ME COM 10 HELP WITH CltnOH ? CLEARS WAY FOR HANOLINO STAPLE WITHOUT CLOGGING THE MARKET. $5,000,000 INITIAL DEPOSIT Special Rediscount Rates 4" Premia eory Notes Secured by Warehouse , Receipts on JCotton. Washington.?Definite steps were taken by the federal reserve board end Secretary McAdoo of the treasury department, to extend aid to cotton producers of the sonlb and to clear the way for handling the fall crop without the uncertainty and difficulty experienced last year. The board laeued new regulations authorising federal reserve banks to give special rediscount rates on promissory notes secured by ware bouse receipts for staple agricultural products with the restriction that member banks must not charge more than ( per cent to the borrower. Secretary lfcAdoo announced he would soon deposit >6.000.000 as an Initial deposit In gold in each of the federal reserve banks at Richmond. Atlanta and Dallas. Fifteen million dollars more Is to be deposited later. The secretary said that If conditions showed the need of deposits elsewhere to aid In handling any other crop he would extend similar government aid. The new regulations are broad enough to apply to all staple, read ily marketable crops, but It la well known that the cotton crop la he one which has given concern of late. The board announced that the reserve banks in Atlanta and Dallas already had requested a discount rate of three per cent on the sort of paper approved la the regulations. The announcements followed meet ings that have occupied the time of the board and Mr. McAdoo most of the last few days.' Although when the secretary originally proposed de posits of government funds In South era reserve banks alone, many months ago, the plan was not favored by sev eral members of the board, it was not opposed during the recent discussions. Some members Indicated, however, that as the total cotton crop probably would be worth about >800,000.000 they did not think >80,000,000 would go far toward handling It. A CALL TO PRAYER. Layman's Missionary Movsmsnt Sends Out Urgent Call. Chicago.?A call to prayer address ed to every individual In the country and carrying the words "pray, pray without ceasing." was sent out by the Laymen's Missionary Movement of the United States and Canada In preparation for a series of conven tions, the first of which will be held in Chicago October 14 to IT. The movement Is designed to be of a nation-wide character for the spread of the gospel during which 76 conveniens will be held In va rious cities culminating in a National Missionary Congress la Washington. April M to SO. lfl?. ? The denominations which hare en tered Into the movement this year Include among others the Baptist Convention (Southern). Christian Church. Methodist Episcopal Church and Protestant Episcopal Church. Bodies Pound on P-4. Honolulu, T. H.?Ten more bodies were found In the hull of the United States submarine P-4. They were crowded together In the engine-room One body was Identified as that of Ivan L. Mshan. a machinist's mate of Lima, Ohio Members of the naval board of In quiry declined to discuss whether the finding of so many bodies In the com partment Indicated the nature of the accident which caused the vessel to sink. It was suggested by some of those working on the submarine that an explosion elsewhere In the vessel canned the men to seek refuge in the engine room. Exchange Market Improve*. New York.?All Indication* tended to confirm a report circulated in Wall 8tre?4 that Great Britain had borrow ed from >50.000,000 to >100.000,000 temporarily in thia market to correct the exchange rate on sterling, until each time a* her commisslnoert shall reach New York and consummate ne gotiation* looking toward the floation of a much larger credit loan here. There was no confirmation or denial of ?this report by the big men of New York's financial world. t Plnkerton* Bring Suit Atlanta. Oa.?Proceeding* were be gun In Superior Court here by tbe Plnkerton National Detective Agency to eecure (1.2000 alleged to be- due the agency from National Pencil Company in whoae factory Mary Pha gan wa* killed April 2?. 1013. The petition claim* Leo M. Prank, then aaperlntendent of the factory employ ed the agency Immediately after the crime wa* dlacovared. Attorney* for the pencil company claim the detec tive agency did not carry on It* con Mexican* Shoot At Aeroplane. Brownsville. Texas?Mexicans on the Mexican aide of the Rio Grande fired nearly a hundred shots at an American army aeroplane flying over Brownevtlle and then turned their Itnn* apalnst a eqnad of American ml dlera on guard at the Brownavllle Electric Light plant. The aoldiera got behind shelter and returned the lire. There were on eaeualiee. Aviation Ideate. J. C. Morrow ami B. Q. -Jones were in the aeroplane. The two were unaware natll they landed that they ?are targets far Mexican rifles. ?' . * i *1 _. i: MISS JULIA UTTELL Mlas Julia Llttall, daughter of Col. Isaac W. LlttaH, U. 8. A, Is to ba ona of the attractive army brides of the autumn, when ehe Is to be married to Lieut. Alexander Patch, U. 8. A. GENERAL OROZCO KILLED ? % HAD CROSSED THE TEXAS BOR DER WITH SOME OTHER MEXCANS. American Posses of Civilians, Customs Officers and Cavalryman Partici pated In the Battle. El Pun Tex.?Government official* ?aid they had received report* con firming earlier rumor* that Gen. Pax cual Oroxco, prominent Mexican mili tary leader during the la*t live year*, had been killed In a fight between Mexican* and an American poeae. Civilian*, cuatoma officer* and mem ber* of the Thirteenth United State* Cavalry participated in the battle, which according to report* wa* fought in the mountains in Culberson coun ty, Texas. After a raid on the Dick Love ranch Oroaee and four compan ions were pursued from the Sierra Blanea country into the foothills. Official reports of the shooting said four Mexican* besides Oroxco were killed. According to report* the raider* led by Oroxco arrived at Love's ranch, near Sierra Blanea, and forced the cook to supply them with dinner. While they were eating, Ldve and two cowboy* were aeen approaching. The Mexicans fled, pursued by Love and his men, who quickly collected a posse. The running fight which ended when the last raider was killed lasted until dusk. BODIES FOUND ON F-4. Soma of tha Bod 1st Are Recovered From tha Wreckage. Honoluln.?A number of bodies of the 21 men who went down In the sub marine F-4 March 25 were found en tangled in the wreckage of the ..Inte rior. One body was bemoved. The finding of the bodies was an nounced by Rear Admiral C. J. Boush. A hole was ordered cut in the for ward compartment of the submarine, ao far lnaccesible. Preparations hare been made to embalm the bodies as soon as they are' taken out If permission Is granted from Washington, the cruiser Mary land wlU take them to the United States. After being raised from a depth of 300 feet the F-4 was placed In dry dock. The pumping out of the dry dock was completed and the F-4 lies on her starboard side in the dry-dock. In addition to gaping holes. In the stern of the submarine, a big bole has been torn In the forward part. One body found In the forward compartment was identified as that of George Eh Aahcroft of Los Angeles, gunner's mate. Most of the bodtes entangled In the debris of the submarine ar% In frag ments. * Dynamite tor Coombs. Depew, N. T.?A dynamite bomb pjlaced In front of the home of Mau rice T. Coomba. head of an aeroplane company, whose plant, now In course of erection, will make aeroplanes for the Allies .exploded, wrecking the wall and shattering windows In the vicin ity. No one was Injured. Mexicans Sent te Jail. San Antonio. Texas.?J. A. Hefnan dex and Luclo Luna, wbo speaking at at large gathering of Mexicans, made remarks calculated to Incite Mexicans here to revolt against the United State, were sentenced In police court to two hundred days In Jail. Domi clano Hernandes, who distributed a pamphlet urging a social revolution was sent to ]all for 100 days on a vagrancy charge. The trio probably will be given Into the hanfts of the Federal authorities after the jail sen tences expire. Russian* Block Germans. London.?The ? Russians thus far hare blocked Teutonic efforts to force back tbelr. two extreme wings. At the northern extremity of the front, Gen eral von Buelow still Is fighting for the bridgehead south of Frtedrleh stadt while General Bothmer, who broke through the Russian lines In Gallcla has been checked on the Strips Rtrer. Along the rest of the front, the Germans claim to be making headway, although some who get through the forest region east of Blalystok hare suffered a reverse. INR. TAFT SPEAKS ON PREPARDNESS INCREASED WAR AND NAVY 8UR JECT OF PRINCIPLE "TAFT DA>T SPEAKER. CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT Relief* of Tendon With Germany Should Be Source of Profound Re joldn* ^ " San Francisco.?William Howard Taft advocated preparedness (or war and detailed means (or its accomplish- , ment in an address at the Panama Pacific Exposition, delivered at "Taft Day" exercises. In ceremonies preceding the ad dress, Mr. Taft. using the silver spade with which, while President he broke ground (or the exposition (our years ago, planted a California redwood tree in "Taft Circle." He also reviewed portions ot the United Stages coast artillery at the Presidio o( San Prancteco. A silver loving cup, inscribed "in grateful remembrance of his unfailing friend ship and the fulfillment of his confi dence that San Francisco knows how," was presented to him by the exposition offloials. In beginning his address Mr. Taft declared Germany's acquiescence to the United States contention for the rights of non-combatants on commer cial liners "should be the cause of profound rejoicing by every patriotic American and the occasion for con gratulation to the President." "It must relieve the strain between the two countries. The shadow of a serious breach passes," he continued. "It should not. however, lead our people away from their duty of rea sonable preparation. The incident! though closed as we all hope, except as to indemnity for the lives ot those already drowned, shows how near, as neutrals, we are to the war. It shows that we must be careful to, insist up on our rights as much as that we ought to be reasonably prepared to defend, against their invasion by any belligerent powers." TEUTONS MAKE HEADWAY. Riga 'Only Section Where Russians Have 8olid Front. T^ki>dnn,?-TH-mopf in fha r?f?ioil of Riga, where the Russians are pre senting a solid front, the Austro-Qer man offensive again is making bead way. The western forts of Grodno were evacuated after two of them were destroyed by the heavy guns and stormed by the German Infantry, and It is considered extremely likely the whole fortress already has been left to its fate. Vllna, doubtless, will be the next objective of the Anstro Germans on this front Vienna reports a series of successes which virtually have driven the Rus sians out of Gallcia; they now hold' only a very narrow, strip between the Sereth and Bessabla. Across the border in the latter province the Aus trains say the Russians set fire to a number of villages, which might in dicate a further retreat. Thus hopes raised recently in the Allied countries that Russia at last was making a stand, have been dis sipated. The Austro-Germans, how ever. claim no large captures of men or guns and the Russians apparently are keeping their guns well behind the Infantry. . Turk! Burn Town. London.?An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Athens says: "Travelers arriving from Constan tinople announce that Turks burned the town of Ismad and massacred a large number of the American lnhab ltanta." Ismld, at the head of the Oulf of lemld In Asta-lilnor, Is 56 miles southeast of Constantinople. Its population Is about 26,000. , Two Americans Killed. Brownsville, Texas.?The bullet riddled bodies of two Americans who were kidnapped by Uexlcan bandits 12 miles north of here were found In the bed of a dried lake. two Mora Bodies Identified. Honolulu.?The two bodies taken out from the submarine F-4 were Identified as those of Charles H. Wells of Norfolk, Va.. machinists mate and Frank N. Herxo" of SaM Lake City, Utah, electrician. Wells was Identi fied by a- notebook which naval offi cers decided contalned.no Information that would solve the mystery of the submarine's disappearance In Hono lulu Bay March 25, with 22 men on board. The Identification of Heraog was made through records of dental work done for htm. Government Wants Information. Washington. ? Ambassador Page Was Instructed to secure detailed .In formation as to the expected relaxa tions In enforcements of the British order-ln-councll against American commerce. The state department wants to know just what character of shipments will be allowed to pass and through what channels application may be mads to secure release of American cargoes now detained. The Ambassador was directed to Inquire whether Great Britain would ''facili tate matters." * . Naval Reeerve Plana. Washington.?A plan for building up an adequate national naval reserve In addition to the extsttng state mili tia and the regular reserve created by the last congress was made public by Acting Secretary Roosevelt of the Navy Department It contemplates mobilisation of yacht and power-boat owners and their craft with navy re serve ships In a training squadron, following the Idea of the army camp at Plattaburg. N. T. Hr. Roosevelt says the plan has been under consld eration for some time. y ? _? GEN. HUGH L SCOTT ?antral Hugh L. Scott la In Washing ton to report to Secretary Lansing and the Pan-American Peace Con ference the Information ha has Just gathered In Mexico. CONCESSIONS ANNOUNCED ENGLISH WILL LET CONTRACT^D FOR GERMAN GOODS THROUGH BLOCKADE. England Places Responslolllty For Holding Up of All Dyeetuff Ship ments on Germany. Washington.?Concessions in the enforcement against American com merce of the British order-in-councll were announced as a result of infor mal negotiations just completed by the foreign trade adTlaera of the state department. The British Ambassador. Sir Cecil 8pring-Rlce, assured the trade advis ers that their Informal representa tions In cases where the British or ders have caused "undue hardships" to American commerce will receive special consideration. # The British concessions are espec ially intended to meet complaints of American Importers that their Christ mas trade Is threatened by failure to obtain goods made In Germany and Austria. Generally speaking, It la Great Britain's Intention to permit passage through the blockade lines of goods for which the American Im porters have entered lpto contract with German and Austrian firms. Heretofore It has been reaulred that the money shall have actually been paid for the goods. Goods valued at many millions of dollars have accumulated at Rotten dam and await transportation to thai United States. The order applies to these, but whether It will extend to goods yet In German factories, but under contract for delivery on this side of the Atlantic, is yet undeterm ined. The entire responsibility for the holding up of dyestuffs of German manufacture Intended for America Is placed by British authorities on the German government. To sit Itself straight in this matter the British Embassy Issued the folowing state ment: "On April 14, a formal notice was Issued by the British government that they would allow vessels carry ing two shipments of dyestuffs, which were paid for by delivery In Germany of certain cotton cargoes, to pass without Interference, provided the vessels sailed under a neutral flag; that the shipments were made from Rotterdam; and the dyestuffs con signed to the Secretary of Commerce for distribution directly to the tex tile Industries. "This offer, which was refused by Germany, still holds good." ROOT DENOUNCES BOSSES. Says New York Haa Had "Invisible Government0 Forty Years. Albany, N. Y.?Addressing the Con stitution Convention, Ellhu Root con demned the system of "bossism" and "Invisible government" which he said to his knowledge has dominated .New York for 40 years, and pleaded that the people be armed with the short ballot to establish their ' own rule. "This domination," Mr. Root said, "has caused a deep and sullen and long continued resentment among the people at being governed by men not of their choosing. They demand a change. The short ballot plan la a solution or at least, it may be the first stap that will work out a solu tion "When 1 go back home, as 1 am about to go, to spend my declining years, I mean to go with the feeling that I can say I have not failed to speak and act In accordance with the lessons that 1 learned there from the God of my fathers." Getting Coin For Paper, i, ' Petrograd, via London.?The silver and copper coin supplies of Petrograd shopmen and tram conductor! were drained speedily bp the general pre sentation of paper money of large de nominations. Naturally when the public began accumulating change, business was seriously embarrassed. State and private banks are said to be well stocked with coin, and are paying It out In Unlimited amounts. Officials eiptVss the belief that the action of the public was due to the dlssentloh of false reports. i Bona Flda Spot Markets. Washington.?What has been done In enforcement of the new cotton fu tures law ta ry nopal zed In the "pro gram of work" of tne department of agriculture. A total of 418 disputes as to grade, quality or staple length of cotton, involving 39,093 bales, were referred to tbe department and de cided. Bona Ade spot markets de signated were Augusta. Savannah, Dallas. Houston. Galveston, Little Rock. Memphis, Montgomery. Mobile. Norfolk, Charleston, New Orleans and Boston. . WILL SINK NO SHIP WITHOUT WARNING GERMANY REC00NIZE8 PRINCI PLE FOR WHICH UNITED STATE8 HA8 CONTENDED. GERMANY SENDS MESSAGE Disavowal of the Arable Tragedy*? ExpecU Wlleon to Renew Reprea ^ Washington.? Strained relations be tween the United States and Germany oyer the submarine warfare appar ently passed Into history when Count BernstorfT, the German Ambassador, Informed Secretary Lansing In writ ing that prior to the sinking of the Arable bis government had decided Its submarines should sink no more liners without warning. Oral assurances to that effect had been given by the Ambassador last week; but It was not until Count Bernstorff, after a call at the state department, returned to the Embassy and sent a letter to Mr. Lansing quot ing Instructions from Berlin concern ing an answer to be made to the last American note on the sinking of the Lusltanla that officials frankly admit ted their gratification over the chang ed position of the Imperial Govern ment Secretary Lansing said In a formal statement that the letter "appears to be a recognition of the fundamental principle for which we have contend ed." He Immediately sent the com munication to the White House and discussed It In cheerful vein with his callers, who Included Chief Justice White, Secretary McAdoo and Senator Tillman of South Carolina. ' Every where In Administration circles there was a visible relaxation of the tension which had existed ever since the Lusl tanla tragedy, though lessened by the earlier assurance of Count Bernstorff and advices from Ambassador Gerard as to the attitude of officials In Ber lin. The next step It Is stated authori tatively, will be a formal communica tion from the German Government disavowing the destruction of the Arabic and tending regret and re paration for American lives lost in Hie disaster If the attack was made by a German submarine. Even If the sub marine whii-h jprptivri the liner subsequently was sunk by a British man-of-war, as has been suggested both from Berlin and London, the Berlin Foreign Office Is expected to send Its disapproval as soon as a rea sonable time has passed without a re port from Its commander. Once the situation growing out of the Arabic incident has been disposed of the response to the long unanswer ed American note on the, Lusltanla will be dispatched, and If Germany's explanations and proposals In this case are accepted by the United Realee officials here expect the way to be cleared for a complete understanding between tbe two governments on the subject of freedom of tbe seas. In German circles It Is frctely ad mitted that In Berlin a hope prevails that such an understanding would be followed, by Insistent action by the United States to stop Interferences with neutral commerce by Great Brit ain and her Allies which prevent Oer many from Importing food supplies for her civil population. PLANNING NAiIONAL DEFENSE. Wilson Can Proeosd With Mors Free dom Now. Washington.?With danger of ser lous trouble, with Germany apparently removed. President Wilson, It was said authoritatively, believes he can proceed with more freedom In develop ment of the national defense plant because there can be no suspicion that they are directed against any particular nation. The President's Idea, It was said. It to prepare a program for several years In advance, and In doing so to secure the expert opinion of army and navy officers, who have been watching military developments In Europe. Rural* Will Want Cotton. Washington.?Indication* that Rus sian spinning mills will demand a "fair amount" of the current Ameri can cotton crop were reported to the commerce department bjr Commercial Attache Baker at Petrograd. He ca bled that out of the 9,000,000 spindles In Russia 7,500,000 outside of the war zone are working nine-hour shift* a day and each Is consuming' 108 pounds of cotton annually, as against 72 pounds before the war. Money "Easy and Plentiful. Wi^hingjtoavr?(Badness condition# throughout the United States have changed but little in the last month, according to reports from the 11 Fed eral agents made public by the Fed eral Reserre Board. The reports In dicate slight Improvement, with large crops In sight, manufacturing in spe cial lines stimulated by foreign orders and money easy and pentlful. Rich mond reported that It Is realised In the cotton territory there can be no excuse this year for a repetition of the experience of last fan. Austrian* Capture Fortreaa. London. ? The minor fortreaa of Lutak, which with thoae of Dnbno and Rorno forma a fortlfled triangle on Ruaalan territory Just north of the Oallclan frontier, waa captured by the Auaarlana, according to the official report rrom Vienna. If la In thla direc tion that the Auatro-Oermaa ofTenaire has been the moat aggressive during the paat few daya. the object being to separate the Rnaaiaa army retreat ing through the Pripet marahea from that In QaHcla. FOR CALDWELL MEMORIAL Committoo Moots at Statoavillo, Or ganlasa and is Now Raady to Ro I cotvs Contributions. n i I 8tate*rllle. ? The committee a? . pointed at the last meeting of the North Caroline Praia Association to make arrangements to the erection of a memorial to the late Joseph P. caldwell. long-time editor of The Ob serve met here a tew days ago tor the purpose of completing an organ isation for the campaigning of volun tary contributions. There were pres ent Mr. R. R. Clark of the StatesvUte Landmark; Mr. Archibald Johnson of Charity and Children; Mr. H. B. Var? ner of The Lexington Dispatch and Mr. Wade H. Harris of The Charlotte Observer. Mr. James H. Calne of The Ashevllle Citizen, the remaining member of the committee, mlseed connection, but sent a telegram re questing Mr. Clark to act for him. The Caldwell Memorial fund Com mission was organised with Mr. Clark as president, and Mr. Harris secretary and treasurer. Every newspaper In the state la authorized and requested to' receive contributions, and In every communi ty In the state a committee of per sonal friends of Mr. Caldwell will be appointed whose services In the cause will be supplimental to those of the local papers. Some money has been fowarded even before the committee was ready to tak? up the work. The memorial Is to be provided through voluntary contributions from the friends and admirers of the late editor, and the committee Is now In readiness to receive monies. Indivi dual contributions may be forwarded by check or through other commer cial sources to Mr. Wade H. Harris at Charlotte, to whom also, the col lections by the newspapers will be forwarded from time to time. The form which the memorial will take will be determined by the nature of the contributions as a whole, and the location will be decided largely by public sentiment as developed. These two matters were discussed only in formally by the committee. Prizes Per Best Yards. Cllffslde. ? For the past several Tears the Cllffslde Kills have given awsjr In prizes a few hundred dollars each rear lor the best kept front rardi and premises. The awarding of these prises took place a few nights ago, with a large attendance and ap propriate ceremonies. First prize III was won br Mrs. R. B. Watklns; second Uo'Mrs. A. L Campbell; third II each. Mesdames a. K. Moore. K. Raskin. W. H. Terrell, and Will Reid; fourm |1S. Mesdames R. L. Wade. Elam Hawkins, Q. L. Womlck, Yarborough and C. L. Sloop; fifth, 14, Mesdames J. H. Keeter. D. O. McBrarer. R M. McFralnd, C. O. Blanton and J. & Rickstts. Three Killed In Explosion. Burlington.?News reached the dt) of a disastrous accident at Johnson's sawmill near Snow Camp, In the southern part of this countr la which two men are known to have lost their lives and one bor is reported, to have been blown to pieces br the force of the explosion of the boiler used to ran the mill. WEATHER FORECAST. South Atlantic and Eaat Onlf Statoi. ?Generally fair weather la Indicated during the week except that ahowera are probable Wednesday, along the South Atlantic Coast, with somewhat lower temperatures. Rising tempera tures Wednesday over the Interior dis tricts and on Thursday and Friday generally moderate temperatures thereafter. _ NORTH CAROLINA MARKKT. PHcm of Cotton, Corn, Oats, Poos, Butter, ?ggo, Etc., on North Caro lina Market* During Paat Week. Ahoekie?Cotton, 8%; corn, $1 bu; oftte, 55c bu; peas. $2 bu; Irish potatoes, 11.22 ! bbl Weatern butter,. 32Vfcc. lb; N. C. but i ter, 80c lb; era", 15-l7c (Jos. Aahevllle?Corn, 96c bu: oats, B5c bu; Iriah, potatoes. $1.50 bbl; Western butter. 80c; N. C. butter. Sic; era". 18-25c doz. Charlotte?Cotton, 8%c; corn. $1.06 bo; oats. 60c bu; Western butter, $6c lb; eras. 18-20c dos. Durham?Cotton, 8He: corn. $2c bu; oiita, 53c bu; peas, $1.65 bu; Irish pota toes, $1.75 bbl|1 western butter, 8tc lb; NTC. butter, 80c lb; egg", 20-22^c dos. Greensboro?Corn. $1 bu;_pess, $2 bu; Irish potatoes, $1.75 bbl: Western but ter. 20c lb; N. C. butt%ft 20c lb; ears, 20 cl2 dos. Hamlet?Cotton, $14?; corn, 11.06 bu; oats. 60c bu; Iiish_potatoes, $1.50 bbl; N. C. butter, 30c lb; Western butter, 20c lb; eras. 25c dos. < I-umberton?Cotton, 8%c; corn. $1.05 Western butter, $5c lb; eras. 22?c dos. Maxton?Cotton, 8He; com, $1 bu; New Bern?Corn, 860 bu; oats, 50c bu; . eras. 20c dos. Raleigh?Cotton. 8U-$ttc; corn. $5c bu; oats. 58c bu; Irish potatoes, $1.75 bbl; Weatern butter, 28c lb; N. C. butter, $0c lb* eggs, 2227c dot. Rocky Mount?Corn. $1.02 bu; oats. 62 cents bu; Irish potatoes, $1.25 bbl; West ern butter, 32c lb; N. C. butter, 30c lb; ^Kilabun?-c!*ton, fc: corn, $1' bu; oats. 50c bu; Irish potatoes, $1.50 bbl; N. C. butter. 10c lb; eggs, 86c dos Scotland Neck?Cotton. 8 He; corn. ?6c bu; oats. 65c bu; peas. $2 bu; Irish pota toes. $1 50 bbl: eggs, 20c dos. Vanceboro?Cotton. 8tyc; corn. 86c bu; corn. 60c bu; Irish potatoes. $1 bbl; West ern butter, lie lb; eras. 15c dos. Wilson?Cotton. 8Hc; corn, $1 bu; oats, 55c but Irish botatoes.-ll.50 bbl; Western butter, 32c lb; N. C. Vutter, 32c lb; eggs, 30c dos. Winston-Salem?Corn, 21.10 bu; Irish potatoes. 81 50 bbl; N. C. butter, St Ho lb; egg". 20c dos. r Norfolk. Va.?Cotton. 2*c. Chicago?No. 2 white corn. 78-80c (de livered In Raleigh OStt-Mttc) *<>? 2 low corn. 8084-82Hc (delivered in Ral eigh. $684-87c; butter, 20-24>4c (cream ery); egrs. 18-20He (Urate) K?w York?Butttr. . 25*-I* commutation baying failed. Charlie * E. Trull baa made to hit spiritual ad- ' Titer, Rot. J. W. Potter of the Olen wood Methodist church, what he terms hie "dying and true confession." In it he admits prsctltjglly all of the statement he made to uovernor Craig's stenographer In effort to Induce the Governor to reconsider his refusal to' extend executive clemency wag false and declares that only he was respon sible for the murder and robbery of old man Swain. The written confession, which he wrote out and nandad to Rev. Mr. Potter, Is even mora rambling and disconnected than the statement made to the Governor's stenographer. Me makes it clear, however, that "Bartoa did not kill Swain or have any part or knowledge of the robbery." Taking Car* of Hogs. Elisabeth City?Dr. f. D. Owen waa? aere after ha vine returned from Oaten county, where ha attended a farmers' picnic, two miles from QatesvtUe "The value of the serum treatment for hog cholera la already demonstra tes Itself to the Gates county people. 1 was at Sun bury August 15 and treat ed four herds, one of 78 Saga, another' of 14. a third of II. and a fourth of 11. All four of the men to whom thesa herds belong were men who lost prac tically every hog they owned last year. At this picnic I was told by these farmers that not one of them had lost a single hog while hogs were dying on all sides of them by the hun dreds." May Oat Artillery Camp. Ashevtlle. ? That North Carolina elands an excellent chance of securing: a permanent artillery camp for the nae of regulars and members of the militia organisations of many states Is Indicated by the arrlral here of Mai. Charles Pelot Summerall. United States Army, vbo Is Inspecting pro posed sites, for the encampment Ma jor Summerall will remain In westegn North Carolina until he has gone over at of the tracts offered for the use of the government. Lightning Kill* Three. Klnston.?Annie Fejrell, negro, amJL, her two children, aged It and 13 gears;' were struck and killed by lightning near Washington. N. C- saga a re port from that place. Sheriff Mult Pay Llcmae Tax. Klnaton.?Sheriff Windier of Bean fort countr will hare to pay a license tax that a Pennsylvania chantauqna aasedation (ailed to pay at Washing ton. Sheriff Wlndley received a let tar from the attorney general stating that the tax should have been remit ted. He wrote back that following a precedent set in another town, he had not charged the Chautauqua the tax. He has another letter from Attorney General Blckett. It is said, stating that he Is.responsible for the sum of $120.15, which must be forthcoming. A Profitable Peach Crop. Aabeboro.?The peach crop down about Candor haa proved profitable tbta year. Several yeara a (to one bad crop followed another until some of the growers were disheartened and almost ready to quit This year's crop of Elbertas was so fine as to quality and so prolific as to quantity that the peace slttatlon down there Is all to the good. The growers of the Candor section have shipped through Asbe boro 28 cars which they say will net them about $20,000 after all expenses are paid. Fertilizer Plant at Wijmlngton. Wilmington. ? The N. J. Josey Guano Company, which already oper ates fertiliser plants at Scotland Neck and Tarboro, will erect a mixing plant In Wilmington at a cost of between (18,000 and t iff,000. A tract of live acres or land has been purchased In the city and work hla already been started on the plant which will be ready for operation by the next sea son. E. B. Josey, who has for the past Ave years been the manager of the ? Tarboro plant of the company, will have charge of the factory here.