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uountr, ijrOQ ana rrutn. SINGLE COPIES 6 CENTS, VOL. XXXVII, NO 1. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY.fiMAROH 6. 1906. WHOLE NO. 2110 ESTABLISHED 1870. TORNADO SWEEPS MERIDIAN, HISS. More Than One Hundred Killed and In jured In the Storm. FLAMES FOLLOW TBE STORM Electric Lighting Plant Destryed aad Darkness Prevails De spite Heavy Rains Fire Spreads Rapidly Miles of Telegraph Wires are Down. Meridian, Mus., March 5 Nineteen people are koowo to have been killed as a result of tbe tornado which swept over a sec tion of this city shortly after 6 o'clook Tuesday evening. Twenty ionr person were injured and prop erty with an estimated value of one million dollars demolished or otherwise damaged. Many sen sational reports were sent out from here of an appalling loss of life, due possibly to the chaotic condi tion of affiirs immediately follow ing the vistation of the storm, bat tonight after a carefnl canvass of the situation the following list of dead appears to be complete: Whites B. F. Elmire restaurant proprietor; Patrick McGinnis conducted on Mobile and Ohio, killed at E'mira'a restaurant; Chiff Edwards, fligmam, Mobile and Oaio, killed at Elmiras res taurant; J. B Tarry, policeman,! killed in Thornston's transfer stables; W. B. Nelson, killed in Thornton's stables; Mrr, Ella Singleton ane little grandaughter, killed ie east end ; Jihn T. Smith engineer, killed at Elmira's res taurant ; Mr. Stewart and little eon, of Cottondale; Claud Wil liams, bookkeeper of Meyers Neville Hardware Company, found in debris. A mass meeting of citizens of Meridian was called today and $8'000 was immediately subscrib ed to ain the destitute and injured. Ths Mississippi legislature, in sesion at Jackson, to day approp riated $5,000 to the reliet fund. Mobile, Ala., Mrob 3. Infor mation has reached Mobile by tel ephone, all tolegraph wirs being down, tnat a destructive tornado visited MeridiaD, Miss at 6:30 last evening, killing twenty-one white person and over a hundred negroes and damaging property o the xe tent of $500,000. There was a 1.80 a score sorionsly injured by being caught in the wreckage of houses. The tornado caught; the oity on the south west and traveled to the northwest expending itself in two suburbs where many negroes were killed and injured, a whole tene ment district being wiped oat. - Two large wholesale stores, sev eral smaller ones, part cf the prin cipal hotel, the electric lighting plant and all the small property between the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and the business section os the city was badly damaged. Twenty, men were caugnc in one restaurant and several were killed. Two stories of the Y. M. . 0. A -11 V .1 1 . m? Duuamg were wrecgea ana ot buildings suffered in the up stories. The negro tenement trict north of the citv was rde ished'and that debris caught threatening a new danger, but local department, with thehnl hundreds of citizens overcome ft after a hard tight. They were sisted by a torrential rain lowing the .tornado. The city is in darkneBs and $ frfll pxtsnt cf the disaster will to known until daylight. koii path of tbo storm 'vjs nb 'CCO frt wiJi and ono m gtb. D isperate calls were sent has ntf iufl tr a i4 liKon on to oth vur7i - i ui ;q wt an iu nuu av broke out threatening a fierce tbe fire CO nflag ration. CHARGED WITH LARCENY. Billy Bartleld Arrested on Cbarge Qf Stealing Cotton Case Dis missed. Billy Barfield was given a hear ing before Justice Ira B. Town send Friday on the charge of tbe larcency of a bale of cotton from Mr. Powell, who lives several miles from town, and after hear ing the testimony and argument of counsel tbe case was dismissed. Evidence was introduced by the prosecution going to show that de fendant had left home before day, brought a bale of cotton to Lum berton and offered it for sale. From the end of the bale of cottou tbe wrapping, on which it was alleged had been the name of Mr. Powell, was cut away and replaced by a new piece of cloth. Tbe war rant was made returnable before 'Squire John H."McNeill, bat was subsequently moved tor a beiring before Mr. Townsend. Mr. E. M. Britt represented the prosecution, while Messrs. S. Molntyre, J. G. McCormiok and W. H. Kinlaw appeared for the defendant. Gaddy Items. Pages Mill, S. 0., Mcbl2. Mrs. W. H. Powell and daughter, Madge and Miss Cora Grantham, were visitors at Mrs. Joe Pitman's Tuesday and Wednesday. yn&ji Mrs. W. 0. Rogers haa just moved in her new dwelling. Mr. Maloy Butler had themia fortune to get his buggy shafts broken whilecrossing Asbpole Sun day the horse became frightened at a bicycle on the footway ; and fell down three times. The occu pant jumped out in the water to save the horse from being drowned. The Union baseball team played against Oak Grove Saturday. Un ion won by a score or36 to 1. Messrs. D. 0. Arnette and J. G, Smith have added much to the ap pearance of their dwellings b re cent improvements. ARGUMENT OF COUNSEL BEGUN IN HASTY CASE All ol the Evidence lor Both Sides in --Miss Sheridan was Agaio on Stand. Gaffney, S. C, Maroh 5. -The trial of George Hasty for the mur der of Aotor Abbott Davison last December was at tbe Saturday morning session of oonrt by tbe close of testimony for the defence. The state introduced'severael wit nesses in rebuttal, particularly to disprove the allegations of self de fence made by Hasty and his wit nesses. Miss Sheridan, a member of tbe "Nothing Bat Money,'' oompany, of which Davison was also a members and to whom she was understood to nave been en gaged at tbe time of the killing, was brought again to the stand. She declared untrue tbe statement that Davison bad a knife in nis a i i . . . -. wnen ne was attached by Ity. Lvory ehort of the de- ant's attordeys to discredit testimony or to contuse ker he stand proved fruitless. rgument waB begun by attor ns this afternoon. Captain J. ell spoke for the prosecution M. K. Osborne for thedefense. 'case will be continued Monday n the leading attorneys on sides will be heard. lo woman ever considers her- tfat as long as there is another fatter. ibscribe for the Robesonian. len NEWS AND COMMENT FROM RED SPRINGS Correspondence of the "lobcsonian. Red Springs, March 5. If a tiger was loose in a neighborhood, every. man would be on his guard, and would be careful how he trav elled at night. In the eyes of tbe women of tbe South a tig?r is loose all the time in tbe shape of negro findr, that we read about almost every day in tbe papers. Those horrible things that happen elsewhere are I.likely to occur in anvieighhorbood.We are afraid that meu generally do not suffi ciently appreciate this condition of affairs, and often luavd their women folks unprotected. Mu who meet after ljug ysars of separation from thier boyhood friend, seem (ome) to bavefoi gotten all the youthful escapades of those callous years. With ac quisition of honors, wealth or po sition, they bave either entirely forgotten other days or are ashamed that they ever were boys. We have met such dignified asses in our time and felt that we would not exchange the hallowed memo ries of youth for tall of the otner's wealth and honors. The young man's burden is com ing to tbe front. Heretofore they seemed to have had all tbe fun of life, while they lai l the -burden of responsibility, of incompetency, of imbecility on other shoulders. Now, young sirs, the older men will willingly"step cutfrom under the yoke, and let you run things. Here is the new county question, tbe court bouse and road business TO "ATTEND HEARING. Number ol Klngsdale People go to Raleigh, Accompanied by Attorneys. Capt. T. C. MoNeely and Mal oom C. Woods, Esq., of Marion, S. C, passed through Lumberton Sunday afternoon en route for Raleigh, where they wilt attend a hearing in the matter of the Union Trust Company against the South ern Saw Mills and Lumber Com pany and others, before H. F. Sewell. Esq., Special Master. This hearing is for the purpose of taking evidence to determine the liability of the bond of W. J. Ed wards, former receiver of the Southern Saw Mills and Lumber Company. Messrs. S. A. Ed mund, G. M. Whitfield and R. B. Lee also left for Raleigh to be present at the hearing. It is un derstood that Mr. Edwards is very ill with erysipelas at his home in Sanford and cannot be present. Long worths on Return Trip. Tampa, Fla.. Maroh2. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth arrived on the steamer M ascot te from Havana at 2:30 this afternoon. The Steamer encountered rough weather Thursday and Mrs. Long worth suffered faom sea sickness. Mr. Longworth said that every moment of their stay in Cuba had been make pleasurable by enter tainments offered them by the Cuban officials and others. A large crowd met them at the pier. They had a drive over the city as the euest of Collector of Customs McFarlaue and dined at a Spanish cafe in Yboro City, leaving at 8 AO on the reglar Atlantio Coast Line train in the private Pullman car Grassmere for , Washington- Among other passengers on the Mascotte were President Barr, Vice President Cost and General Passengeo Agent Ryan, of the Sea 'board Air Line It takes a great deal of courage to tell a girl how beautiful her sis ter is, and a sensible man never has it. , ' to settle. Suppose you take it in band. Dr. McArthur explains himsulf and denies tbe whole cbarge, but we bave good antbority (Charity and Children) that he has always been bittar in his demonstration of the South. Whv will our ed ucational institutions persist in bringing such people to insult us with their plausible platitudes and rhetorical sugar coated nothings. The indications are that we are going to have a new Red Springs when tbe burned distsict is built up After all, tbe fire may turn to be a blessing in disguise. What would Lumberton be today with out all those blssed fires that have occurred in ber past hiotory. People come and go. but we take no note of their movements. If you want to keep up with the trtud and daily life of our town, subscribe to the Citizen, who will clob with The Rjbesooiao for that purpose, Tbe late cold snap passed off without doing any serious injury to tbe fruit or vegetables of our community. The only serious re sult seemed to have been to our woodpiles They don't look as satisfactory as they did a week "go- Livermore may come and go. Moore may do the same, and so may tbe great Jordan, but judging by the amount of fertilizers that daily leave this place a zo per cent reduction of acreage is not yet in sight. CHECK. FROM MR SPENCER. Southern's President Peys Fun erl Expenses of Old NegroEm ploye. The oft-repeated Btatment that corporations have no soullbas'again been given the black eye. Several weeks ago oid.mau Rob. ert Hays who had been an em ploye of tbe Southern and the Richmond fe Danville since before the war. died. He had been faith ful to everv trust and was well liked. One of tbe members of tbe fami ly wrote Mr. Samuel Spencer, the prerident of the Southern asking him if the road would bear the funeral expense, stating that their father had done honorable 'service and had died leaving but little. Yerterday, a check from the of- Ice of the president of the Sotbern for $165 came through Mr. T. L Black, the agent of the Southern, asking him to turn the amount over to "Uncle" Bob Hayes' fami ly. The letter enclosing the check was from Mr. Samual Spenoer and its contents indicate the high esteemed in which the employs of tbe road are held by the man who is at tbe head of the greatest rail road system in the South Cbir. lotte News. Barkers Notes. A large crowd gathered in the chapel at Barkers High School in Tuesday afternoon, February 27th to atteud the funeral of Esther, the 14-year oid daughter of Mrs. Ctarloote Powers, Rev. Z. Paris conducted the service. Mrs. W..L- Barnett, mho has been, visiting her niece, Miss Lam bert, left Thursday for her home in Virginia. Mrs. Loving aad Mrs. Osborne entertained the boarders in the Domitory at a delightful little party Wednesday evening, In a "penny wise" contest Miss. Mime Daniel now th9 prua, after which choice refreshments were served. Mr. Ctampson Thompson, of Asbpolo, was in the city this week. . ASHPOLE NEWS LETTER. Number of Important News Items From Hustling Town. Ashpole, March 5 Mr. W. C. Thompson, wao owns some of the mostdesirable lots in town, sold one of them to J. P. Brown last Thursday. It is immediately next to !ome already cwned by Dr. Brown. They expect to build in the near future a large double store. W. T. Mercer fc Oompany is tbe name of tbe newly chartered firm which owns tbe furniture store here. The firm consists of W. T. Mercer and E. T. Sloan, of Wil mington, and Messrs. Williams ind Rouse, of this place. They expect to do larger business than ever. We are sorry to report the two most venerable men of our town not to well as usual. Beth Capt. W. P, Mjom and N. A. Thompson are a little under the weather. Prof. Poole, of Lumberton, passed through town last Thurs day on the way to Rowland look ing after public schools. Mr. S. J. Smith has bought a store lot on Maiu Street from Mr. A. C. Thompson and intends bond ing on it at once. Z. V. Straughan, now agent for the Equitable Life Insurance, spent part of last week at Mari etta. Mr. Frank Allen, ot Lumber ton, Bpent Tbursdsy night in town. He was on the war path for the Greensboro Life, as usual. Surveyor Neves is doing some work for private parties this week. P. K. Floyd's dwelling on Main Street, occupied by Mr. Alan Bol lock, is muchgimproved by paint- We are sorry to lose Mr, Roy Williams, who left this week to establish another furniture store. The painters are at work on the new dwelling of F. S. Flcyd, on Floyd Street. Miss Alice Grantham, of Mc Donalds, visited Mrs. S. J. Smith last Thursday. Dr. Brown spent Thursday at Marietta. TRYING TO PROVE THAT DR. MATTHEWS IS INSANE Witnesses In the Matthews Case Testi fy as to the Mental Conditio! ol the Prisoner. Greensboro, N. 0., Maroh 5. In an effort to prove that insanity is hereditary in the Matthews fam ily, the aged father of Dr. J. B. Matthews, who is being tried on the charge of poisoning his wife, was placed on the witness stand Saturday. He declared that his mother was mentally deranged, and that his sister was weak-minded, while the prisoner's great nn. ole and great aunt had both lost their reason. The proceedings of the fourth day of the trial, for the most part, consisted of the testimony of mem bers of tbe Matthews family and medical experts as to the mental derangement of the prisoner. One of the latter, Dr. J. A Gorman, of Asheville, N. C, averred that while sharing a room with tbe ac cused man, a number of years ago, Matthews had made a desperate effort to end his life. Numerous witnesses testified to acts of the prisoner while practicing "medicine in this city, which in their opinion proved him mentally unbalanced. The defense has many more wit- j nesses yet to be heard, while the state. will produce new evidence in rebuttal. Mr Shelton Williams of Buies, was among recent visitors in town. WANTS MO MORE 2ND CLASS FARES Corporation Commission Urtfes That Only One Rate Be lade. kWSl Nearly Four Thousand Miles v Railroad la tbe State E ployecs Wages Aggregate Nearly Seven Millions of Dol larsCasualties resell 1.040. To annual rspott of the North Carolina corporation commission was completed aad sent to ib executive office of Governor Glenn Saturday. It is for 1905 and is tbe seventh the commistion has made. It treats in detail of thair supervision of railroads ind quasi public corporations, banks and their work as a state tax commis sion. Jn their report on railroad tbe commission deolirei that North Carolina is one of the exceptions in tbe requirement of railroads to furnish first and second clai rates, and that this, coupled with the requirement that tbo road shall provide separate accommo dations for white and colored pas. sengers, necessitates too many cars, making an unwieldy and much more expensive train. They urge that it tbe roads were requir ed to furnish one fare they could give better service at leas cost, and that the passenger fare sbonld be reduced. The report shows that daring the past year 5,589,600 passengers were carried by the various roads in the state. Of these tbe Atlan tic Coast Line carried 1,315,724, the Seaboard Air Line 651,089, tbe Southern 2,938,700, miscellaneous roadf684,977. The passenger earn ings wera: Atlantic Coast Line, $1'432'794; Seaboard Air Line, $879,667; Southern, $3,072,442. The report shows that there are in the state 3,859.09 miles of road, an increase of fifty-nine miles over last year. The total valuation is $69,578,834. Atlantic Coast Line, 917 83 miles, $24,454,014; Sea board Air Line, 612.12 miles, $12, 500,000; Southern 1,279.56 miles. $26,810,589 ; miscellaneous roads, 1,00558 miles, $6,808,731. Tbe railroads bave 16,877 em ployes, their wages aggregating $.758,167. The average daily wages paid are: Atlantio Coast Line, enginemeo, $4.87; conductors, $2 90; mechanic!, $2,80; Seaboard Air Line, enginemen,: $4 : conduc tors, $3; mechanics $209; South ern, enginemen,$4.92; coudnctors, $4.01 ; mechanics, $3 13. During the year there were 114 persons killed and 787 injured in accidents. Atlantio Coast Line, 20 killed, 95 injured; Seaboard Air Line, IS killed, 165 injured; Southern, 61 killed, 476 injured; missollaneous roads, 15 killed, 51 lojared. These figures include passenzers, employes and trespass ers. There were realty 35 em ployes killed and 492 injared; 5 passengers killed and 143 injured, and 74 other persons killed , and 152 injured. Raleigh Evening Times. Mr. Johnson Speaks. Th9 Rsv. Livingston "Johnson, ircrotary of the State Mission Branch, addressed the congregat ion at the First Baptist church Sunday night. Tbere was a large crowd present tbe ohureh being filled to its utmost capacity. "'Mr. Jobii3on' m&d-s a splendid address and the larg audiuca "as ery favor a!) 1 yi m pr sed by the speech.
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