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- . . r-" ' " yWWWkWWWW&WW A Bajtle W ith - ...v.-.i:v -. By Arfchur - i . . . . EOV .N the pursuit of the ardu- j . v ous calling of Arctic whal- R ships are often called upon SrQjf to face extraordinary haz- axus. aeldom, however, after killing their whale, are they obliged to wrest their booty from a troop of ravenous Polar bears, angrily disputing posses sion of their prize. The thrilling story of such an unparalleled encounter was narrated to me under the following circumstances: It was a lovely evening in June when lwe swung clear of Port-aux-Basques Harbor, and, catching a light lantfl breeze, steered northwards towards the coasts'of Labrador. Our craft was a smart Nova Scotia-built schooner of about a hundred and fifty tons, and our crew were picked from a settle ment of the nearest modern representa tives of the old Norsemen the sturdy fishing folk of the iron-bound coasts of Newfoundland. I was peculiarly attracted by the first mate, Harry Jewer, a man still in the prime of life, .with hard-bitten, weather-roughened features, yet with a merry twinkle in his eye that bespoke a happy Hiber nian temperament and a capacity for facing with eqnal cheerfulness the sunshine and the storm of an adven turous career. His face was tanned like leather with being so often set against the blinding glare of sunshine from illimitable glistening fields of drifting ice, and deeply scarred and seamed by repeated scourgings of fierce winds armed with stinging ice fragments, which smite like the knot ted cords of cruel whips. Notwithstanding this hard and per ilous mode of life his character had been fashioned into a hearty admira tion of this awful beauty, grandeur and terror of the great Arctic solitude. Like many others of his class, he was captivated by the fascinating glamor which the Arctic casts like a spell upon those who have once penetrated its mysteries. An opportunity came to listen to the tale of his varied exploits When suddenly one af ternoon the1 Wind grew light, and- we ran into a heavy smoke-like bank of gy fog which ob scured all around us;. When at length We emerged there was no breath of wind. The sun beat down on ,a sea motionless and becalmed. At this moment, to my great, de light, Harry, pulling at his blackened clay pipe, tainting the -balmy sea air With pungent odors, seated himself at my side and told me the following tale of a strange adventure that befell him in the Far 'North: It was in Lancaster Sound, on board -the good ship Aurora, that I found my- self in the summer of 1896. We were after "right" whales, and had already taken five on this voyage. While near ly all our casks were full to bursting With oil, we had room to stow away the blubber of yet another carcass. This the crew were anxious to accom plish as speedily as possible, for after a nightless period, the sun was now beginning to dip each day below the horizon for a few hours at a stretch, and cool fitfu.l northwesters were giv ing warning of the approach of winter. If only we could secure our booty and turn our course to the south, "with the Newfoundland girls pulling at the tow-rope," as the saying is in the fo'c's'le, everyone would be happy. For although the seafarer, wherever you find him, cannot remain content ashore for long, one of the greatest of all the pleasures of his calling is the return home with a pocket full of coin after a successful voyage. A good Greenland or Arctic "right" Whale ifr worth a lot of money. "Right" whales are those producing whalebone, and a good specimen is worth at least six hundred to seven hundred pounds. There are other large whales which we let alone the "finners" or rorquals, and even the giant "blue whales," as the biggest of them are not worth one- tenth part of the value of the "right" Whale. Of late these valuable prizes, as well as the "sperm" whale, are getting scarce, but in those days they were abundant. Each man was sure to come home with a snug little sum to his credit, what with wages and his share of the '''bounty," as the men's narrow percentage of interest in the net profits is termed. "There she blows!" All hearts fairly throbbed for joy as the look-out from the "crow's nest" cheerily shouted the glad news of an enormous "right" Whale sighted against the sun In the offing. Blithely the rppes sang out through the tackle-blocks while the men took their places, and. as the little flotilla of boats darted away with alacrity from the black sides of the great ship, like so many arrows shot - from a bow, a strange gleam came Into the men's eyes, and their bronzed faces relaxed in a smile as if they al ready anticipated their triumph. They made towards a spot where at intervals of from ten to fifteen min utes a white column of spray was seen to shoot high in the air from the ex tremity of a black rolling mass which glittered in the sun's rays like wet indiarubber. My boat led, and all i hands gave me a. cheer when I threw - the harpoon, which with a heavy thud ! -em bedded itself deeply -behind the huge . central fin of the mighty whale. Those il f;were the "good old days" of whaling, before the craft was made compara- tlveJy easy by modern methods: be- :re story tola by a veteran wnaier. now me wnanng crew went m earch of a whale they had killed, only to find the carcass in posses 'J --r sion of a dozen ferocious Polar bears! The battle royal that ensued "was a most exciting affair. baI1 cartridge between us. The Polar Bears P. Silver. -w-r xi i t a 5-. fore the days of the fast steamship armed with the fatal "harpoon gun." After, the stroke the whale suddenly headed away from the boats, sent up an enormous jet of water and blood some twenty feet in the air, lashed the water into foam with a terrible flurry of ; his gigantic tail, and then suddenly dipped beneath the surface of the ocean. To such a vast depth did he plunge in his agony of pain and fright that two boats were compelled to join their lines to ours; and .three times he dived, staying under nearly twenty minutes on each occasion, before we could get near enough to lance him in neck, the fallen man, to our amaze a vital part. Unfortunately, as he ment, jumped to his feet and, appar sped away he drew on the boats to- ently half-crazed by his recent maul wards a large field of ice known to be in performed something very like a in the vicinity before it was actually war-dance on the dead body of his late sighted, because of the extraordinary coldness pervading the atmosphere. . As the custom is with a wounded whale, he made to get under the ice in hot haste. The only chance for sue- cess was to finish him before he disap- peared beneath the floe. He would have to come up once more to breathe before he could dive beneath the ice- floor, and we got ready to dispatch him. Soon the line began to grow slack, and up, up he came with start- ling speed. For a -few minutes there was an awful "flurry on the surface, for therefore, but to keep blazing while our boat became entirely ob- away at the front guard until all were scured by the flying spume. The crea- wounded. Finally, I ordered an ad- ture had been pierced with lances un- vance of my little force, whereupon til the water was reddened with blood, the 'disconcerted animals suddenly yet so padded with fat was he after broke and fled, carrying away the rear his summer's gorging on herrings that line in their retreat. The bears were the lances failed to reach a vital organ, utterly routed. To our great chagrin he dived under We were now kept busy for hours the ice, and, as the boats could now no in skinning the slain bears and in cut longer follow him beyound the edge ting out the whalebone from the jaws of the ice-field, the order was reluct- of the prize. Then, well satisfied with antly given to cut the line, abandon our work, we loaded down the boat the prize, and return to the ship. Very w'th our spoils and proceeded on our keen was the disappointment of the way to rejoin the ship. But our perils men. Here was a fine whale "gone to the deuce!" Gone,, too, cut clean away from the grasp of the men, was half a ton of good whalebone. How- ever, there was a feeling pervading the fo'c's'le all that evening that 1 would not yet give up, but would or- ganize a search party, and each one hoped that he might be one of those chosen to go out to try and retrieve the lost booty. On the morning following, after thinking the matter over, I decided that the whale must be dead, as the lances had been driven well home, and had drawn so much blood. Thereupon I picked out six of the best men on board to help me hunt for the carcass, Two rifles were stowed in the boat, and enough biscuit to last, the seven of us for a couple of days. All day the men rowed hard, while I swept the sea with my glasses. The vast ice-floe had slowly drifted south- ward, and it was a long time re we ceived the full shock of the long, grey came up with it, which we did to- green rollers as they swung up and wards nightfall. In the clear water broke again and again over its shelv behind.its wake we made out an island inS icy strand, while the steep ice of blaek rock fringed with a wide side, sinking sheer into the ocean tawny sand beach, and soon we sight- depths, kept the water there as calm ed something unusual on a yellow bar as some landlocked harbor. Quickly that ran far out from the island among we seized the proffered opportunity. ine Deaung waves, presently, to our i great joy, it revealed itself as the stranded body of the dead whale. The men were delighted at the pros pect of recovering the valuable whale- bone, for here was prize enough even if it became necessary to abandon the blubber. That night we camped in a sheltered cove of the island, and needing no rock ing, for we were tired out after our long pull. What was our astonish- ment next morning when we found our prize in possession of a company of Polar bears! There were a round dozen of them not to speak of a couple of yearling cubs which kept close to their dams all fighting, snarl- ing and tearing at the flesh of the whale. It was evident that a pitched battle would be necessary to decide whether the carcass belonged to us who had killed the whale or to the bears who were now in full possession, Bigger than grizzlies, at times raising to their full height as dancing beais are trained to do, the monsters before us bore out the reputation of Lancas- ter Sound for its extremely large breed of b'ears, noted for their ravenous pro- pensities and extreme daring arid fer- ocity. It was at the ebb of the tide dead low water when we decided to make our attack. The boat was brought round and headed towards the sand- spit where lay the stranded body of the whale. The feeding bears had ap- parently scented battle from afar, for two of the biggest took to the water and swam far out towards the boat, These became an easy prey, for they were dispatched while swimming alongside; but there still remained ten, and of these ten, five were indeed for- midable monsters. Seeing the fate of their companions, the remainder of vival of the story of the battle be those which had entered the water I tween a boat's crew and a dozen Polar returned to the beach. Five lined, up in front of the whale, while the other five, including the two she-bears with j-their cpbs, fell to the rear of the car- c:iss exactly like a fighting corps held iu reserve. The receding tide had left ;i broad border of shelving sand, so I:at when our party landed we were still some sixty yards from the front squad of bears. A trusted shot at one end of the line and myself at the other ' were armed each with a rifle and had fifty rounds ouier lueu were tniuiyyeu wiui lung whalers' lances. , I opened the conflict by dropping on my right knee and tak ing deliberate aim at the largest bear. There was a moment's pause. Then' came the sharp report of the rifle fol lowed by an angry roar, and through the smoke, the bear, only slightly wounded, made a rush at .us. The spearmen promptly fell back, but the other rifleman knelt down with great coolness and discharged his gun at the furious animal. Again, however, the wound was not fatal. Springing to hit feet the man made a lunge at the in- furiated bear with his empty gun, but witn a swift blow the great brute sent the rifle flying in the air, and with.an- other laid low the unfortunate sailor, The forepaws of the bear were laid on the shoulders of the prostrate man, and toe hind feet were being brought to bear with repeated efforts to rip his tough tarpaulin jacket, when, carried away by my excitement, I rushed up and. with, the muzzle of my gun held almost at the ear of the savage beast, literally blew its head to fragments. Unmindful of a few hurts and a stream or blood trickling from his face a assailant. ne bears now appeared to be some- what cowed by the death of their com- raaes. The reserve line was weakened Dy -the desertion of the two she-bears Wltn their cubs, and the four monsters n the front rank did not seem much inclined to take the aggressive. A11 beasts, however, will usually forget their fear of. man' on three c- casions: at mating time, when their yun - ? are in danger, and when their TOOa 1S threatened. There was nothing were not yet over. A breeze sprang up which rapidly developed into a gale, accompanied by blinding sleet and snow showers, until our position grew hazardous in the extreme. Great white-capped waves broke over the heavy-laden boat, and we were kept incessantly occupied baling out the wa- ter. s Nevertheless we rowed on doggedly for hours, until at length our wrist pew swollen, and it really seemed as if out of the peril of the bears we had rushed into a greater danger still, Fainter t nd fainter grew our hopes of safety, as the gale rose and the bil- lows rushed past madly, driven to fury by the scourging blasts. Suddenly, through a rift in the driv- Ig" storm-clouds the awful form of a towering iceberg was seen, rearing its glistening columns against the dull greyness of the snow-darkened sky. The weather-side of the iceberg re uwemean enorts xne ooat was brought up against the full force of opposing wind and tide, and safely steered to the lee-side of the iceberg. Then the ice anchor was got out and she was made fast to the giant berg, The next danger which confronted us was that in the long wait we might perish of cold. There was coffee aboard and resh water, but how were we to manage for fuel and cooking utensils? I thought for. a moment, I and then ordered the men to pare off I wood shavings from the thwarts, floor- and gunwale of the boat until we I collected a good-sized parcel of fuel. I For a stove we perforated the bot- I torn of a large kettle, hanging a smaller one over the fire. Soon we were able I to pass round a draught of steaming hot coffee, which wonderfully clieeredx our spirits. This was repeated towards, the break of day. Then the storm gradually subsided, and we knew that the danger was over. Once more we steered our course to the ship, and finally arrived safely with the itch prize of the whalebone which had cost us so much labor and peril, Some of the rest of the crew were anxious to be allowed to visit the de- relict arcass for another bear hunt but the captain was known to hold white bears in high respect, and it surprised nobody when he announced his immediate intention of proceeding homewards. And so the ship's course was set towards the Straits of Belle- isle, where, like a jagged tooth gnaw-' Ing at the Arctic current, the Island of Newfoundland rears its rocky bas- tions out of the cold, ice-laden seas, The snow-white skin of one of the biggest of the bears now decorates the little front parlor of my cabin, and furnishes an excuse for a frequent re- bears. The Wide World Magazine. Fiirhting Seasickness. There is one place in a ship where the voyager may be at rest. This wri- ter discovered it during a mid-Atlantic storm, when he went down to. the bath- room, tumbled into a warm sea bath and floated. The vessel was perform- ing the most amazing antics, but the water iin the bath kept its usual grav- ity and the bather floated with a smile upon its bosom. London Chronicle. OPINION tii' Supreme Court rf United States Say $ Eight-flour Law h Unconsiitutfel THE RIGHT OF CONTRACT -SACRED t United States Supreme Court, in What Justice Harlan Calls the Most Im portant Decision in the Last Century Holds Unconstitutional the.. New York 10-Hour Law For Bakeries, Four Out of Nine Justices Dissent ingNew York Courts Opinion, Now Reversed, Written by Judge Parker. Washington, Special. In an opinion by Justice Peckham, the United States Supreme Court of the United States held to be unconstitutional the New day's work and sixty hours a day's work ' and sixty-six hours a week's work in the bakeries of that State. Justices Harlan, White, Day and Holmes dissented and Justice Har lan declared that no more important decision has been rendered in the last century. The opinion was handeddown in tho case of Lockner vs. State of New York and was based on the ground that tho law interferes with the ttree exercise of the rights of contract between indi- viduals. The Court of Appeals oi tne State upheld the law and afiirmed the judgment of the trial court holding Lockner guilty. Judge Parker wrote the opinion of the New York Court of Appeals supporting the law, and the court divided four to three on the ques tion of validity. Lockner is a baker who was found guilty of permitting an employe to work in his bakery more than sixty hours in a week. Four Die in Stampede. --fedianapolis, Special Frenzied by a false alarm of fire, several hundred newsboys struggling to obtain free tickets to a show by a patent medicine advertising company, stampeded in a narrow stairway in the Masonic Tem ple Monday night, crushing the life out of four boys and probably injuring sev eral other children. Long before the 'time appointed for the distribution of free tickets, the stairs of Masonic Temple, at the south west corner of Washington street and Capitol avenue, were crowded with a pushing, yelling crowd of children, mostly newsboy.?, each anxious to be first to receive a pass. When the dis tributing began, the' excitement be came more intense, and the efforts of several policemen to maintain order were unavailing. It is alleged by a witness that one of the boys, in an endeavor to hasten the exit of those who had received passes, shouted "Fire?" . . Immediately I those at the top of the stairs faced about and madly began to force a way to the bottom of the steps. Shrieks and physical encounters followed. Those at the top became so closely entangled that the mass of boys fell, clinging to each other, into the strug gling mass of youths at the bottom of the stairs. Policemen from central station re sDonded to a riot call and began to extricate the smothering boys. Fbur boys were dead when uncovered. The boys fought desperately to get free, and dozens were injured by the ' first crush or were hurt by the subsequent scramble aforesaid. An immense crowd of people, at tracted by the wild shouts, jostled about the mass of boys and hampered the work of the ambulance corps. The severely injured were sent to a hosDital. while many, who suffered slight injuries, were sent home. ' Serious damage Near Goldsboro. Goldsboro, Special. The cold wave whjch has prevailed in this section since since last Wednesday 1 evening reached a climax Sunday night, when it frosted heavily, ice was also plen tiful in many places. Beans, peas, Ir ish potatoes and other garden plants were hurt. Beans have been hurt to an extent of half the crop. Straw berries are also hurt, but not to any serious extent. Great Anxiety Felt. Wilmington, Special. Ice formed throughout the east Carolina trucking belt Sunday night, but owing to high winds there was little, if any, frost. Temperatures falling from 33 to 36 de grees are reported from various points in the belt, and the damage to the crop cannot yet be .estimated. Irish potatoes and beans suffered most. Strawberry blooms were cut off ill places, but the damage in that particu lar is not regarded as serious. Con tinued cold and frost again tonight k predicted and the greatest anxiety prevails among truckers. Fruit Probably Doomed. Roanoke, Va., . Special. Reports from southwest Virginia indicate that if the fruit crop was not killed last night it is in great danger Monday night. The mercury fell Monday to 28 in some places, and at Radford there was an inch of ice. Snow fell at intervals Monday. There was a heavy fall of snow in Roanoke and vicinity Sunday that lasted several tours. If the wind lays tonight, the fruit will probably be doomed. IMPORTANT aE?-. Big Preparations Being MadeNwCtbe Annual Gathering' of State Eet&6at .extort f 'AraAHatut. ',t:JfV;t' . Greasboro. SDecial-UThe urogram committee ofVthp KnVth 'cairoirna Teachers' Assem&w has finished com piling the program and Paust.and Secretary Carmlcna;elv an nounce . tho manner trt ha eAA "in Greensboro -,h un 'irth and lfith wifi Krf. ""V - . ' ui xjxe greatest, educational meetings ever hefd lm the eoutn. .... The Assembly will onen Tuesdav evening, June 13. There will be two sessions daily of the entire assembly. the morning session will open at 10 o'clock and continue until 12; the ev ening sessions will be from 8.30 to 10 o'clock. There will be two addresses at each of these sessions. Sectional meetings will be held daily from 3 until 5.30 o'clock in the afternoons. The following speakers from outside he State are now certain of atten dance: Dr. Walter Page, editor oi ine World's Work; Dean James E. Russell, of Columbia University; Professor L. Bailev of Cornell. University ; Dr. W. W. Stetson,-State Superintendent of Maine; Jtlon. O. B. Martin, state &u- Eerintendent qf South Carolina; Mr. Dick J. Crosby, of Washington, D. C; Miss Adele Marie Shaw, of Broofciyn, whose recent educational articles in the "World's Work." have attracted widesDread attention over the coun try, and Miss Patty S. Hill, principal of the Louisville Kindergarten Train in sr School. It is probable that in addition to these. Superintendent Gregory, oi Chelsea. Massachusetts, or Superin tendent Hughes, of Toronto, Canada, Chancellor Hill, of the University of Georgia, and Governor Montague, of Virginia, will also be present. The sectional meetings, to be neid in the afternoons, will be informal round-table discussions which should be very helpful. The Woman's Asso ciation for the Betterment of Public Schools will have Miss Adele Marie Shar to work with it; Miss Patty S. Hill will be with the primary teach ers ; Dean Russell will be with the city superintendents and principals; Superintendent Gregory or Superinten dent Hughes, will also likely be pres ent to work. with this section; Super intendent W. W. Stetson will be with the., county superintendents. Enough county superintendents to make a good meeting have already written that they will be present. - PrOf. H. L. Bail ey, the very greatest authority on na ture study, and Mr. Dick J. Crosby, as well as Dr. and Mrs. E. L. tevens and Professor Pearson, will work-with the nature study section. On Friday, June 16, the State Cam paign Committee, composed of Hon. J. Y. Joyner, Dr. Charles D. Mclver, Ex-Gov. C. B. Aycock, and R. D. W. Connor, secretary, will open the edu cational campaign which will be con tinued throughout the State, this sum mer and fall. Numerous short ad dresses will be delivered by men who are to take part in the campaign, and others. An educational conference will be held to consider our education al interests. The great educational raly of this day will be a most signifi cant feature of the meeting. As soon as the changed plan of the assembly was announced early, in the year, unusual interest was manifested in the meeting, and this interest has continued to increase. The Charlotte city schools Jiave just made attendance on the assembly equivalent to attendance on a sum mer school, and some of the .other cities of the State will likely make the same recognition of the Assembly within the next few days. A great many teachers from all parts of the State has already written saying that they will be present, and those who expect to attend and have not written, should write at once to the Secretary,' Mr. W. D. Carmichael, at Durham. It is important that this be done. The meeting will assuredly be an un usual opportunity for the teachers of North Carolina, and no progressive teacher within the borders of the State can afford to miss it. It seems now that the teachers of North Carolina will assemble at Greensboro in the greatest profession a I gathering ever held in a SQuthern State. Their deliberations will mean much to the educational life of our commonwealth, and the meeting will attract attention far beyond the bor ders of the State. FRUIT AND PRODUCE MEN. Annual Meeting of Big-Association To Be Held in Wilmington Car Load of "Jimpson Weed." New Ice Com pany. Wilmington, N. C, Special. The annual meeting of the American Fruit and Produce Travelers' Association will be held in this city on Saturday, April 22, when officers for the ensuing year will be chosen and other business oi importance transacted. Most "of the officers of the association are from the North and East, the organization being composed of members from all over the country, including solicitors and others, together with the prominent truckers and buyers of truck and sim ilar products. A big banquet will be given by the association on Saturday night, at which prominent speakers will be heard on subjects of interest to the members. Mr. J. G. Thompson, of Philadelphia and a former president of the associa tion, is in the city to complete all prep arations for the big gathering which promises to be of more than ordinary interest this year. $1,000,000 Lumber Company. Mobile, Ala., Special. The Cotton Belt Lumber Company was incorporate ed here for one million dollars. The company will buy and sell lumber, op erate mills, manufacture turpentine and do a general exporting business. Prin cipal offices will be in Mobile. Incor porators are Archelaus S. Terrell, Wil lis H. Bennett and Theodore Emery, all of Chicago, tlORTB aATE NEWS lanv Newsy Items eatnerd From -s alT Sections. tin &ej-. Char one voon marxct. These figures represent prices' paid to wagons: Strict good middlings . '. . . . 7 5-s Ck?pa paiddling 1 Sttfcf fiddling.- vvrv MldTUJsur .-.... IVli.H.- Tinges. . Stains. . 51-4 K General Cojton 'Market. i-1 . 1 -.r. fiaair " . . .).: T-tw New Orleans, steady ..r . . Mobile, easy Savannah, dull.. .. Charleston, dull.. Wilmington, steady. 71-2 71-2 . ..71-2 . . . 7 3- .....7.85 Norfolk, quiet Baltimore, nominal New York, quiet. . Boston, quiet. . . . Philadelphia, quiet. Houston, easy . . . . Augusta, steady M emphis , steady . . ......7.85 7.85 . ....8.10 ....71-2 7 9-1S . ..7 9-1S St. Louis, quiet.. 7 5-8 Louisville, firm.! I 7 7-8 i END OF GREENSBORO COURT. During theTerm $20,000 Has Been Collected in Fines No One Sen tenced to the Penitentiary. Greensboro, Special. In th Federal Court last week, District . Attorney A. E. Holton prayed judgment on E A. Hasten, storekeeper and gauger of Forsyth, and the prayer for judgment was continued until the next term of court. Hasten giving bond in the sum of five hundred dollars. Prayer for judgment in the case of James Taylor, of Rockingham, con victed of "removing whiskey," was con tinued until the adjourned term, and will be heard on Wednesday, April 26th. The tax collector of Stoneville and the sheriff of Rockingham county were introduced by defendants counsel; R. D. Reid, and testified to Taylor's excellent reputation as r good citizen and reliable business man, aside from his occasional troubles with 'the inter nal revenue department and the fed eral court. Taylor gave bond in the sum of $1,50.0 for his appearance. The jury was discharged and court ad journed to meet this m'orning at ten o'clock, when the day will be devoted to calling over the docket, issuing or ders, etc. Only the three cases against N. Glenn William? are no-y remaining for trial and these have been transferred to Charlotte for trial at the June term of court, should Mr. Williams be dis charged by Dr. Osier liy that time. There have been over twenty thous and dollars'in the shape of fines and forfeitures paid to the government as the result of the pleas and convictions of guilty: at the present term. Not a single defendant has been sent to the penitentiary. one storeKeeper aua gauger' was sent to jail six months, a fellow' from over in Davidson was sent to jail twenty days, the facts showing that he was drunk in catching hold of a rural mail box post beside the road, he caught too hard, and he, post and box all fell down together. There were one or two more short sentences to jail for trifling offences. Five officers of the government known as storekeepers and gaugers were convicted or pleaded guil ty or nolle contjndered with the court. Suit For Damages. Asheville, Special. A suit ' has been brought jointlyagainst the Ashe ville Electric company to recover $15, 000 alleged damages for the death of a colored boy named Chambers, who received, such injuries in a runaway accident several weeks ago that hia death resulted. Elsie McCasson, an aunt of the boy is bringing suit. The suit is brought the Asheville Electric company on account of alleged negli .gence in allowing their track on South Main street to be torn up for an unnec essarily long time. The city is charg ed with permitting the said negligence. The boy was driving a team which be came frightened and ran, throwing the lad out of the buggy and killing him. orth State , News. The council of State has passed an order donating to each rural public .School librairy in the State a set of the North Carolina Regimental Histories of the Civil War. The histories will be sent outlvery soon. C. T. Bailey, postmaster at Raleigh, i3 paymaster in North Carolina for the rural freer delivery mail carriers, and reports that for the first quarter of 1905. he has paid out $149,894.20. Governor Glenn grants a pardon for William Gower, who is serving a sen tence of six years from Granville coun ty for manslaughter. The pardon is on the recommendation of Solicitor Brooks, and the Governor makes the statement that the defendant appears to have had great provocation, and in his opinion ought not to have been con victed. The Governor declined three other applications for pardons Van Green, serving two years for larceny in Polk county; W. M. Thomas, serv ing five years from Ashe county for larceny, and R. C. Hensley, serving one year for retailing. The council of state has passed an order donating , to each rural public school library in the State a set of the North Carolina Regimental Histories of the Civii War. ,The histories will be sent out very soon. ' . i Gevernor Glenn made an tforder puLung on me military ; retired list of the Stale Col George L Mor ton, of Wilmington. He retires with the rank of Colonel, that having been his last rank while a member of the staff of Governor Aycock.
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