-4; fl ur steady with a moderate local tra e; wheat spot strong No. 2 red 1.05 nominal. No. t northern 1.12 7-8 f o. b.; corn spot strong, No. 2, 67 noh nal elevator domestic basis; oats spo firm, mixed nominal; rosin and tarp itine quiet; spot cotton quiet and 'Stee y, 30 points advance, mid- dling 15.45. u hands 15.20, , middling gulf Dahcing Tonight at Lumina tonight 16- Dancirk piece orchestra English Aviator Coming For American Contests H ' 1 New York, June 6. Hon. C. S. Rolls, to France and return again without stopping his machine, is coming to New York this month and will enter the flying contests between New York, Chi cago and St. Louis. Mr. Rolls is flying more for honor than for cash prizes, his flight across the English channel bringing him only a $400 gold cup. BIG MOUNTAIN TIMBER DEAL Vast Holding in Western North Caro lina Reported Sold by Estate of Late Col. Murchison W. Vir ginia Syndicate. . (Special, Star Telegram.)- y"V " Asheville, N. C., June 8eTjrtIie biggest timber deals of some months became known tonight' when it was learned that Lewis Can " and Joseph Keys, of West Virginia, representing a syndicate, had purchased the 12,000 acres of dand in Mitchell and Yancey counties, known as the "Murchison boundary." The purchase price was about $200, 000. This is one of the finest bound aries of virgin timber in the whole western North Carolina and has be longed for years to Col. K. M. Murchi son, of Wilmington. The line includes the top of Mount Mitchell, the highest point east of the Rocky Rountains. The new owners the Mount Mitchell Lumber Company, purchased the prop erty primarily for the'timber and willl shortly begin extensive operations. A railroad, is now under process of con structidn from Boonford to Burnsvllle, Yancey county, and this it is said will be extended to penetrate the boun dary. This will open up to the mar ket a lot of timber land and furnish its freight to the C. C. & O. railroad. The Murchisons purchased this prop erty about 20 years ago at an almost nominal price. There is a rumor here tonight that a company plans to con struct a Summer hotel on the top of the Black Mountain and also following a gradual grade from Overlook Moun tain, near Asheville, to construct an automobile road to the top of Mt. Mitchell. The tract is heavily timbered with spruce, oak, cherry, poplar and birch. The property stretches from the sum mit of Mitchell, down the eastern slope of the mountain to a point near the Toe river embracing a ' territory seven miles long and nine miles wide. ATLANTA TO NEW YORK RUN. First Stage Ended Last Night -at An derson, S. C. Anderson, S. C, June 6. The first stage of the good roads run from Af lanta to New York ended this evening at Anderson with nearly every one of the 62 starters on time. The run of 139 miles was made without serious mishap. John Grant, of Atlanta, had a nar row escape from a serious accident. He was running nis big car containing his family when he took a sharp curye at high speed. The car ran .into a ditch and a front wheel was broken. The occupants were severely shaken but no one was hurt. A new wheel was sent from Atlanta, and the car. will continue in the run. j ) " The parade of automobiles through the country districts brought farmer and their families from miles arouhd and the road was lined the. whole' dis tance with enthusiastic country peo ple. At Anderson the night ; control of the city was illuminated in honor of the visitors. The, tourist. -will reach Spartanburg tomorrow noon and will .be entertained by the people, of that town. The night control will ibe at Charlotte, 'N. C. '. : Bristol. . Tenn.. June 6. The . trus tees of Emery & Henry College today elected Dr. J. W- Perry, of .MorllB town, Tenn., to succeed Dr. R.C Wa- terhouse. as president of that.lnstitn tion, following the election of Dr.: Wa terhouse as bishop at the recent .Gen eral; Conference of the Methodist Church, South, at Asheville, N. C. .-1. V . -.. I-.-''; - .,-'.. . -V : -' ' -' it '". . ; ' j ' : . .':,' v , 1 -. .. V a the first man to fly from England DR. FEW PRESIDENT TRINITY ETected After Lengthy Session of Board of Trustees at Trinity Yes terday Not Official, However. President's Report. 1 (Special Star. Telegram.) v Durham, N. Cfc, June . Dr. William Preston Few, former dean and profes sor of history was tonight elected pres ident bf Trinity College to succeed Bishop John C. Kilgo at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the college which adjourned a few minutes before midnight, after naving been in session since 5 o'clock this afternoon with a recess of an hour and half for supper. The official information as to the election of Dr. Few could not be obtain ed and the only verification of the elec tion was through the personal expres sion of a member of the board of trus tees. No information was obtainable in an official way' and it was stated that the election of all the officers would be announced during the com mencement exercises. Twenty seven of the .uirty six mem bers of the board were present at the meeting tonight. This is the largest attendance upon a meeting ' of the Board of Trustees in the history of the college: The report of the president was submitted to the board.' Aside from this information nothing would be given to the public tonight. : Dr. Few has been 14 years at Trinity being like his predecessor a native South Carolinian. His close connec tion with college made him the logical successor and but one ballot was cast for another. Dr. W. O. Crawford, of the chair of philisophy, becomes dean of the faculty, and S. B. Underwood Is elected head master of Trinity Park school. PASSENGER WAS KILLED. Attempted to Jump From Moving Train Heroism of Conductor. Greenville, S. C, June 6. 'Some ex citement was caused among passen gers on a Southern Railway train to night just north of Toccoa, Ga., when an unidentified white man, bearing a ticket from Tucson, Ariz., to New York, in an effort to jump from a car window, was grabbed by a negro Pull man porter. The man's' body was dangling through the window when the porter caught him by the feet, the result being that the man wa3 literally brained by his head striking against the walls or the rocky cut through the train was passing. The porter was hurt about the head and shoulders. ' but he refused to loosen his grip till he saw 'the passenger was dead. The man's body was taken to Toc coa and placed in charge of an un dertaker. Search of ifls clothing failed to reveal his identity. AMATEUR. HURT IN FLIGHT. Jolted From His Seat and Hurled to the Ground. New York, June S.--CIifford B. Har mon an amateur, was jolted from the seat of his aeroplane and hurled to the ground as he was about to alight after a flight, at Mineola, L. L) this after noon. He escaped with a bad shak ing up and a few bruises, but the ma chine was wrecked. ' -Harmon had completed a circular flight of several miles and had de scended to within 15 feet of his start ing (point when the engine stopped. causing tne acciaeni.. Dancing Tonight. ' , Dancing at Lnmina "tonight 16- piece orchestra. - v '.V.;.'.-: -."" ' ; . i. I - " : ;. . .' v l""- '' ; - Trr'V- '''-"'' ' ' . -'--- '-' .. :. ; . -' -- POSTAL BANK BILL COKSJP TODAY Measure Expected to Glide Through House Without j Amendment. MINORITY REPORTS FILED Representative Moon's Report of Strong Denunciation of the Legis lationDemocratic Measure Will be Offered 1 Washington, June 6-The House Pos tal Savings Bank bill was put on the ways by the Committee on Postoffices and Postroads today and with every- tning greased for its final passage, is expected to glide through the House wunout a single amendment being tacked to it. The Democrats of the committee filed two minority reoorts strain sr ti bill, one, by Representative Moon, of lennessee, inveighing against all pos tal savings bank legislation as uncon stitutional and nwia nnrl another Kv Representative Finley, of South Caro lina, supported by the other Democrat ic member of the committee criticis ing the Republican bill and offering a Democratic measure as a substitute. The bill will be called up in the House tomorrow unless all plans go wrong. The Rules Committee will be called to meet tomorrow morning to consider Chairman Weeks' resolution asking for a special rule with which to affect the passage of the bill and providing against all amendments The rule owes eight hours general debate, and the offering of a single substi tute, but permits no amendment. The Democrats will fight the pas sage of this rule with all the vigor they can command. They will be sup ported by a number of "insurgent" Republicans, who are opposed to tho passage of bills in the House without opportunity of amendment. ' The" Republicans claim to havo enough votes to adopt the rule and pass the bill. Representative Moon's ; report is a strong denunciation of the "legislation, After asserting its unconstitutionality, he says: . ' "This bill in fact is fbut'a mean's for, the collection, control and central ization of the capital of the country. It is the innocent forerunner of the Central Federal bank for the control of all money with the power of con traction and expansion of the curren- cy, deciding the fortunes of commerce' and labor and monopolizing the bank ing interests of the country. It is one of the most deceptive and dangerous measures that has yet come .before Congress whether so intended or not.-' Mr. Moon says his criticism applies equally against the proposed Demo cratic substitute bill in the main. The Democratic minority bill differs widely from the committee bill, but principally in the matter of the de posit of postal savings funds provid ing that the postal deposits shall be covered into the. United States treas ury, as a loan in the localities where the deposits originated. The Republi can bill provides that 65 per cent, of the postal funds shall be so deposited. STORM IN PENDER. News General and Otherwise as Seen by Rocky Point Correspondent. (Special Star Correspondence.) Rocky Point, N. C, June 6. A ter rific wind storm accompanied by rain, passed over this section at 2 o'clock thfs morning, wringing off large trees and limbs, leaving a widespread swath. It moved from a southwest to north east direction and left signs wherever it went Of wrecked fences. Only one building was moved that of William Carter, of Lane's Ferry. The storm wrecked his large apiary by turning pver hives, etc., and. there was a hot time because the bees knew not their proper hives. Some, wreckage in Rocky Point and Holly township. The wind must have attained a velocity of 75 miles an hour. Corn and other crops were not far enough advanced to be much damaged. The peach crop on Harrison Creek is now ripening. There was an abundance of ripe peaches from the 20th of May on. Pen der county could get off the Mayflow er and Sneed varieties before Georgia does. She got off first shipment June 1st Pender got off first berries, beans, - cukes and potatoes and with enough, acreage could get off first peaches in the Old 'North State. I saw today trees 'loaded down with the celebrated. "Greensboro", now ready to . ship and of, far superior flavor to the much vaunted Georgia fruit A mass meeting of Rocky Point citi zens has been called for the 7th to en dorse Hon. Chas. R. Thomas' course -in Congress with a recommendation for his renomination at the coming convention. A much-needed rain fell last night, laying the dUst and re viving all kinds of vegetation. The bean growers in some instances plow ed up crops too soon. Beans $1.50 to. $2 per barrel. Mr. James Walton, son of Mrs. Mag Walton, of Hamp stead, was buried by a large concourse of friends at Harrison's Creek church yesterday. ,He had bden telegraph op erator and express agent at Folkston and was down v three weeks with ty-' phoid fever. Mrs." R. " J. White, of R. F. D. No. 1, entered into rest Sat urday, 3 P. M., and was buried at Pike Church Sunday, afternoon. Misses Jennie Thomas and. Nora Batsoh are visiting Rqcky Point. " ? '' t- i TO f rm 'rim 111 .m L iff fir j V 1 !) mm , 1 m - 1 , 1 - i il 1 . r. r II ' -' ' : r 1 ,1 . 1 i r I-. v; '' "" f f:. I
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