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MURPHY Bad Roads Clay County's New Boad A Shoocing Scrape Pergonals Correspondence of the Gazette. Heavy rains are reported throughout the county, melting- the: snow in the mountains, and, as a consequence, Hi ttwassee river has been on a rampage, overflowing its banks and spreading ut Over the bottoms. Many farms were badly damaged. I Clay county will spon begin work on the graded road from Hayesville to the Cherokee county line. There it stops end gives it up to Cherokee, hoping against hope that .the road will be con tinued on to Murphy. From the Briass town bridge (on the line)' to Murphy the road l& almost impassable, and it is a! common occurence to find a brok en wagon on the road. I know it to be a fact that one man took his wagoit back empty rather than run the risk One merchant, Mr. H. B. Elliott, told me that the town had suffered to the extent of $5,000 during the two holiday weeks on acount of the bad roads, and that for one he was willing to be taxed his share of $10,000 to get better roads. The Scout has been talking the matter up, with no result, till they are well nigh disgnsted, but I believe that if they will keep on hammering away some of our merchants will sabe after a while. The commissioners will do nothing except draw their $2 per diem, and issue tickets to the other hard working officials, and we've got a plen ty of the latter. Joe Wilson has returned to Grant University at Athens, (after a visit to home folks during the holidays. J. F. Smathers has returned from a trip south, where he went with a load of Cherokee apples. He sold them at a good price and says he could have disposed of twenty times as many. News has just reached here of la shoot ing scrape in Clay. Joe Parsons, a United States deputy marshal, attempt ed to arrest Agnew Byers for illicit dis tilling, when Nick Byers drew his gun and interfered. During the melee which ensued the latter was shot by Parsons nd at this writing is reported to be in 'a dying condition. Little Hugh, son of A. Dow Towns, twhile handling an axe nearly severed his little finger on the left hand. He is a bright little fellow and was taking the axe to the wood shed when the accident occurred. It is said that an effort will be made in the spring to induce Mrs. Lily Hitchcock Coit to divide her immense tract of land into suburban building plots of.v say, 50 acres. Mrs. Coit s a resident of San Francisco eind is the sole heir of the Hitchcock estates. Sev eral of our prominent citizens have giv en notice that they would like to buy lots for building purposes. The land is near Murphy and running down to the river opposite the A. K. & N. depot, and has several idefel locations for summer resorts. Back on the Notla river there are some really beautiful sites for summer homes, unsurpassed for climate and scenery. The taxes on the property amount to nearly $1,GC0 per year, deriving no income. B. Nor vel, who is resident agent of the prop erty, has been asked to sound the own er on the feasibility of the idea. R. L. Herbert was in from Clay a few days ago, enthusiastic about the new road to the Cherokee line. BARNARD. Correspondence of the Gazette. After two weeks' vacation Bell Insti tute reopened its doors to a full school last Monday. A good many new pu pils were enrolled. The holidays pass ed off very quietly here, with none of the serious casualties noted at other places. The young people of this com munity enjoyed themselves thoroughiy, having several social events to enliven the occasion. Mr. Roy Swan and Mr. Eck Recto-, of Marshall, paid our village a visit last Sunday. Mr. G. W. Wardrp has lately movd his family to Dric3, Tenn. They will be kindly remembered by their many friends at this plase. The Girls' Industrial aome, in covie of construction at this plU?e, is making rapid strides toward completion. Miss Carrie Henderson and Miss Min nie Grindstaff, -who spent the holidays at home, returned a few days ago to the Normal school iat Asheville. There were one hundred and eighteen In attendance upon the Barnard C. P. Sunday school last Sundcy evening. Miss Neta Boyd, teacher of the third and fourth grades in Bell institute, spent Christmas with her parents at Concord, Tenn. She has returned. Rev. Rowland, of Weaverville, preached a good sermon to the M. E. church, South, here last Sunday. He is a promising y,oung minister. Kearney Succeeds Maclay. Washington, Jan. 7. Secretary Long Has appointed John A. Kearney, ot Cohoes, N. Y., as the successor of E. SMaclay, historian laborer at the New York navy yard, who was remov- . r.i i. lit in i r in i ii m nrQuiion w Strictures, upon Rear Admiral Schley. The office Is officially designated "spe cial laborer in the department of sup plies and accounts navy yard, New York," with pay at the rate of $2.40 per day. : " Governor Names Editorial Day. - " Raleigh, Jan. 7. Governor Aycock, h romiott Viae ramorl T'Vm ro A a tr A 1 10, as "Editorial day" of North Caro lina week at the Charleston expo sition. It is proposed to have the State. Press association, which has 300 members, meet there that day. ? Attack Or. the President Treason. ., Albany, Jan. 7. In the assembly to ,day a bill was introduced amending the penal code so as to make an at tempt on the life of the president of the - United States or on that of the governor of New York treason. FAST FREIGHTS COLLIDE. Three Men Cremated In Southern Rail w-w AaaI IAPi Daw Atlanta, Jan. 7. Three men were burned to death and 30 freight cars were destroyed by fire as the result of a wreck on the Southern late Satur day night at Rex, Ga., 14 miles , from Atlanta. The three men who are miss ing and who are known to have died in the flames are: Engineer C. C. Wallace, of 75 South McDaniel street, Atlanta. Flagman Z. H. Harris, of Jacks, Ga. Fireman Prater. . The injured are: Engineer Lee Whatley, of Atlanta, cut on head. Fireman Hicks, of Atlanta, slightly cut. Freight train second No. 51, in charge of Conductor J. A. Wood and Engineer Wallace, was coming north and passed McDonough at high speed when they should have waited there for the freight coming south to pass them. Conductor Wood states that no sig nal for a siding (the red board) was hung out at McDonough. The opera tor at the station asserts that he gave Wallace the red board and it was dis regarded. Freight first No. 54 going south in charge of Conductor Strickland and Engineer Whatley went into the north bound freight head-on a mile and a half from Rex. The wreck then took fire, two of the cars being loaded with lard, in which the flames are supposed to have started. KILLED AT HIS FIRESIDE. Hall and His Family Were Seated Around Hearthstone. Franklin, Ky., Jan. 7. Pleas Hall was assassinated at his home, 5 miles from Franklin, about 8 o'clock Satur day night while sitting at his hearth stone with his wife and four children. He was fired upon through the win dow with a double-barreled gun heav ily loaded with slugs and buckshot and the entire top of his head was torn off. The distressed wife and children picked up the lifeless body, and plac ing it on the bed remained alone with it throughout the night, afraid to ven ture out to give an alarm lest they meet a similar fate. Hall was 45 years old and one of the best known farmers in the county. There is absolutely no clew to the perpetrator of the deed. Bloodhounds were sent for and no effort will be spared to capture the assassin. Great excitement prevails and if the party is captured a lynching will undoubtedly follow. JACKSONVILLE BANK CLEARINGS. i Gain of Over $4,000,000 Over the Year 1900. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan, 7. The books of the Clearing House associa tion, which includes the First Nation al bank of Florida, the Commercial bank, the National bank of Jackson ville and National Bank of the State of Florida four of seven banks of the city show not only a marked, but a wonderful increase in the business of 1901 over that of 1900, the increase being $4,024,724.04. The books show that the transac tions amounted to: $12,733,084.64 in 1900. $16,757,772.68 in 1901. While the records of former years have always indicated a substantial increase of business transacted through this channel there has been nothing to equal the increase during the year closed, which increase is con sidered as a phenomenal one. KENTUCKIANS HEAVILY FINED. Interfered With Citizens In Thejr Rights of Suffrage. Louisville, Jan. 7. In the federal court this morning Robert Lock, H. H. Mullen and J. J. O'Neill pleaded guilty to interfering with citizens in their rights of suffrage at an election held in this city four years ago. They were sentenced to three months in jail and O'Neill was fined $2,500, while Lock and Mullen were fined $2,000 each. They will also be compelled to pay one-third of the cost of the trial. They have been tried four times, the first and third trials resulting in hung juries. The second trial sentenced them to three years in the Nashville penitentiary, but the conviction was set aside by the federal court of ap peals in Cincinnati. Missing Cashier Located. Louisville, Jan. 7. A dispatch from Bowling Green to The Evening Post says: John Thomas, cashier of the Wells-Fargo Express company in Cin cinnati, who was reported to be miss ing from that city, is visiting his pa rents here. Mr. Thomas states that he was in need of a rest and that as he was refused a leave of absence he decided to stop work for a while and visit his old home. Temporary Receiver Appointed. New York, Jan. 7. The order of Judge Lacomb, appointing W. W. Ladd, Jr., temporary receiver of the Crude Rubber company, under a bond of $50, 000, was filed today in the office of the clerk of the United States circuit court. Grasty Charged With Forgery. Atlanta, Jan. 7. Robert Ware Gras ty, ex-private secretary of Mayor Mims, has left for parts unknown. The pen lice are anxious -to locate him. Grasty is charged with forging his former employer's name to notes.aggregating $725. . . 1 . MINERS' WAGES RAISED. Alabama Companies Make Advance of 2y2 Cents Per Ton. Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 7. The com mittee1 of the miners in the employ of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company and Sloss-Shemeld Steel and Iron tympany has just investigated the sales' "books of the companies for the purpose of ascertaining the wage for the month of January in mining. It was ascertained that the average selling price of iron warranted an ad vance of 2 cents per ton, making the mining wage for the month 55 cents per ton, the maximum price accord ing to the contract existing between the miners and the companies. It has been several months since the miners have been receiving the maximum wage and the news promul gated has caused great satisfaction. No less than 10,000 men are affected by the advance. Pig iron prices are steady and there are indications of a still stronger mar ket. POLICE RAID CARD ROOM. Clubs Trumps In Cops' Hands Sensa tional Scene. Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 7. Several members of the police department last night raided two card rooms, one lo cated in a prominent hotel. Twenty men were arrested. Chief of Police Austin yesterday sus pended Day Captain John B. Donelson, alleging a violation of police rules against drinking while on duty. A sensational scene took place in the chief's office at the time and a weapon was drawn, but no trouble en sued. The men have been at outs for some time, and when the chief accused the captain of drinking the latter vehe mently denied the charge. The police commission will act at once on the case. FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDE. Claim Is Made that the Southern Was to Blame. Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 7 An Ala bama Great Southern freight and a Southern railway freight met in a head-end collision 6 miles south of here on Saturday. Both engines were destroyed and three men hurt. As the trains approached each oth er both engineers reversed their en gines and all of the trainmen jump ed. In jumping Adolph G. Nelson, the Southern's conductor, was severely al though not fatally hurt and two ne groes received some painful bruises. The Alabama Great Southern people claim the Southern's train, which was an extra, was in fault in having failed to wait at Grasselli switch. Southern Progress. Chattanooga, Jan. 7. The more im portant of the new industries reported by The Tradesman for the week end ed Jan 4. are as follows: A $30,000 brick works at Rome, Ga.; a coffin fac tory at Cleveland, Tenn.; a cotton mill at Charlotte, N. C; a $100,000 cotton mill at Fairmont, S. C; an electric power plant at Huntsville, Ala.; a $20, 000 electric railway and power com pany at Elizabeth City, N. C; a $300, 000 gold mining company at Waynes ville, N. C; a $5,000 hardware com pany at Birmingham, Ala.; a $50,000 knitting mill at Tarboro, N. C; a $25, 000 lumber company at Memphis, Tenn.; a $250,000 mining and pros pecting company at Lewisburg, Tenn.; a $15,000 overall and clothing factory at Birmingham, Ala. Morgan Released on Bond. Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 7. George W. Morgan, president of the defunct Continental Security company, who has been in jail several weeks on charges of embezzlement, was released Saturday on $5,400 bond. The amount was reduced from $7,000 upon applica tion for a writ of habeas corpus. The application stated that Morgan's wife had mortgaged her home for $3,000 and that she would be unable to make bond in an amount over $5,000. Using Convict Labar. Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 7. The Ala bama Manufacturing company, makers of hollow ware, has its plant at North Birmingham in full operation now. Thirty-five convicts hired from the state are used, mixed with free labor. The convicts are employed in pouring the molten iron, while the real work of manufacturing is done by skilled hands. No trouble has been given the manufacturers because of the employ ment of convict labor. Birmingham Club Burns. Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 7. Fire de stroyed the handsome building on First avenue occupied by the Birming ham Athletic club, together with its contents. The building was the prop erty of Mrs. Bragg, of Montgomery, and was well equipped with all kinds of athletic apparatus, handsome club furnishings, etc. Both building and contents were insured. Cash In Florida's Treasury. Tallahassee, Fla., Jan. 7. The trans actions at the state treasury for the year 1901 show the receipts to have aggregated $821,925.94. The disburse ments for the same period were $631, 443.82, leaving in the treasury a cash balance of $190,443.82. Yalaha and Western Railroad. Yalaha, Fla., Jan. 7.--The grading on the Yalaha and Western railroad is progressing satisfactorily. The hands employed on the work are now grad ing through the town and the roadbed will soon be finished to the kaolin plant. 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Call at their offices, 5 "West Court Square, and 6ee the thousands of testimonials on file as proof that it is the only treatment that has stood the test. This Koch tieatment is given successfully, not only for the cure of lung diseases, but all chronic diseases suc cumb to the effects of its germ killing pow ers, not only when taken by inhalation but internally. Prolssor Koch and the forty-odd doc tors of the Koch Lung Cure and Medical Council' after studying night and day for the cure of all chronic diseases by the Keen system, positively assert that the new Koch LIVED WITH BULLET IN HEART. Gratton Is Charged With the Assassi nation of King. Raleigh, Jan. 7. - Ahegro named Charles Gratton is in Jail at Wilming ton, charged with the assassination of an aged negro, Tom King, The latter, at midnight, was at work in the yard of the house in which Gratton boarded. In King's hand was a lantern. Gratton, it is alleged, took a shotgun and fired through a win dow at King, smashing the lantern. The gun was heavily loaded with buckshot and several struck King. One lodged in his heart, yet so won derful was his vitality that he walked to a police station, took an officer back to the scene of the crime, then went to a hospital and put himself under treatment. He actually lived two hours. General Wade Hampton tit. Columbia, S. C, Jan, 7. The rela tives and many friends of General Wade Hampton were seriously alarm ed yesterday afternoon over his sud den and very serious illness. Genera Hampton's heart was suddenly affect ed and for a time the gravest of fears were entertained. This is the first at tack of the kind he has ever experi enced. General Hampton rallied sev eral hours later and last night his con dition is reported as being greatly im proved. FRENCH SAILORS MUTINY. Officers of the Bark Connettabte de Riohmont Appeal for Protection. Oakland, Cal., Jan. 7. With their captain dead, two men In prison for re bellious conduct and a crew bordering on mutiny, the subordinate officers of the French bark Connettable de Rich mond discharging coal at Howards dock, have appealed to the French consulate, the commander of the French cruiser Protet, lying in San Francisco harbor, and the Oakland po lice for protection. Mate Thitcutini, who is in temporary charge of the vessel, is maintaining his authority with a loaded pistol. The trouble on board the bark be-! gan during her 157 days' voyage from Swansea to San Francisco, 30 days of which were spent in beating around Cape Horn. The delay enraged the crew, one of whom knocked tne chief mate down. Another flatly refusedXo obey orders. Captain Thoreaux died last Friday and since that time the i mate has been unable to control the men. Two of the mutinous sailors have been arrested, and if the local courts cannot deal with them they will be turned over to the officers of the cruiser Protet. Beware of one who has nothing1 to lose. ItfCttm Free Oi rferirig s ay CAPTAIN OF MAX TELLS OF WALLA WALLA DISASTER Says Men of His Crew Saw the Walla Walla Some Time Before Collision and Thinks It Strange That She Did Not See Them. San Francisco, Jan. 7. The French bark Max, Captain Benoise, which was in collision with and sank the steamer Walla Walla, causing the loss of about 40 lives and which was towed to this port last night, was badly damaged in the accident. Her jibboom, mdde of hollow steel, was broken and twisted and the tip trailed in the water on the port side of the vessel and at about right angles with the line of the hull.' Her stem was twisted and great gap ing holes had been torn in her bow. There was one almost at the water line and another a few feet above. Her water tight compartments kept her from sinking. The French vessel left Glasgow 120 days ago bound for this port. She was in ballast and consigned to Fredericic Henry. Her captain had little to say regarding the disaster except that his vessel was closely following the rules of the road when the steamer came tinder the bows of his bark. He de clared that the lights of the Max were properly burning and displayed and that the men of his crew saw the steamer for a long time before the col lision. He said: "We could think of no reason why the men on the steamer did not see us, and as the vessel approached we became anxious. Then it was too late. The steamer had tried to cross our bows, but had failed. Just before the crash came the steamer swung slight ly to port as though an effort was be ing made to pass to our stern, but the change in her course had been too late. The bark struck the schooner almost amidship on the port side. For a moment they hung together and then drifted apart. Our vessel was so bad ly damaged we thought she would sink, and under the circumstances we had all we could do to take care of our selves. 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The Yosemite Athletic club of that city has withdrawn their offer of a $10,000 purse.' , The Louisville Athlet ic club, of Louisville, Ky., is spoken of as being very likely to get the fight. British Capture Burghers. Bloomfontein, Orange River Colony, tfo-ix. i. DeisHiuniB constaDuiary en-I countered a rorce of Boers on Jan. 41 In the central part of the Orange River Colony, killed Field Cornet Pre- torius and ten men and captured 351 burehers. In rln dino- "EMqIi nnFnno t roux ana iurasmus. Fred. Mergenthaler Dead. San Francisco, Jan. 7 Fred Mer genthaler, chief of the Palace hotel, whose reputation is international, is dead; aged, 62 years. Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold. Tjara-tlve "Rrfwno Quinine Tablets Mire a cold in one day. No cure. No Pay.B Price 25 cents. r, mm likIrlUJIIilAJkU
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