North Carolina Newspapers

. -.... ,-. ) - : ' ' - i Jlic MlccMg Mint. WILUIHGTQfl, N. C, $1.00 k TE1H IN ADIAntt. g8g38838SS3S3888? 8888888888888888? '"' 2sa8ggsssss88gasy ' 8883888888888888 82838888S8888888S vow 1 SSSS88SS838 88838&8328S8S88 s;ssS88S888 8S83e33233388888r .688388888888888$ . . a si I a. b " Itiii " i : t j i i : : : S Catered at tlx Put UAca at Untftra, M. C, Second t:ia Ma ci.i SUBSCRIPTION P.. ICE. Tbe aobtcrtptloa uric at the Wa'iiT Btar la aa foil w: Static Copy 1 yea, paetaga paid 91 00 A ' 6 months - SfJ " soontbi " SU THE VALUE OF GOOD ROADS. Yesterday we mad reference to the good rods convention which ia to be held in Raleigh next Wednes day and Thursday, and quoted in that connection aa extract from the letter of Prof. J. A. Holmes, in which he said "the improvement of oar public roads is a feature of the industrial development of oar State of more vital importance than any q-iestion now before the masses of oar citizens." Every word , of that is true, and the remarkable thing is tht so few people, not only in this bat ia all the States, realize the im portance or value of good roads. They will become excited, travel many miles to attend public meet ings, and , wage hot campaigns and very often nave lively scrimmages over political questions of aa eco nomic or other character, but we have never yet seen them warm up on the good roads question, when every man, woman and child is di rectly or iudirtctly interested, and wtien with some it means more money than any other economio question, State or national, with which they have to do. The re-ident of the city realizes that gotd, smooth rods radiating from the town would be nice things to have, because they would-give pleasant drives into the country, bat very few, appreciate or think of the value to the towns of such roads, from a business pint of view. And yet good roads mean thousands of dollars' annually added to the trade of the town which has the advantage of them. The town merchant is al most as much interested in and de pendent upon them aa the farmer is, and the farmer is as much inter ested ia them and dependent upon them as the lumberman is on the streams that float his winter cat of logs to deep water. But there is not one farmer out of ten who ap preciates this, not from lack of in telligence, but simply because he and those who cultivated his fields before him had become accnstomed to dragging along over such roads as they had and never give good roads a serious thought. If a farming section was hemmed in by streams to deep to foard or by shallow streams that frequently be came impassable all would see the importance and necessity of bridg ing those streams, and they would freely tax themselves to pay the cost of bridge building, bat bad, impass able roads are just as much a draw back on them and just as much in the wav of getting their crops to market easily, quickly aod in good time as these obstructing streams would be and yet very few farmers seem to take that view cf it. It sometimes, aod not infrequently, happens that ia the Fall after the raius set ia aod during the Winter when rains are followed by freezes, and in the early Spring, the roads become impassable for weeks at a t i . t . i i an i i ume wnen it is not oniy aimcuit t Vtnt Imnnaaihla f.r a. team tn nnll loaded wagou over them on ao count of the depth of the mud. Suppose thea the prices of farm pro ducts go np, what can the farmer do bat deplore his inability to get to market when he may be in urgent need of the money he could get if he could haul his stuff to market. There isn't one farmer in a hundred who has not been placed in inch a predicament as this some time. ) la the eastern part qf the State on the sandy plains the water passes through and the roads dry ia i short while, bat ia the bill country when the red clay becomes thor oughly saturated aod worked up with the tramping ol animals they become mortar beds and it some times takes weeks for "them to dry sufflcieatly to become passable. Uuder these conditions is it to be wondered at that the life of the average farmer ia a life of drudgery, that there is little p ogress on the farm, that the boys aod girls waot to get away from it, and that the average farmer has persuaded him wit that farming doesn't pay? It doesn't pay.and it would be surpris ing if with these haadicaps it did pay. . There is no better external index of the condition of the farmer than VOL. XXXIII. the condition of the roads. They are almost asL good aa index as the houses they live in. When you see a neat, trim, oozy looking -house, and comfortable looking stables and barns you may conclude that the family which lives in the house are ia comfortable circumstances and and are deriving some profit and benefit front their labor, but when you see a sbackly old house, with broken windows and old hats and other things stuck . ia to keep . th? rain and wind out, and you see tot tering fences and cattle without shelter you may conclude that the people who live in that house are on the ragged edge and wouldn't re quire any argament to convince suviu suae a.cea wiug w J As a rale, when yoa pass through a section of country with good, roads yoa find comfortable houses, good out houses, well kept and well cul tivated fields, and a general air of well doing, the cause of which, if there be any question about it, is the good roads that not only make pros perity possible, bat easy. . SOFT 8 SAPS, THESE. Judge Taft, Civil Governor of the Philippines, who has within the past week been favoring the Senate committee with his views as to the prospects of pacifying the Filipinos and making good, loyal Americana out of them, thinks that isn't each a hard job as a good many suppose it is and as some of the military commanders over there seem to think, jadging from their official re ports. We wouldn't cast any reflections on Judge Taft's sincerity, but gen erally speaking when the average man has a good job which pays a handsome salary he is more than ikely to take a rosy view of the situation aod conclude that things are going on pretty well. We ven ture to say that every man in the Philippines who is drawing a good salary agrees with Judge Taft that we are making fair progress in bringing the little brown men in. That most of the men holding civil positions over there are pretty well paid will be seen from the following ist of salaries: Governor Taft, president of commission 130.000 O mmieionera Wright. Ide, Worcester aod Moses each.. 15 500 Secretary to tbe commission . . . S.5O0 Assistant secretary to toe com mission 2 750 3 500 7,500 eono 6 00 4000 Secretary to the commission (ipaoiab) Secretary to civil governor. . . . Audit jr for the Philippine Is lands... .. Collector of customs Deputy collector of customs. . . Attorney general 5 500 4.5J0 S 000 4.500 7 500 First assistant attorney general decood assistant attorney gen eral Solicitor general Chief jastice of Supreme Court Associate Justices Clerk of 8upreme Court Judges of courts of first instance 701)0 3,00(1 ia Mauila 5.500 Judges of courts of first in- sUnce.eutside of Manila, from 8.000 to. 5.000 M 'aiters of municipal board, Manila City clerk City engineer Superintendent of police...... Chief and assistant chief of secret service... City attorney Assistant city attorney Assessor Deputy assessor. Superindendent of public in struction. Director general of posts Assistant director general of posts ....................... losular purchasing agent. ..... Commissioner of publie health. Chief health inspector 8aoitary engineer .. Cniaf of Insular constabulary. . Four assistants to chief of insu lar constabulary, each ....... 4.500 3.000 8 6U0 3.600 3 000 3.500 3000 4.000 3.000 6.000 6.000 3 250 3 600 6.000 8 600 3. 600 4.000 8.750 Of course these patriots have abid Ing confidence in oar ability to soon stamp out not only the fires but the embers of insurrection in the islands, to establish American su premacy and to make the Filipinos lojal and law-abiding "subjects," aod they have good, substantial rea sons for it, as will be seen by this salary list, ranging from $2,750 to $20,000 a year. Soft snaps, they are, and likely to last, lor them or others from five to twenty-five years, according to the opinions of officers serving ia the islands. A preacher travelling in Virginia lost in a railroad depot a valise full of sermons. He sued the company for $1,080. the money' value he set upon them. The court divided this by 4 aod a fraction and gave him a verdict for 1250. Later the sermons .were returned to the depot by the fellow who stole them and had no nse for them. Now there is a chance for the preacher to get $1,060 worth of sermons for $250, as the company wonld donbtless be wiUin? to dispose of them at that price. ', . - ; - The Senate sat down on Senator Hoar's bill to increase the salary of Congressmen from $5,000 to $7,500 Ter an. hv & vote of 44 to 15. The K w - y fifteen were nearly all rich old roos ters, some of them millionaires. It is' said that John D. Rocke feller gave in benefactions last year mure than $3,000,000. But he still has enough left to buy all the skim milk and bread he can eat. I0RTH CAROLINA WATER POWERS. We have written frequently of the numerous water powers in North Carolina, and the practically unlimited power they are capable of supplying for manufacturing indus tries. The TJ. S. Geological Survey is giving some attention to the measurement of the flow of these streams, as we gather from the fol lowing in a bulletin issued, by the Division of Hydography, which will be read with interest: . Tne 8tate of North Carolina Is well adapted by nature for the develop ment of water power. lis surface may he compared to the upper: face of a huge wedge whose edge corresponds to the ocean shore line, aod whose gradual rise illustrates the 8iate's tn creasing elevation toward- its western border, culminating to tne Appala chian Mountaia ridges, where are massed some of the highest peaks east of tne Mississippi rive. Among these high forested mountains tne rivers of the State rise and find their way sea ward, at times with rapid descent. ' "One of the well defined physical features of the 8tate is a brnad atrip of country known as the Piedmont Plateau, whose eastern border is rough ly parallel to the Atlantic ocean, and aoout a hundred miles, more or leas. west of it. It is composed of hard and anoient rocks. Into which the rivers have not been able to cat their way so deeply as In the softer rocks below. Over this plateau many of the streams of the State must pass, crossing its eastern border io a succession of falls and rapids, which furnish admirable water power sites. Bo marked is this feature, wnicb can be traced entirely across the 8tate, that it has been term ed the 'fall line.' The fall line must be considered of especial economio im portance, for along it. as has been aaid, occur many valuable water powers, of which some are already ia use and others may be developed. Consid erable activity has been shown of re cent years in studying the power pos sibilities of the North Carolina streams and gaging stations, conducted by the U e. (ieolog'cal survey, wblcn nave been maintai d on the Roanoke, New, TV, Neuse, H.w, Deep, Cape Fear, Yadkin. Cat wba and other strem At these stations measurements of fl. tw are made, daily records of height kept, aod information obtained on who. further development of their waters must b bosed. Tne work of stream measurement in North Carolina is a port of the general investigation which the Geological 8urvey ia nuking of the water resources of the country." There may be in some other sec tions of this country or in some other countries streams capable of furnishing more power than our streams can, but there is no section of this country, nor of' any other country that we know of, of an equal area, which contains more power-giving streams that may be readily utilized Owing to the moan tain ranges within and on the bor ders of the State, nearly all the rain that falls upon it, and a good deal that doesn't, runs across the State, and the flow is sufficient in every one of them to supply more or less water power, and some of them a practically unlimited amount of it. In these streams North Carolina has a source of power that ought to make her one of the greatest manufactur ing States in the Union, and doubt less will in time. And this means a rich State. There was an elopement some what ont of the ordinary in an In diana town where a young woman of 32 summers eloped with her sweet heart of 92 winters. There was ob jection to the match, so the girl with a baggy drove to his hoase, lifted him iato the buggy, scooted and soon had the knot connubial tied. She was not to be fooled, be cause her sweetheart was worth 150,000. The Board of Health, in New York, the other day struck a pul verized stone quarry, and condemn ed a pile of there and a half tons of baking powder, which contained 29 per cent, of powdered stone.- Cap ital stnff to feed light weights on who hanker for heft. The Cubans will get there Amer ican fashion if they are giveu a rea sonable time. They know how to count ballots now, as they do it in emergencies over.here. At the last election in Havana the connt show ed np with a good many more votes than were cast. - It is estimated from the returns already in, although not complete. that embezzlers in this conntry and in Canada got away last year with about $7,800,000. The king bee was the Cincinnati fellow, who on a sal ary of $25 a week swooped $400,000. An old woman died in Middleton, N. Y., a few days ago who had been supported by charity and was sap- posed to be a pauper. In rummaging about her house after ber burial over $10,000 in money was found hidden in different places. California grows nuts as well as frnit and other track. Last year she shipped 15,000,000 pounds of wal nuts and 500,000 pounds of almonds. Here is a pointer for North Carolina, whioh can grow nnts as well as Cali fornia can. Mr. Loyd Georgo figures out that by the time the Boers are subdued it will have cost Great Britain $2,000, 000,000. A "humanity staggering" price. WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14,1902: STRAWBERRY CROP. Truckers Arranging for Its Move ment Upon the Opening of ' the Season of 1902. " TRANSPORTATION MATTERS. Executive Committee of East Carollaa As sociation Met Yesterday sad Had ' Coafereace JVItn Traffic Mnnn- fer Emerson, of A. C. L, . " For the purpose of considering mat ters of .transportation In view of the approach of the strawberry season a meeting of the Executive Committe of the East Carolina Truck and Fruit Growers' Association was hold here Friday morning in the rooms of the Morchants' Association In the Sea board Air Line building.- r Every , member of the committee was In attendance as follows: President W. . L. Hill, of Warsaw ; J S. West brook, of 'Wallace; J. A. Westbrook, of Mt Olive ; W. E Thigpen, of Chad bourn; Dr. E. Porter.of Rocky Point, and Dr. Geo. F. Lucas, of Currie. There were also in attendance opau the meeting Mr. Henry T. Bauman, the Association's enter prising business, agent; ex-Judge W. B. Allen, the Association's special counsel, and Mr. G. B. Bobbins, of Chicago, general manager of the Fruit Growers Fxprees. After considering matters Of trans portation in detail at the morning ses sion,' a conference was held in the af ternoon with Traffic Manager Emer son, of the Coast Line, the result of which is reported by several members to have been very satisfactory. The truckers are contending, through their committee, not for better rates, bat for a more efficient service, that of last season not having been entirely satis . factory. It ia believed that this season will witness a decided improvement. The straw t rry crop this year Is ex pected to reach nearly 400 000 crates, against something over 800,000 crates lat year. Shipments will begin about April 5th, it is expected, and the early meeting of the committee is to have everything in readiness for the ex pected increase of shipments. There is believed to be no material increase in the acreage in strawberries np the Wilmington and Weldon rail road, but a larger acreage by about twenty five per cent, ia said to be planted in the Chad bourn belt. DEATH OP MRS. N. H. SMITH. She Passed Awsy at Her Heme la Fay ettcville Early Yesterday Moralsg . Yesterday afternoon's Fayetteville Observer has the following in refer ence to the death of Mrs. N. H. Smith, who has relatives and a large number of friends here: We regret to announce the death of Mrs. N. H. Smith, which occurred at her home on Haymount, this morning at 5 o'clock. Mrs. 8mlth bad been critically ill for several weeks, and her death was not unexpected. She was a daughter of the late Nathan A. Btedman. Esq.. of this city. for year treasurer of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Bailroad, and sister of ex Lieut Governor Charles M Sted- man of Greensboro, Sheriff Frank H. 8 ted man and Miss Fannie Sted man of Wilmington. She leaves a husband and four children: Miss Sadie, Master Howard and Misses Fannie and Lizzie Cooper 8mith. - Mrs. Smith was in every sense a fine woman, and especially was she a de voted mother and wife. She was a good Christian woman, too, and was a strong member of the Fayetteville Fret bTterian church. The funeral will tak place to-mor row mornipg at 11 o'clock, from the First Presbvterian church. Sheriff Frank H. Siedman, of Wil mington, arrived in the citv vesterdav and M j r Cbaa. 8 ted man is expscted from ur-easooro wis aiternoon. am. B A Kingsbury, a nice of Mrs. Smith's, and W. 8 Bernard, a nephew. also arrived from Wilmington at noon. Fayetteville Observer 7th "The funeral of Mrs. N. H. Smith took place at 11 o'clock this morning from the First Presbyterian church in the presence of a large number of peo ple. The pastor, Kev. H. Tucker Gra ham, conducted the service. The re mains were interred in Cross Creek cemetery, and there were many beau tiful floral tributes, a. noble woman has gone from among us. Peace to her ashes. 'The following were the pall bearer: "Honorary A. EL Bankin, W. L. Hawlev. E. H. Williamson. B M. Prior, T. O. Whitted, all elders of the Presbvterian chuich. "Actie Messrs J. M Lamb, Jno. Garrason. W. L Bolt. John B Mc Neill. N K. Bunting, A. 8. Huske. W. N. Williams and D. H. Bay. Skloocr Is; Bernsrd Oat. Raleigh News and Observer, 8th: ''Harry 8kinner, Greenville,-. 0., was autographed with a clear hand at the Yar borough at about 4 o'clock yes fcrday morning. Claude XL Bernard was not present when this wss done, but doubtless be turned over uneasily in bed when this took place. To-day Bernard goes out and Skinner goes in as District Attorney. That Is the pur pose of appearance of the new Federal official on the scene oz action, jut. 8k inner had "nothing to say" when seen yesterday, tie did not Know whether he would, remove to Baleigb, wbatchanges might take place after he took charge or what was going to happen." Csptnred Is Wnmlojtoa. . Florence Times. 8th : "Sheriff Burch has been notified of the capture in Wilmington of Eli James, a negro wanted in Florence for assault and battery with intent to kill. James shot old man Thomas Gregg several months ago on a plantation near the eity. - Gregg waa thought to -have been fatally wounded, but he recov- ered." N. C; ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE; Orrislxed la talelgk Officers Elected. - Poarteea Saccessfal AppUcstleos for . Licesse to Practice Law. ' ' RaLEiQH, N. 3L, Feb. 6. Only four teen out of a class of thirty-three were successful In the examination before the Supreme Court for license to prac tice law. The .following received license: H. A. Cranor, Wilkes; N. G. Duncan, Sampson ; O. J. Bose, Cum berland;C A. Armstrong, Montgom ery ; H. L. Ed wards, Butherford ; E. J. Nelson, Caldwell; J. P. Bunn, Nash; T. W. Jones, Buncombe; H.Sl Harris, Pittt F. E. Davis. Butherford:. D. W. Persia. Pasquotank; G. H. Mitchell, Wake; W. A. Worth. Norfolk, Va. ; J. B. Marion, Chester, 8. C. -; The North Carolina Anti saloon Ltaeue was organized to day, with N. B. Broughton president, Dr. T. N. Ivey secretary and J.O. Blair treasurer. 'A State superintendent will be put in the field to agitate the work. The con stitution declares its purpose to be the abolition of the liquor saloon. There are three departments of work agita tion, legislation, law enforcement. Ed itors of-all relia-ious denominational papers in the State and twenty or more ministers and laymen were here and participated. PROBABLY FATAL SH0OT1NQ. Sliteea-Yesr-OId Boy Shot His Sister Near Tsrsoro Fire at WashiaxtoB, N. C. Special Star Telegram. Tarbobo. N. 0.. Feb. 8. The six teen year old son of D. M. Chris ten berry accidentally and probably fatally shot his fifteen-year old sister a short distance from town yesterday afternoon. The boy snapped a gun at some birds flying over the house, but the weapon was not discharged until it was taken from the shoulder. The load went through a window where the girl was standing and entered her body in the region of the liver. A great eobflacration is reported to ba rsging in Washington, N. O., and aaout two hundred thousand dollars worth of property has already been consumed. THE POULTRY SHOW POR 1903. Precirstloss Belst Made by Association for Big Exposition la Jasasry. - .Already the Wilmington Live Stock Association has begun preparations for its second annual poultry and pet stock snow to be held in 1903. The fair just closed was so success ful in every particular that the enter prising gentlemen at the head of it at once 'called a meeting and decided to begin work at once for a show much larger and in every way upon a more extensive scale. The dales will be January 4th, 5th and 6 m, 1903, and a premium list will be issued that will attract exhibit from all this immediate section of the South. The Association deserves every praise for the interest it is creating in the breeding of fine poultry. Aa Oplaiea ia Baakroptcy. Baleigh News and Observer : "Judge Parnell yesterday rendered a rather important opinion in bankruptcy, in the case of EL G. Carver & Co. The judge holds that creditors who seek tne benent or protection or tne tuns rapt law must institute proceedings in the bankrupt court by petition within four months of the making of the gen eral assignment Otherwise the bank rupt court has not authority to Inquire Into the conduct of the assignee under the State insolvency laws, as to how he disbursed or distributed the funds, provided said assignee has distributed such funds prior to the adjudication in bankruotCT. As to any funds or prop erty unadministered in the hands of the assignee at the time of the adjudi cation ia bankruptcy, such funds will be turned over to the trustee in banx- ruptcy, to be administered In the bvnk- ruptcy court." Bis Assets $25. Stewart & Godwin, attorneys of Dunn, N. O , yesterday filed a petition in the TJ. 8. Court here asking that W; F. Dupree. farmer, of Harnett county, be adjudged a voluntary bank rupt. The liabilities are $1753 88 in judgments secured against him about seven years ago while he was in bus! neas. The assets consist of wearing apparel valued at $25. Miss A sale Lee Married. Thursday's Wilson News has the following of the marrisg j of a young ladv who formerly resided here: "Miss Annie J-iee came np from uremont yesterdav to attend the carnival last night This morning at 12:80 o'clock she waa a tietly married to Mr. K a. Clark, of . Rich ford, Vermont, at tne residence of Kit. James Thomas, wno performed the ceremony." A reward of $100 is offered by Governor Ay cock for the arrest and delivery to the sheriff of Scotland county of Joe Bidley, who murdered SherrillWard in Scotland county on January 24th last, and then burned the house and body with it THE WORTH CO HP ANY. Jodie Boyd Declines to Vacate the Order Appointing Receivers. ' i Telegraph to the Morning star.' Charlotte, N. C, February 8. A special to the Observer 'from Greens boro, N. O , says that Judge Boyd to day declined 'the motion made by officers and a m jwity of the stock holders of the eornoration to vacate the order annotating- receivers for the Worth Manufacturing Company. This company owns and operates three cot ton milla in Randolph county. The ease has been hotly contested. It no w goes to the United tilatea Circuit Court or Appeals. - - Capt L H. Web Dead. Capt. Lewis Henry Webb, once ai resident of Wilmington and a brother of Mr. W. G, Webb, of this city, died Wednesday night at his home in Franklin, Va., aged 74 years. Cot Webb was born at Rockingham, N. O but moved to Wilmington soon after the Civil War and conducted a music store for several years on Front street, near where Solomon's shoe store is now located. He was a gallant Con federate soldier and commanded Co A, 13th Battalion, N. C. Artillery. He had a decided literary talent and con tributed to the History of N. C. Begl ments In the Civil War, lately pub lished by Judge Walter Clark. He Is survived by a wife and three daugh ters; also, two brothers, Mr. W. G Webb, of Wilmington, and Mr. EL H. Webb, of Pickens, 8. O. Alert Cos st Uae Cesdoctor. Charleston 2?ewa and Courier : "One of the conductors on the At lantic Coast Line running between Charleston and Wilmington has made a splendid record in capturing scalp era' tickets. Up to date he has collect ed fifteen fares from passeneers who had bad tickets and put twelve passen fcersOff the trains. This conductor ia very progressive in his methods. He has a memorandum book in which he records a description of holders of all Charleston excursion tickets when such holders are on their way to this city. When the tickets come into bia possession on the return trip be refers to his memorandum and ascertains if the persons presenting tickets tally rith the.description in his book. In this way he is able to teep a close watch on all travellers and his work thus far has been mo it' effective." SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Stanly Enterprise: A well-to-do farmer reminded us tbe other day that there were twelve freshets last year. This year has started off with a good aizea one. Richmond Headlight: Amanda Covington, a colored woman wbo re aided a few miles above Rockingham. was found dead near her bouse door Iat8un'day morning. The verdict of th coroner's jury was "death from cold." Rocky Mount Spokesman: On last Saturday, February Is', Mrs. Martha Bartholomew, an aged lady, who lives near 8pring Hope, was found dead in her bed. 8b e bad re tired the night before in her usual health and had made no complaint of sickness. Winston Journal: There seems to be a great stir among the doss in the eastern part of this county and also in Guilford county. Msny of the cattle are suffering death at tbe months of mad dogs and several peo pie have also been bitten, several does were killed at' Colfax Monday nd four were killed at Friendship: Wednesday. Statesville Mascot: A movement is beinsr discussed looking to the build ing of a cotton seed oil mill in States ville. A Urge ginning plant would be operated in connection with it and the same nower could be used to run an ice factory. The men interested in tbe movement are level beaded busi ness men who will come to Statesville if the proper encouragement Is offered them. . Tarboro Southerner: Thomas Felton. of this county, died a few days ago in his 97th year. He left a' large number of descendants, even to tne fourth generation. Mrs. Dilly Br ram. whose husband fought in tbe war of 1818. died in Wake county last week. She had been drawing a pen sion since 1834, and was 108 year. 10 months and 3 days old. Tbe first banging In Wilson county since tne war will take nlace February 26th. A suecial term of court will be held in that county March 17ih, and two more murder cases will come up. ueorge Gay will be tried for the killing of Wade Ay cock in a saloon there last November, and W. D. Ruffin will an swer for tne murder or ur. buiiock two years ago. Raleigh Post: One of the most shocking affairs is reported from Mt Olive. The unfortunate victim of the accident was Mr. John L. Korne- gay, one of the most influential, and one of the highest esteemed citizens of his neighborhood, lie Jivd about aix miles from tbe town -of Mt. Olive and was on his way home Tuesday afternoon when be met death instant ly. Mr. Kornegay had been to town to do some trading and was leisurely drivinar toward home, about three miles from town when, it is supposed. his horse became frightened. There were no witnesses to the lamentable affair. The first to learn of the fate that had befallen Mr. Kornegay were some country people who had also been to town and were on itbeir way home. They found his lifeless body on the roadside with his neck broken. lying where he fell from his buggy. FATAL BLASTING ACCIDENT. One Man Killed, Poor Fatally Icjared and Seven Others Badly Hnrt Nearly All the Victims Italians. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. Gexkstille, Pa., Feb. 8. A fatal blasting accident occurred on tbe new cut off of the Bessemer and Lake Erie railroad near Of good, two miles eistof here, this evening., One man ia miaainflr and probably dead, four are fatally inured and seven are suner- Ing from fractured limbs, ribs aod in ternal injuries. Superintendent Thorn as McConville, of 8craaton, Pa., sus tained a fractured skull and a double fracture of the left leg. - All the other Injun d are Italians, and their names could not be learned, as they are known to tbe contracting firm only by numbers.' Tbe scene of tbe accident waa a twenty-five foot cut. about a thousand feet fiom the new steel via duct which is being constructed by the American Bridge Company. The men and entered the cut with Super indendent McConville and were pre pared to make a blast; the charge bad just been connected up, when some one tamner-a witn tne oattery ana set the bleat off without a moment's warn ing. The men were buried beneath tons of earth and rock. . r A mob of Italians, friends and rela tiyes of the injured men, are scouring the conntry lor Foreman unaries nag- gerty. who waa on the bank when the accident occurred, but who left for parts unknown aa soon as the explo aion toox place. NO. 16 LUMBER SITUATION. Mills in This Section of the State Are Said to be Rushed : With Orders. MANY VESSELS FOR CARGOES There Are More Tbsa Twice the Number Here Last Year Several Plants Are Eolarrjog . A Very . Hopeful View Taken. Lumber mill men in this section of the State were perhaps ' never more jubilant over the outlook for a good year's business than now.' The prices are said to be entirely satisfactory and the mills are rushed with orders. As an evidence of the latter fact there are now eleven sailing vessels ia port here for lumber cargoes and the railroads are unable to furnish cars as fast aa the mills desire to rush shipments North. List year this time there were not half so many vessels In port for lumber and there was little, if any, complaint as to the shortage of cars. The Southern Milling and Lumber Journal published in Wilmington con tains in its. current number a leading editorial in which a decided optimistic view is taken of the situation, and the facts seem to bear the opinion out It also publishes a symposium of views of leading lumber mill men in this and other 8tates which are decidedly en couraging. It Is stated by several cor respondents that never before has North Carolina pine had a brighter outlook than now. During ilOOl the demand was excellent but there was little response in prices, with the result that the product waa sold lower than Its value throughout the year. Now, as one correspondent of the Jourrtal expresses it "the manufacturers of North Carolina pine have 'loaded their gun' and they have done it well ; it is simply a question now of 'shooting it off' intelligently. to procure tbe game. - It is a noticeable fact that several mills are adding to their plants, all of which is in contemplation of the heavy year's business. The recipts of lumber by raft on the river have been unusually heavy this season and as a general rule the rafts men have received prices in propor tlon to the general boom in the trade. DISASTROUS FIRE AT WASHINGTON. A COLORED FIREMAN KILLED. Fire Broke Oot Io the A. C. L. Oepot, Frelfht Depot sod Seven Cars De stroyed Neighboring Towns Called On for Help. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar Washington, N. C., Feb. 8. One man killed, and a loss of fifty thou sand dollars in buildings and twenty thousand on goods, is the result of disastrous fire at Washington, N, 0., this afternoon. It began at 5 o'clock in the ceiling of the Atlantic Coast Line depot, and the firemen could not cope with it The freight depot and seven cars were destroyed. Kegs of powder blew up but no one was injured. At 9 :22 a falling wall of one of the stores killed Ed. Pesd, a colored fire man, who was terribly crushed, dying instantly. Five stores, two offices and two bar rooms were destroyed. Neighboring towns were called on for help, but the order was counter manded. One Old Dominion steamer came up to the dock and aided the department, but moved off at the exploaion. At 10 o'clock the fire was dying down. HOMICIDE AT FERNANDINA. Edwsrd Bnrton. Snperloteodeat of the S. A, L. Railway Shops, Shot and Killed by a Machinist. By Telegraph to tbe Morning Btar. Fkenandina.Fla., Feb. 8. Edward Burton, superintendent of the Sea board Air Line Railway ahops here, was shot and killed in his office this morning by - D. M. Sylveater, a machinistf.who had until a few min utes previous to the trsgedy been working for the company. Burton, it seems, placed a non-union man to work in the ahops yesterday to v. men 8ylvester and one or two other union men objected. Sylvester, leading in the matter! com plained to Burton in person late yesterday afternoon and a wordy dispute ensued, wnen time was called this morning Sylvester again began a dispute with the super intendent and the latter discharged him on the soot and ordered him from the ahops. A short interchange oi angry words followed and Sylvester. pulling his pistol, fired .five times at tbe sunerintendent all or tne snots takins effect Burton fell back, and expired suddenly without spesking. Sylvester surrendered to the sheriff. Barton was very prominent in social circles. He was forty yeara of age. 8vivester is a young man and had always borne a good reputation. HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. BUI Passed for Constractloa of a Llfht Station On Pamlico Soand. By TetoKTanh to the Morning Btar. Washington, Feb. 8. The House to-day devoted an hour to the trans action of minor business and the re mainder of the day to eulogiea on the life and publio services of the' late Representative Burk. of Texas. Among the bills passed was one to authorise the construction of a light station at Bluff Shoals, Pamlico sound, North Carolina, at a coat or uuw. BANK ROBBERS DRIVEN . 0FF BY A WATCHMAN. A Lively, Exchssre of Shots One of the 5 Robbers Woosdcd Palled In At-- tempt to Blow Open tbe Vault -.. . By Telegraph to the Moraine star. . Lancaster, Pa Feb. 8. About 3:30 this morning an attempt was made ' to rob the Gap National Bank, at Gap, Pa.; sixteen miles east of this city. ending in a lively exchange of shots between the town's watchman; David dumix, and-the burglars.. Stamix beard an explosion in the direction of the bank and upon proceeding there found three or four men standing in front or. tbe bank building. . He de manded to know what they were doing ' there,' aod was promptly ordered io bold up bia baoda. - Btamix complied but with a revolver in his hand, and he opened fire on the burglars, wound ing at least one,, as there were blood marks where thex-bad been atandiQsr. The robbers returned the fire, Btamix, backing away towards tbe home of the cashier with the view of getting as sistance. . . ; When the shooting began' two or three other men ran out of tbe bank building, and joining their comrades. - disappeared in tbe darkness. An ex- ' amination of ' tbe bank disclosed the fact that they had made an ineffectual effjrt to enter the front of the vault and then attempted the rear end. They had bored a bole into the rear plating and had attempted to blow the vault open with dynamite or nitre-glycerine, but without success. One of the supposed bank robbers.' whose wound was dressed at Atglen, was subsequently arrested at Parkes- burg. He was brought to Lancaster this afternoon. He has a bad, wound in the face. PROPOSED ELECTION BILL. Considered by Home Committee 0a Elec tions Supported by a Nsmber of Sontbera Repablicsns. By Telegraph to tne Horning Btar. Washisqtos, iFeb. 8. The bill supported by a number of Southern Republican Representatives proposing a strong Federal election law against intimidation, ballot box frauds, etc.. was considered to-day by . tbe House committee on Election of President and Vice President Messrs. Barthold of Missouri and Gibson of - Tennessee, wbo have assisted in framing the pro- -posed bill, were heard on the extent of tbe election irregularities in their 8tates and elsewhere in the South. They explained the alleged partisan ship of election boards as made up by the governors, and also cited recent decisions of the courts which showed, they contended, that the judicial' branch took a rather lenient view of ballot box irregularities. Mr. Gibson said it was bad enough to deny the franchise .to the negro, but when the white man also was denied the fran chise, the situation became intolerable. This drew a spirited rejoinder from Representative 8ulloway of New Hampshire, who maintained that black and white alike were entitled to pro tection in exercising the franchise. The - hearings will continue next Thursday. BRITITH AND THE BOERS. Boer Delef stes Ssld to Have Decided . Accept the Conditions Lsid Down . by Lord Lsoedowoe. to Bv cable to the Morning Btar. London, February 8. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company tram Utrecht indicates the probability of the removal of the Boer headquar ters -to Geneva on account of fmiion between Mr. Kruger and his assistants and the Dutch government. Dr. Leyds, representative in Europe of the Transvaal, says that the recent proposals looking to the establishment of peace in South Africa made by the Dutch premier, Dr. Kuyper, were an unwarrantable interference in tne af fairs of the Transvaal. Some of the Boer delegates, it ia said, are at vari ance with Dr. Leyds. London. Feb. 8. A dispatch to a newa agency from Brussels says: "It is understood here that the Boer delegates have decided to submit to the conditions laid down in Lord Lana-. downe's communication to the Dutch government and are preparing a com munication to the British government asking permission to visit South Africa and setting forth tbe object or the proposed visit. It is expected that the request will reach England next week." MRS. SOFFEL'S CONDITION. Her Husband Has Retained Coansel for Her Defence, But Does Not' Want to See Her. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. PrrTSBuao, Pa,, Feb. 8. Mrs. Sof- fel, who aided in the escape of the Biddies and was shot during the bat tle which resulted in their re capture and death, shows considerable im provement in her condition to day. She is suffering more from mental dis tress than from the wound, and it may be a week or more before she can be removed from the tmtier uospitai to the Pittsburg jail. tier husband, ex-warden eonei, has retained counsel for her defence, but says he does not want to see. her or have any communication with her in the future. Mrs. Soffel is receiving letters from all over tbe country. Most of tbem contain tracts and advice of a religious nature. When she opens a letter and discovers that is one of this character, she turns it over to some of the nurses without reading. Many letters are also from attorneys, proffering their services, free, in her defence. HARDSHIP AND EXPOSURE. Two Seamen Picked Up at Sea and Landed nt Vineyard Haven. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. VmiTABD Haven, Mass., Feb. 8 Two seamen, Thomas Peck and Harry Bhudter, tbe latter a Japanese, who were lost from the fishing sloop Dark while attending their trawle twenty miles off Atlantio City, N. J., last Tuesday, were picked up by the four masted schooner Anna Murray, from Newport News for Boston, and land ed here to-day, badiy irosi oitten. They are now being treated at the marine hospital. They tell a pitiful etory of hardship and exposure adrift In their small lee-iaaen aory xor iwo days and nights before succor reached them. The Spanish mail steamer Alfonso XIII has arrived at Vera Crux, and brought in eight men rescued from a wrecked American fishing-vessel from Pensacola, Fla.