time
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MORE THAN A . DOZEN : HOUSSS i ' Wertheimer registered at1e hotel
" ARE DE3TWSD BY FIRE; yesday afternoon: NotMag was seen
- - - : . . - v ; of him; until : late tonight, . wAen the
r-;1 - - - ' - dqor jof his room was- Iwrjoken in. He
Wilmington, -N, May 8. Ase was. ioun din bed, the 'right bMo of his
forms for the .jraer, are Closed this head literally ; blown ff. - No motive
morning at 4ia0o'clock, a fire is rag- oqi De fixed. lor 'the Isuicide,
ing in the southcrap'section of the-Qity, wertheimer left the following note:
which at this ctime has burjned at st tq my motiierv and wjr Jrife:
a dozen frama -dwellings and a i!or- j am very sorry to do this. The
ed Methodist Church , and it iems I illness that I had long-ago hs preyed
99
WATTEKABEWS:
Hatteras.'N. C, May 9.-Capt E. D.
Burnis, tdT the schooner Freddie Ham-
- - -- --- fe ' " i ' - ' .ij . -
ilton Hrrived Sunday, and wm spena
seveTaT-dayB with fiis "family here be
fore Teturriing 6i his regular! trips.
Mr. tJeorge M. Oaskins, .who has
EXPOSITION-cXn GET -
'if
I I 17 fm o rf tint
uvxi wi 4aii nut
ALL MONEY NEEDED.
. - ' - 1 .
probable thathe whole block ,wybe ; Upon my mind, arid; 1 ucn ; afraid that
burned be flames iajf
Wright adrl-rt and e4t streets
and on tteMkir guareaitexf art atrted, - Hotel ;YorK York, was
least -E5 .r&ajjaeaQUses. -rXhQi1fire was manager ot Hotel Faitfaiihi city.
first; Crinrafram and also vice presidents the 'Hotel
cup y vj
Second streets between Dawson . and j10je. : :r:':i-:':
ward X,st?eejooit4giag ljociiMiii
Mt miv Mhodi-ichu opened for the first -lime on April
sonage,-fWsheJn 3(Lrit i8 doing a good Wsiness. He
complete . aruias, aqd t.toward ught . .rtrmei.1v wUh th
, , i - .. . ... .. I -" ,. . -
; street: seuiirwt"nee:'jspurc QMier irjune
houses wMch ;;wre sSOQn FedC(Bd-to
ashes. V ,' v ' . v'-L-. v; ' 'i-
Monticello. The; only motive that can
be assigned here for the suicide is bad
health ho havta?- hart a. AAOP.ra flitck
- In ,he r,ot;,o.Jlk,l,ere:w! of tor several week., coupled
a deep mi sna .ral alluses resp0nslbmtle8 u e hbteI.
i He .was well-fixed financially j and I his
tdeath by his own hand was a com
plete., surprise to every one Jiere. . '
..EEARCEViLLE NEWS.
'- houses on Wright tet,lbtw!eirFrnt
and ; Second, -appear at tthis '-hour to
be - out of dager, -as (uo -also four -or
five cottages on Dawson riiear ; Feont
and one. of two -others on Frnt, -but
; the fire has gained a foothold on -the
Dawson: street-side raid iit vmay 'take
in the whole block. . ' ( - Pearceyille, N. C, May 8. Bev. D.
The; Weed -.DistttRng - -Company, Xu Earnhardt filled- his; regular ap-
; rrpss Fronts
and several A. C. I. tox 5ars -wre in. , ' - . . .V,
- ; ' preached a very able sermbn .which
great danger from the kavy tfall of . , . , , ,
two years,-has moved his family back
to ;TiiB 61'd ; home at Hatteras, rwhere j
Urey will Tlside" in' the future.1
I Mr, "Mrs.ohn 7111 who .hav
tod visiting relaUWa at Portsmouth
0t'" thesTifwopnths, . returned
home tl&hweek. ;? 'r'VN
."Mr. .T. ?M:; Burrtaj, . of the; Oliver's
Pctot 4fightr statioo; Is tearfag town
h1ar mT&m
ginthe -erection of a new resldehce on
the stte tf the old building at once.
Mr. "Edward Ethefdge, of Roanoke
Island; ;who Is stationed at the Broff
Shoal' light statlonr" passed' through
this'irek-on nis way home. ? r
;f Mr. ,3urton "Smith, of Buxton; cam
down Sunday and spent the ? day with
A Candidate
The article - in the Baltimore) Sun
advocating : the idea .that ...President
Roosevelt favorel Senator .Overnian
for the minority' leadership of , the
senate, also the "recent editorial upon
the same subject by Col.- Creecy. of
the Economist has ; ben ; ; read vx with
great interest . j , X
, At the, sadfe time it appears- singu
lar that the. president should be "so
Interested in the leadership;- of. i the
Democratic ;side, of the senate;- and if
It receive s the moeey It is reUibly ttetejrjtxiiy , should lean to
'Stated that the exptisltionijan get t&e r Senator Oyefman, who in the strons-
Jamestown . Exposition Grounds;
Hay Conformation emanating from
banking circles here tonight ia to the
ffect thatvit is no longer -a question
of the abUitj of the Jamestown Expo
sition to raise $400,t)00, or any other
amount it may desire, to complete
the exposition; ' and, mdeeii, it is de
nted that tte exposition has ; ever
tcnind t TtsVlf confronted with that
tjaestlon; "bnt the present question is
IronxhjBfi- sources will
get tne
money . from locals banks should rt
rpny; Tor it," and the nthere is ttre
naine , oil Thomas "Fortune Ryan, of
"New Tofk and "Virginia, being con-
3trred with in coiraection "With the loan
X TShvUyan is "believed to have made
tt "known that la "purchase of. exvosi-
gtiqn '.bonds wouTd be entirely aree;
able to' him. 1 He is said to be ready
his fatherjinvlaw, .Mr' Farrow Austin, q hand:oyer. check at time
who has "been' quite ill for some time.,
Mr. yT: 'H.l'Gaskins, of. the weather a
bureau ' service left' tins wek.foriNorr
folk and Ttrginia beach, -wnere he rwill
ernment telegraph ' line
Mr. ? Allen "Stowe left for Norfolk
m r exchan-ge for"tlie bonds. The rath-
er foolish rertratk is made thtft Mr.
Ttyah hopes fide y into ' the TT nited
States senate :irom Virginia on th
superlntena the repairs -of j thei gov. ol thloak t There arc other
fproTiBnent geatlenien also individually
or cwllectively, names not mentioned,
this week, -where he1 will enter -the-1 who -are to "be willing aid even
Southern ; -Shorthand. . and ' Business ! anxious to t5t1B to rescue- of the
College for a ten-month's course, j f . 1 xTitkff ton
. sparks,, the wint having been blowing
0 at the plarit placed streams at. ever
, v : A r al places and -have . probably , sared. the
v; ; property from destructi on.. '
; ' j .y The fire started shortly before three
; : -.: . ;c v ; ;bclock y at the Hime the fire depart-
, ' ment was way over in Brooklyn, and
it .was 1$; or 0" minutes ' bef ore "any
r ' ; apparatusH could ' be gotten ; to : ! the
: y. 'Scene. . Then the nearesty fire plugs4
. ; "tfore several blocks awayt one at 4tk
. -and. Dawson and the other at the foot
v : . , s : Jfi Dawson street and more valuable
- time was lost before water connectio"
': yCv'could be made. ; :
, ' ' -Some of the burned houses were oc-
- eupied. bT white families, . but the
" most of the rnwere inhabited , by ne-
' . groes It is. belieVed that very ; little
- insurance -was carried. A large part
; " " . -oi tne TBrniiure iix lue uiuei uuo
. x ' of the furniture in the different houses
Dr.'4 J. ' J. Dayis, of Buxton, was ,
down ye?teraayr-attending Mrs. "Char
ley Foster, Who has Veen very ill.; :;!;
- Mr. Fabe 'Simpson, of "the Cape
Hatteras light station, ' came down
Monday , and. spent the day and night
with friends and relatives, here. yy
Mr. Frank) Roper left tory Washing
ton this week to purchase his spring
r
' ' There are . quite a number . of peo
ple of this1 section who expert to at
tend the ; association which . meets ; at Tlie past f ew days have been Very
stock' ofi" goodfc:";V;s:;;?yy;;j-;y:c ; yyy y:;
Corinth. ! church,;- Pasquotank county.
The teacher of ; McBride " public
school ; are very busy preparing for
mild and pleasant here, in pleasing
contrast; to the -cold and 'disagreeable
weather of the -past month or more.
- - woo cnviW. nni th oreran and other
" : '.-ftn Vth! church was. gotten , Messrs, Raleigh ' Old . and ;. Jessie
J " i -v. .. i :i , Trotnian spent Sunday yerjr pleasant--
.- ' " it isnotpossib now to; give - the I ly , Berea. . , t -
:";. , - ' iamesof thev owners ;or,occu
their commencement .which they ex- The month of '. April was the coldest
except one,, tnat nas Deen Known . at
Hatteras in 33 years. The mean tem
perature;; for the month was U3, which
was the lowest inen in 33 years, ex
cept 1901, y when ; the meany wa.s , 52.
Snow.: fell On the 1st; 2nd. and '14th!
Mr. Johnny Qulctley,bf the Dtamond
Shoals, 'iignt shlpiefgthis weekfo
join his ship ,at Baltimore. f ( v
. Mr.yA.;:yBrru
ducting a .fishery at yWanches e, ltoan-oke-Island,"
for, thepast two months,
returnedme this
reports only a ;f air atch' tor the ea-
pect to have next-Friday: night; weeic
-Miss;. 'Iena JKaylor spent Sunday !
very pleasantly with Miss Lpcy ; Old. ;
y The farmers of this section are very
busy- preparing and - planting s (their ;
CQttQP. :' ''y,': r.-vv" :; . -' :.;;
We are very glad to " hear of Mr.
J. S: McCoy, wtio his; been sick f of
quite a tlme-i smuch better at ' this
writing.- " : '
; Mr. Thomas Charlton, Jr., of ,Mo
yock, N.l C; was ayvisltor.here Satur
&a,y. ' y Peacville seems xto have . at
least one ycharf f bryMiv'- Charlton as
this 'is three .' visits in .thr weeks.
the burned nouses.:
. " , : ..The. fire over the railroad : was oa
. James t street ftweTayhor yuid
;;,0:;Hard " seet
( , " ; ; Tieuseswere destroyed; there.;ff;ghy
' . NO RFOLK MAN y KILLS HIMSELF.
';pl5'1p;ertteim
; ;:K-; -and -:a married man,y said J to be inan-
'.'y. ;;.Ya-i .committed .Bulcids
very disheartening 'to the .f af mers t in
this; sctioriantffls ' p1ittingTthSfar
behind: in their ' sprmg work. ' - y:' : : -
-eare:yg
Pearc out again- after, -an illness 'of
about two lweekg.,.-.r" .
son
, Because;, of an old cancerous sore,
William,, Hobart HarV, the venerable
Episcopal bishop bf South' Dakbtahas
suffered the" removal of liis'rlgljt eye
in St. - Lnke's ; hospital,; Kew yyTTork
city ' v t c rr,
' It - is : recalled that James . Bryce is
one of the '. very few r men who ' have
set foot upon the top of J'Tount! Arafat.
iwas ; nearly thirty yeari .ago; ,The
mbuntainisl
unicago- tsvenmg rosr, ;; :. ; y !f , ,;y.-; j ,-y;V. :..; .-.); ;
S.:Cartridges;i are y taken as - change ai! ' '--; - -:
OA Oft AT A
;-..OR 'y '
Rubber Tires
Steel Pushers
les an d pri ces.
::f;ihe2'Stateiirailway
the coaches nre .painted .according to
the colors of the (ticketsypf their respective-classes.
.First class coaches
are pamtea:yeuom:secon
are
aopeaisiios
careFui
Dtiyer
n , in ;- I i i f i r i i .1 r 1
est speech - made in the senate," and
for which he has been most highly
commended by the Democrats of the
state, he took issue with" the president,
and denounced his poUcy in the most
active manner, and also oby this,vjtes
has shown his antagonism to many, of
his pet schemes . , t
North - Carolinians -may ; y welf a ' be
proud . of ; Senator ; Overman's record
and nis reat f popularly In
ton. ; fie . Is ? genial,' . kiad ; and Sympa
thetic to all ineni an4 In his relations
.with jhisyfellow senators he occupies
the s&me position 3xeld by4 the beloyed
Raisun. He. has v friends on.;- both
sides,' isnd wields a great personal in
fluence,, while he is recognised as a
wea teeuipped; statesman. ;His value
as a- leader at this peculiar stage m
the j)oltics of our country will put
him , in the front ranks for ; the posi
tion of Democratic senator in the. sen
ate. The Washington correspondent
or the Jews and Observer says Sena
tor Ivermany is not, nod has been a
candidate for thev minority, leadership.
He ifuTther adds. T; Senator Iverman
is 'undoubtedly one of the mos4 popt
ular men ' of the' senateJ- He has ex
hibited diplomacy of a high order and
his: tactfulness:; has brought: him 'to
the front.: He demonstrated . ability
as a constructive statesman, when he
NORTH CAROLINA Camden County. . ,
TAlG;dJCrey,1to.er ' for ,
iCamden county:' .--
tJamden county,"; NorthT. Carolina, en- Tt., ;
ers "and lays : claim; to ythe following . "
described piece or J parcel of land in - - x .
Shiloh township, yCamden county, ; "
State North Carolina tne same being" . ,
vacant and unappropriated land, and z
subject:
y Beginning ; at ; the Great Creek foot ; y
way on Great 'Creek,- running down " . -
said footway yto. the James Bray pat- J ' -
ent, binding said patent . on the, west
to; north river, binding said ."river-on - -.
thevnorth and east to Great Creek -
bind the said Great Creek to the first ,'- - f
station; with; the ; exclusion of entry:. . '
No.v 164 In . the office ot entry" taker . ,
of Camden county, containing by es-,
timation 400". acres more or ; less. ; . - -
' Entered ' this 9 tn day of May, 1907.
CHICKEN'S SCRATCH JT'
CAtJSES WOMAN'S DEATH.- .
y Norfolk, Va., "May ' G.Mrs. A Ev
Harris deid at $ o'clock this momrnin '?
at the home bt her son-in-law.' C I ' "
rBurfprd, at Lambert's' Point, as thm":
, . Iz A"ou-poisoning,'. which set r
in from the effects "of a scratch made
ei?fiSeri a . i
chieken." - She was seventy:five yew
of age and the widow of J. W. Harris. l" , : .
She had resided here for three years.
The body, will be taken to her home - :
in Gloucester county,T Va., tomorrow-
- . - f.v. uuu mid UlcllL. : :
HAS , VERTIGO -.WHILE ' "
r PAlNTJNG SKY-LIGHT
! Graw, a' painter, fell to his death while ." . .
formed,, tha five days ycourt review painting they skylight; of thV;Consum-.' : i(
amendment, whith wiui one of tie; two e1' Brewing Company in Huntersviir
puggeated by'.Demdoirats that; wb. todv TIis skiiir was .fractured,' and . I
finally incororatedn thV aftejf
,r National Pure Food and Drug Ca ; vhe fell say that was th'e cau3 ' '
. We are pleased v to ; announce . that of his fall while ' others say- t a ' ' r '
oj .b . jiuuBjr wm,; iMviwr cuusub, "ua n wuicn n- . was ; ,tflTnH-n w a. ,
ed by the :;yatnffla;pygd;a rfyf?
Drug lalwas it.contaiO opi Th ..New : Purer Footi i; ;snd Dr&'Lai'
mend it as a safe remedy 'for children 1 vi3 tt s-w; ..,vf . vv- . - --.
uits;: .
- lUL- ' "r djiby the NatbhalHrMody -and -v . !
CLEVELAND TO BE URGED TO
Movement Said to Be on
- j Him "N6rninated by
. z Washington,' May ; 5
ble Democratic sources
that efforts ate: being
RGED TO RONPpS law; as i contaihs iSo;opiates or- 1 1
FMfo-S recom- V-V 'f x ,
iFrbgaduli V '
-;rm;Is;Flearned:.-,APriia ' ; "
dePatimbminat V
fori the; prsideito;19 .
in: NewYork itv;vnras hflvtirtfiTiio; v - v -
i I :movement;in:itare:.incmded:aImoW , " 1 , -
and.Hearstism-and to sectu-e tt sm :
ana tnira ciass wmte. i :
byBhwtlng ;WtUe;M HIJChaeR :
himself i tehlaparti25ntir
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