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GOOD ROADS FAY.
Tho interest in public road im
provement still continues in a num
ber of States and in all sections of
the country, and nowhere more than
in the Eastern and middle States,
which from their comparatively
Ia.ge populations, their progress,
wealth, the amount of business they
do, ami the traffio over the roads
one would suppose that, good roads
roads were the rule instead of the
exception. ' j-
It is an interesting fact that one
of the subjects that first 'engaged the'
attention of the people in the United
States and of the Congress of the
' United States was good roads. The
State of Virginia had entered upon
a system of turnpikes to penetrate
the various sections of the State,
and at one time had a splendid sys
tem, some of which can; yet be seen
in the mountain sections in a com
paratively good state j of preser
vation. One of the objections
tions by the smaller States
to forming the union was
that Virginia with her immense
domain which then extouded to the
Mississippi or the West and to the
. Lakes on the North would eventual
ly Le strong enough in Congress to
rule the country. To obviate this
objection the State of Virginia
agreed to cede to the United States
all of her territory outside of the
,1
lines then drawn on condition that
the Federal Government continue
the system of road building which
she had began, the conclusion being
that the cost could be met out of the
receipts from sales of the lands dona
ted. The Government kept its agree
ment and hundreds of miles of
splendid highways were built through
Virginia, Pennsylvania. Maryland
Ohio, and Indiana and as far as St.
Louis, connecting the agricultural
districts with the Eastern markets,
and these became I the great
highways of commerce over which
millions of dollars worth of
merchandise or produce was car
ried annually, some of them at some
seawna resembling more a main
fonineas street of a large city than a
country road. At any hour of the
day hundreds of wagons coming and
going could be seen on them and
thousands of cattle, sheep, hogs,
etc., being driven. The work went on
up to the introduction 'of railroads.
uuc wnen the railroads came as
competitors of the turnpikes, of
course they lost their prestige, the
interest in them wanedj and in many
sections they were -allowed to go to
wreck, which was a great mistake, as
has since been discovered, and is now
generally acknowledged. Therefore,
late in the day as it may be, interest
in good roads has revived and is
growing stronger. It. can never
grow too strong.
The result of the experiments
made has demonstrated this and
shown that aside from other consid
erations such as convenience and
the comfort of people who live
along them, from a financial point
(and that is the point that carries in
this country), it pays .'not only the
people who own property along or
near them, but the State as well.
as prooi oi this we reproduce the
following editorial, which we clip
from the New York Sun:
No one familiar with the abject will
deny that first class highways consti
tute one of the best features which a
State or country can possess. They
not only facilitate 1 transportation
among the people who live near them
but they offer a strong Inducement to
outsiders to settle along their borders,
and thus materially enhance the value
oi real estate. In other woras. tney
bring wealth and prosperity.
. The strongest evidence which we
bave yet heard in support of these
facta comes from the State of New
Jersey, where the work of highway
improvement has been carried on dili
gently daring the past few years.
New Jmpmv Axnendad tar mA mik.
ing in 1901 half a million dollar, and
the appropriation for similar purposes
this year will approximate twice that
amount. Blnce the good roads move
ment was started there the value of
the Btate's taxable property has in
creased $27,000,000. Precisely what
portion of this increase has resulted
airectlT from th hAttArmnnt nf Ihm
highways cannot, of course, be said;
but the Bute Commissioner of Public
ltoads authorizes the statement that
there are several regions under his
uperriaion to which Improved roads
nave been, primarily; the means of
wUh to the' extent of
ei,yyu,O0O to $4,000,000.
"BM IS tniA llAniumU. th. In
J ViUon ,of Property In New
""soyas the result of i scientific road
scientific road
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:T .V."?! natives of the south.
epuntry. It Is well known that In the
Empire State where, during the four
years preceding 1803, $870,000 had been
devoted under the Higble-Armatrong
law tOhiffhw&T Annatrantfnn mI .f .
M PPrecItd Ja greatly, par-
luuianj m me sections immediately
affected by the expenditure inques-
uuu, ana it m expected tnat, inasmuch
as the amount of money to be spent
this year for road building in this State
will be larger by far than that spent in
the past, the results to be achiered
mereirom wui DO con
lererromwUlbecorrespondinlygoodl
The Introduction of the automobile I
nas. bevond Question. ttimnUt.!
greatly the interest in the highways
of this country. With this new con
veyance people nowadays think little
of travelling fifteen .or twenty miles
by road, whereas ten miles behind a
horse might se;m a comparatively
long distance. Hence, there is a
stronger tendency than before to es
tablish permanent homes inr the
country. As the work of road making
continues and avenues are opened
which will remain passable the year
around, this tendency will surely in
crease and develop; and, as a promi
nent member, of the Ontario Parlia
ment recently predicted, it may not be
long before the tide of migration to
our cities will be effectively turned
towards the country as the result of
the united efforts 4hat ere being ex
erted to improve the facilities of trans
portation. We quote this because we have
frequently referred to tho road
building in New Jersey and how
that State has been benefited by it.
Indiana is another State whose
wealth has been largely increased
by road construction, and there are
doubtless others. Why it should
be so is so apparent that it seems
Btrange that any argument should
be necessary to show the importance
and value of good roads any more
than there should be to prove' the
value of good streets in a city which
undertook to do business. Millions
of dollars are annually expended
upon tho streets of cities and good
roads are quite i.a important and
valuable to the J country which
wishes to prosper as good streets are
to the city.
PEACE IV THE PHLIPPTJTES.
The amnesty proclamation for the
Philippines issued by the President
on the Fourth of July substantially
declares that the archipelago, with
the exception of the Sulus, is paci
fied, and is now in a condition for
the establishment of civil govern
ment. We have been officially as
sured several times within the past
three years that the war was over,
and that all the Filipinos wanted was
a chance to come in and be good,
loyal Americans.
But so me how or another the kill
ing went on untu tne American
commanders resorted to the process
of making "howling wildernesses"
out of the provinces where the "in-
surrectos" kept up a racket. They
say that this proved a good plan,
took the fight out of the little brown
men and convinced them that the
best thing to do would be to put
away their guns and their- bolos.
As far as war in the true sense
i - i
goes there nasn c been mucn war
there in the past two years and
never was, for that matter, for it
was a sort of jack-rabbit chase from
the beginning. The Filipinos were
never organized for war against a
country like this, for they had
neither the armies nor the equip
ment for such as they had to make
respectable war. so that as far as
war goes the archipelago may be
said to be pacified.
Whether President Roosevelt's
amnesty proclamation will settle the
business and put an end to the
sporadic shooting and killing re
mains to be seen. We may have
succeeded in terrorizing the natives,
but they don't like us a whit better
now than they did when the shoot
ing first began.
The job hasn't been finished in the
Moro group yet and unlets there be
pretty level-headed management
down there we may- have more
trouble ahead of us, for the Moros
are tougher customers than the
Filipinos.
But this amnesty proclamation is
not intended so much for use in the
Philippines as for home consump
tion and hence it is: issued in good
time for the coming campaigns,
when the Republican strikers will
playjit for all it is worth. ,
Some of the denizens of Shippens-
burg, Pa., would give two dollars
and a half to catch up with a nice
young man who went through those
parts several weeks ago - and sold
their wives cucumber seeds at a
nickel a piece which he guaranteed
would produce cucumbers two feet
long. They were short on long cu
cumbers like that ' up there, and a
lot of the women bought them and
planted them according to direc
tions. ' When the seeds failed to
spront within the usual time, some
of the planters gouged to find
out what was the matter, and dug
up wooden seeds which the fellow
had whittled out and palmed off on
the unsuspecting cucumber females.
That chap was no wooden head.
The suggestion by Gen. Burt that
the United States sell the Philip
pines to Japan suggests the inquiry,
could the United States guarantee
I undisputed possession ?
VM. Wll U UQI HMrLH III LflH
According to the census of 1900
there are in the United States 15,
758,318 persons who were born In
the South, so that native South
erners constitute nearly one-fifth of
the total population of the country.
Of this number 1,347,121 are living
in other States outside of the South.
Of these Virginia has contributed
165,630, Kentucky 330,044, Ten-
- i.mj ov,v, a.ou-
ne88ee 164,123, Maryland 136,333,
Texas .141,368, : Arkansas 107,880,.
WeBt Virginia 90,341 and North
Carolina 52,781. None of the
other States sent more than 33,
000, the emigration from most of
the Gulf States being comparative
ly small.
This emigration has been going
on for years, but in decreasing num
bers for some years past, so that it
is nothing now compared with what
it was for some years after thewar,
when there was a rush to the West.
Some of the railroads had travelling
agents out working np that busi
ness and competing for it.
This loss of population has been
partially offset by immigration from
Northern and Western States, es
pecially in the Southwest where the
bulk of these people have settled.
What the number of these settlers
is we do not know, but in Louisiana
it has been large enough to make
that a safely white State. This
immigration is on the increase and
will continue to grow for some years
to come, for as a general rule the
new comers have bettered them
selves, and are taking an active in
terest in inducing other Northern
and Western people to come South.
The Japanese Governor of For
mosa says if Uncle Sam wants to
get rid of the Philippines Japan
will take them if he will wait till she
can raise the cash to ante up. She
is rather hard np just now. Why not
let her have them on the instalment
plan and give her a couple thousand
years to pay up, she taking the
chances of the holding Philippeners
down? He is travelling in this
country now and says he wQl talk
it over with Teddy when he reaches
Washington.
The colored brother isn't wanted
in Reading, Pa., either. Twenty
three were imported a few days ago
to work in a mill in that town and
soon a petition was in circulation,
Bigned by many persons, requesting
the .mayor to remove them for sani
tary reasons and because they were a
menace to the public welfare. Judg
ing from this those imported negroes
will not fare well in that burg.
Chicago is a fast town. The latest
move there is a proposition to put
breakfast cars on the streat railways,
so that early risers can eat their
breakfasts on the. way to work, and
dining cars for men who do not have
time to spend an hour or two at
dinner. Thus, they can eat on the
run, as It were, and give more jobs
to the undertaker.
Labor is becoming scarce in some
of the rural districts in the South,
attributed to the fact that many
negroes have migrated, while the
ease with which land can be leased
or bought haa caused many negroes
who formerly hired out to go to
farming on their own account or on
the share plan.
Providing against possible contin
gencies the King of Italy is said to
have $8,000,000 invested in West
Virginia coal lands. If he should
lose his king job he could emigrate
and go into the coal business in this
country and become a coal baron,
who is a bigger rooster than the
average king.
The U. S. Steel Trust's profits for
the past three months were $400,
000 a day. But it would never do,
acBording to the Republican states
men, to reduce the tariff on steel
manufacturers. It might hurt this
"infant."
In a recent automobile contest in
a race from Paris to Vienna, a dis
tance 782 miles some of the automo
biles made an average of 51 1-4 miles
an hour and didn't kill anybody.
We have come to the conclusion
that henceforth Aguinaldo will have
a very diminutive opinion of Admiral
Dewey. - '
Cuba doesn't want any John China
man either. She has varieties of
color enough already to wrestle
with. - '
CONVECTION DATES.
Democratic State, at Greensboro, on
July 16.
Republican State, at Greensboro, on
August 23.
Second District, Congressional (Dem
ocratic), at Tar born, July 2nd.
Second District, Judicial (Demo
cratic), at Weldon. July 19th.
Third District, Congressional (Dem
ocratic), at Goldsboro. on July 2nd.
Fourth District, Congressional (Dem
ocratic), at Raleigh, July 15th.
Sixth District, Congressional (Dem
ocratic), at Fayetteville, on August
20th. : ;;
Sixth District, Judicial (uemocrauc;,
at Smlthfield, on July 3rd.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Convention Held in Fayetteville
Saturday Precipitated Con- .
gressional Controversy
AS , TO REPRESENTATION.
Clark Endorsed for Chief Justice Uosii-
moosly Walker . and Connor Also
Endorsed Appeal Taken ' to
Hlgner District Tribunal.
(Special Star Telegram.
F a y jctte v iuuc, N. a, July 6. The
Democratic County Convention, of
Cumberland, was held in Fayetteville
to-day. County Chairman H. L.
Cook called the convention to order
and acted as temporary chairman, with
K B. Hale,' Esq -i as clerk, until the
permanent organization was effected.
Mr. J. H. Myrover was elected per
manent chairman andL. B. Hale,
Esq., and HonJ E. R. McKethan per
manent secretaries. After the ap
pointment of several committees and
while the convention was waiting for
the committees to make their reports,
Hon. Geo. M. Rose was called and
made a vigorous speech, telling of the
times when it was necessary for Dem
ocrats to stand together and that vic
tory was won no other way, and con
cluded with a strong 'appeal for har
mony and unanimity, first standing
by the county candidates in all con
ventions, i
The committee on rules reported in
favor of each township having ten
votes in the convention without re-'
spect to size and that the majority con
trol both in; the. township representa
tion and in the convention. Upon a
minority report there was a heated
discussion pro and con, the majority
contending that by previously adopted
rule by the County Executive Com
mittee and a recognition of the fact
by the State Executive Committee, it
is permissible for counties to adopt
rules of their own and that Cumber
land had done so.- The minority con
tended that the State plan of organi
zation governs all conventions and
that the voice of the minority could
not be throttled, by a majority vote.
The majority report was adopted by
the convention. (
The committee on credentials re-"
ported "tfo contests" and upon the
protest filed in the fourth precinct of
Uross ureeic against tne ruling of
J. D. McNeill, chairman, that nomi
nations for candidates ; to the sev
eral conventions would not be
considered by the chair on demand,
upon a motion before the convention
asking permission to nominate and
vote upon candidates, the committee
sustained the ruling of Chairman Mc
Neill and upon a minority report, m
hot discussion was precipitated, head
ed on one side by J. D. ; McNeill and
on the other by E. H. Williamson. Mr.
McNeill stated that the matter had
been decided by the State Executive
Committee! that each county had the
right to adopt its own rules without
regard to the State plan of organiza
Hon and that Cumberland bad hereto
fore adopted the majority rule and that
he believed the majority should control
in the-convention. Maj. Hale stated
that he was a member of the State Ex
ecutive Committee and that the ques
tion had been ud betore the committee
and that theythad decided thelquestlon
as stated by Mr. MciNeui. Tne ml
nority representatives contended for
the State plan of organization and for
minority representation: and that no
nower except the rules of the State
plan could deprive the minority of
their vote.) The majority report was
adopted by a vote of 30 to 90. lion.
E. R. McKethan stated that while he
was in favor of Maj. Halafor Congress.
still be was opposed to suppressing the
minority and that they ought to be
given their strength. i
Upon the adoption of the reports and
the entering of protests : against their
adoption, Mr. N. A. Sinclair offered
a resolution instructing for Maj. Hale
for Congress and to use all honorable
means for his nomination. As a substi
tute for Mr. Sinclair's motion, Mr.L.A.
Williamson moved that the convention
sro into the balloting for candidates and
concluded by putting Jotfn D. Bellamy
In nomination, which substitute was
lost bv a vote of SO to 90. . And then
the motion of Mr. Sinclair passed by
the same vote. The discussions were
hot and strong and if it had not been
for the majority gag put upon the mi
nority by the convention, Maj. Hale
would not have gotten more than two-
thirds of the convention, and there is
no doubt but that the action of the
convention to-day will cause a good
deal of feeling In the party. Where
there are ! two or more precincts In
a township the majority controlled.
When in near iv every precinct dele
gation there were - some anti-Hale
delegates, but the unit rule aaoptea
suppressed that minority. The minor
ity filed their protests to the action of
the convention in reiusingio recog
nize the minority and appealed in the
congressional convention. Under the
rule applied judge u. u. uonnor anu
Hon. Piatt D. Walker received unani
mous endorsement for associate jus
tices and upon motion of a. Ij. Uoojc,
Jndffe Walter Clark for chief justice.
was endorsed by acclamation, uon.
H. L. Cook was re-elected county
chairman unanimously..
Another Account of the Convention.
Fayk ri'tt ville. N. O.. July 5. Hon.
EL L. Cook, chairman of the County
Democratic Executive Committee,
cAllad larce eountv convention to
order in the court room to elect dele
gates to the State, Judicial and Con
srressional conventions. On perma
nent organization, J. H. Myrover was
made president and E. R. McKeithan
and L. B. Hale, secretaries. The con
vention voted by townships as a unit.
The, Bellamy men made a plucky
fight but the convention instructed for
Hale and finally left it to me presi
dent of the convention to name dele-.
gates to the Congressional conven
tion, on nomination by Major Hale,
and the convention was - pledged to
use all honorable means to secure
Hale's nomination: The convention
by acclamation endorsed Clark; also
by acclamation, on motion oi aajur
Hale, It endorsed O. a Lyon for solic
itor. For Associate Justice Connor
was endorsed. Walker coming next.
Brown third. There was no instruc
tion for Corporation Commissioners.
H. L. Cook, the efficient chairman of
the executive committee, was unan
imously re-elected.
WELL KNOWN CITIZEN
PASSED AWAY. FRIDAY.
Mr. Joba T. f Utt, After Llnteflnf Illness,
Was Tatea to His Reward The -Fnneral
Services Yesterday.
Mr. John Thomas Piatt, one of Wil
mington's best known and most highly
esteemed eitizens, passed 'away at his
home in tain city,' No. 609 Grace street,
at 9:10 o'clock Friday night after an
illness of more than a year with a com
plication of diseases. The news of
Mr. Platf s death, though not entirely
unexpected, came as a very sad blow
to many friends. , ': !
Mr. Piatt was born in Pottsville,
Pa., June 15th, 1833, and was in the
70th year of his age. ! He i removed to
Wilmington in 1859 and had been a
resident of this city ever since. Dur
ing the war he cast his i lot with the
Confederacy and rendered valuable
service to the cause as engineer on the
steamers OtcZJ Dee and 'other block
aders running Into this port Three
successful trips were made each to
Nassau and Europe, bringing supplies
to the Impoverished soldiers of tn
South. Soon after the war he ran for
a short time as engineer On the Worth
line of steamers between Wilmington
and Fayetteville and then went as
foreman of the machine shops of the
Wilmington Iron Works, then con
ducted by the firm .of Hart & Bailey,
and later by Burr & Bailey. He
served there for 40 1 years until July
3rd last year, ! when, on . account of
poor health, he was forced to retire
from active service. j
Deceased leaves a wife and eight
children to mourn his loss. His chil
dren are : Mrs. T. J. Hoskins, Mrs. R.
E. Bizzell, Mrs. Preston G. White,
Messrs Philip P., Robert C, and John
Piatt, all of this city, Thomas Piatt,
of New York, and Lieut-i William P.
Piatt, United States Army, of Salt
Lake City. He is also survived by four
sisters, all of them except one being
residents of Alabama. A brother, Mr.
Edward Piatt,' died three weeks ago at
his home in Pottsville, Pa
MISS BREWER TO MR. GORE.
Pretty Marriage Ceremony la Franklin, Va ,
Thnrsdsy Evening Attendants.
Thursday evening, in .the chapel
of the Franklin Female Seminary,
Franklin, Va., a beautiful wedding
ceremony, performed by Kev. J. u.
Lawless, pastor of: the First Baptist
church, joined in marriage Mr, Claude
Gore, formerly a popular young man
of this city, and Miss Annie Bruce
Brewer, daughter of Prof. John B.
Brewer, now president of the Franklin
Female Seminary, but formerly presi
dent of . the Chowan 'Baptist Female
Institute at Murf reesboro, N. C.
The bridal party entered the chapel
to the strains of Grieg's "Norwegian
Bridal Procession,1, beautifully ren
dered on the! piano by 'Miss Estelle
Timberlake, of Raleigh. The bridal
party, in the order In which the church
was entered, was as follows : Ushers,
Misses EUaj Early,1 of Aulander;
Cecilia Joyner, Julia Joyner, Irene
Mitchell and Jennie Joyner, of Frank
lin ton, and Miss Susie Timberlake, of
Raleigh; Miss Jessie Brewer, sister of
the bride, second maid of honor, with
Mr. William ;Brewer, brother to the
bride; Miss j Julia Brewer, another
sister, first maid of honor, with Mr. C.
J Edwards: then came Mrs. John H.
Gore, Jr., of Wilmington, another
sister, as dame of honor, followed by
little Elizabeth Brewer, youngest sister
of the bride, as ring and flower bearer..
The bride, leaning on j the arm of her
fatber, was met at the; altar by the
groom with his brother, Mr. John H.
Gore, Jr., of Wilmington, as best
man. I lit!'
The bride was attired In white mous-
seline de soie over ! white taffeta, and
carried a handsome prayer book. Her
veil was fastened. ; with a diamond
brooch and orange blossoms. The
dame of honor wore white silk and
carried asparagus ferns'., The other
attendants wore white organdie.
Mr. and Mrs. Cfore left soon after
their marriage on the south bound
Seaboard Air Line train for Rocking
ham, N. C, their future home.
NEQRO
SHOPLIFTERS
CAPTURED.
Cleverly Trapped by Police Early Yester
dsy Morning Held for Grand Jury.
Charged with the larceny of two
pair of pants! from; Wilmington's Big
Racket Store, Sana Long, Jr., Robert
Hicks and Ed Holland, colored, were
sent over by the Mayor j yesterday for
the grand jury In default of $50 bond.
Walter Ellis and Jessie Telfair, col
ored, were recognized as witnesses to
appear in the higher court
The negroes were arrested at Thir
teenth and Market I streets at 4 o'clock
yesterday morning by Policemen C
E. Wood and I. F. Huggins and the
stolen property recovered. The ne
groes visited the store early Monday
morning when few of the clerks were
down. They were detected in the
(heft but ran from! the clerks and the
arrests were not made until yesterday
morning. ! h .
Fiyetteville Third Precinct
A correspondent at Fayetteville
writes the Stab that at the adjourned
primary of the Third precinct of that
town, held Tuesday night, there was
a Hale ticket and a Bellamy ticket for
delegates, and that the Hale ticket
received 44 votes i and tho"- Bellamy
ticket 38 votes. There' were several
candidates on both' tickets who received
82 votes,,the full number cast- The
claims of Major Hale were advocated
by Messrs. J. H. Myrover and J. W.
Atkinson, while Mr. Bellamy's cause
wan championed by Mr. W. a Troy
Maj. J. B. Broadfoot j
SCHOONER' ABANDONED.
Ida C. Schoolcraft In Bad Condition Off
Lookout The Nlmbns Safe.
Special Star Telegram.
Beaufort, N. C. July 3. Wreck
ers have abandoned the schooner Ida
C. Schoolcraft. She has five feet of
water in her hold and is hogged high
up on the beach. The Luekenbach
Wrecking Company's steamer., pulled
the schooner " tfijribiM off the beach
and the vessel is Inow on the outer
reef waiting for the next high water
when the steamer expects to float her.
She is tight and all O. K.
: The Ida C. Schoolcraft is 304 tons
Capt. Boyce, and sailed from Norfolk
yesterday a week ago with cargo of
coal for one of the fisheries at Old
Brunswick. She was built In 1884 and
her home port is Somer'a Point, New
Jersey. The four masted schooner,
Nimbu3, 810 tons, Capt Stahl, is
bound, light, from New York to Sa
vannah. The stranding of both vessels
was previously reported.
THE STATE BOARD OP ELECTIONS.
Arraniements for Appointment of County
Boards Other Rateitjb News.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleiob, N. O., July 3. The State
Board of Elections met here to-day
will full attendance and adopted the
following resolution:
"Resolved, That the chairman of
this Board be instructed to communi
cate with the State chairmen of the
Democratic and Republican parties
and request them to furnish a list of
their respective county chairmen,
and when furnished, that be notify
the said county' chairmen to send a
list to the State chairmen of their re
spective parties, of names for County
Board of Elections in pursuance of
Section 6, Election law, of 1901."
The next meeting of the Board will
be held in pursuance of the above
resolution in Raleigh on the 4th of
August, at which time County Boards
will be appointed for the various
counties in the State, and such other
business will be transacted as may
come before the Board.
Governor Ay cock to-day re-appoint-,
ed all the old directors of the North
Carolina railroad for another twelve
months' term.
Killed an Alligator.
An alligator, measuring 10 feet one
inch, was killed by Capt T. H. Haw
kins; of the steamer Croesus, off Dock
street wharf, near the middle of the
river, yesterday forenoon. . Capt.
Hawkins saw the 'gater floating' near
the top of the water, borrowed a Win
chester rifle from the Willard Bag
& Mfg. Co.'s office and rowed out to
him in a yawl boat. A well aimed
shot hit the big fellow on the right
side of the head. Mr. Ed. Manning,
of the steamer - Wilminnton, later
rowed out to the alligator, put an
other shot through his hide and towed
him ashore. The alligator had several
shot in his hide indicating that he was
"veteran" of several encounters with
his bitterest foe man.
Fire at Chadbourn.
Fire at Chadboarn, N. 0., Friday
night, destroyed the dwelling house
and barn of Mr. G. S. Reid with the
contents of both buildings. The origin
is unknown; loss $5,000, with insur
ance of $3,500 in Col. Walker Taylor's
agency of this city. Mr. Reid is an
extensive truck grower and was in
Wilmington on his way to Norfolk
when he was recalled by news of the
fire.
Snperintendent W. N. Rojall.
Charleston News and Courier, 3rd:
"General Superintendent Roy all, of
the first division of the Atlantic Coast
Line, will leave here this morning for
Glenn Springs, where he will spend a
week before leaving for Wilmington.
He has received -orders to report for
duty on July 10. The office here has
been turned over to Superintendent
Lynch, who will hereafter -have gen
eral supervision for the company at
Charleston.".
- WhitevUle News; "The ap
pearance of Capt V. V. Richardson on
the streets Tuesday afternoon for the
first time in two months after his acci
dent was a very pleasant event to his
many friends. We hail with delight
his recovery and hope to see him soon
regain his strength."
COTTON OIL MILLS.
Plans for a Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany to Carry All Mill Risks.
Br TslesxaDh to the Horning nar.
Memphis, Tern., July 5. Commit
tees from the lusters tate Crushers' As
sociation, the Texas Crushers' Asso
ciation, and the executive board of
the Interstate Association, represent
ing nearly all of the cotton mills In
the United States, met here to-day and
after a session of several hours se
lected twenty directors to perfect
plans for a mutual fire insurance com
pany to carry all cotton oil mill risks.
The directors will meet in Memphis
within two weeks for the purpose
named. It is claimed that the action
of the committee will result in the
withdrawal of twenty millions of dol
lars in risks from the old line compa
nies. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
J. W. Fassett. a Prominent Farmer
of
Monnt Sterling, Ky.
BT Telegraph to the naming star.
Mount Btkeltko, Kt., July 5. J.
W. Fassett, a prominent farmer and
short horn cattle breeder, attempted
suicide to day and is not expected to
live. He took three grains of mor-
Ehine, and procuring a dirk and a
ammer went to an orchard and plac
ing the knife against his breast drove
it into his body with the hammer. He
gave as a reason for his' action that he
was growing Ola anu nis cnuorcn
needed his money, so he thought best
to put himself out of the way.
TWELVE KILLED,
MANY INJURED.
Two Trolley Cars Wrecked on a
Mountain Side Near Glove rs
. ville, New York.
FILLED WITH EXCURSIONISTS.
Over Fifty Per Cent, of the Passengers
Were lnnred Victims Crushed and
Maimed Almost Beyond Recog-nitlon-Brakes
Ont Order.
By Tttlograpb to the Morning- 8tr.
Glovkrsyille, N. Y., July 5. The
wreck of two trolley cars, which oc
curred on the Mountain Lake railroad
late last night, caused the death of
twelve persons. It is believed that
several other victims will succumb to
their injuries. The bodies of many of
the victims were crushed and maimed
almost beyond recognition and the
scenes about the wreck were horrify
ing. ' The accident was caused by the
combination . baggage and passenger
car getting away from the motorman
and rushing down the mountain side
at terrific speed. The brakes refused
to work and at the grade the heavy
car crashed into a loaded open car.
also descending the mountain. The
latter was hurled from the track and
turned on its side and over fifty per
cent, of the passengers were 'injured.
Those who were pinned directly un
der the car were crushed to death,
and in some instances terribly muti
lated. The combination car also left
the track and turned on its side.
As the scene of the accident is re
mote from the city it was two hours
before appliances to raise the open car
and release the victims were secured.
The accident happened at a sharp
curve, where the track turns to make
the climb up the steep mountain side.
The wreck ocourred at the end of a day
of pleasure at the resort at the top of
the mountain, and the cars were load
ed with excursionists.
According to Conductor James
Cameron, of the open car, the closed
car ran away while coming down the
grade above the curve and collided
with the open car as the latter was
rounding the curve. Both cars then
went down the grade at lightning
speed. At the foot of the hill the cars
came together again. Just before the
rear car had reached the one ahead
the lights in the first car went out and
added darkness to the horror. The
heavy double car struck the other with
such force that it raised the rear eLd
of the first into the air and over the
right embankment on the side. Both
cars were derailed and the passengers
were thrown in every direction. All
the dead and nearly all the wounded
are Gloversville people. City Recorder
Frank C. Wood was held under the
car for two hours between two dead
women with both legs crushed.
A GREAT FIRE IN
CHICAGO STOCK YARDS.
Swift & Co.'s Plant Destroyed The Loss
Estimated by Officials of the Com
pany at $500,000.
By Telegraph to the Horning; Star.
Chicago. July 5. By a fire which
broke out in their plant at the stock
yards to-night. Swift & Company suf
fered a loss which is estimated by the
officials at $500,000. The fire was con
fined to one building standing at the
intersection of Packers' avenue and
Broadway. This structure was four
stories high, built of brick and was
three hundred feet square. The first
floor was occupied by the wholesale
meat market of the company, the sec
ond by the shipping department, and
the third and fourth by the general
offices of the company. The latter are
said to have been the largest single
offices in the United States, more than
800 employes working on one of the
floors in a single room.
The cause of the fire is not known,
but it was discovered near the engine.
It spread so rapidly through the build
ing that it was found impossible to
save anything in the structure.
The burned building adjoins por
tions of the plants of Armour & Com
pany and Libby, McNeil & Libbey.
and for a time the fire department had
a desperate fight to keep these build
ings from the flames.
W.J. McGonigle. the superinten
dent or the plant said to-night that the
loss will aggregate fully one million.
The loss is fully covered by insurance.
DUEL AT FORT MYERS, FLA.
Dennis Sheridan KHIed and City Marshal
Stronp Badly Injured.
By Telegraph to the Morning Btar.
Fort IMtkrs, Fla July 5. In a
duel to-day between Dennis Sheridan,
well known here, and City Marshal
Stroup, uheridan was shot d$ad, and
in the fight the officer was severely
cut with a knife. It is not positively
known whether his wounds will prove
fatal or not, but it is believed they
will. The affair created Intense ex
citement in the town. The duel was
precipitated by resistance on the part
of Sheridan.
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Whiteville Press: Prom re
ports received over the county for
this week, the farmers seem to be
much encouraged over the prospects
for good crops though rains are need
ed.
-Laurinburg Exchange: The
cotton lice, reported in our last Issuh
to have been doing great damage to
the cotton throughout this county,
have almost disappeared, so we have
been informed, and the fleecy staple is
taking on new life.
Scotland Neck Commonwealth:
After investigation by a number of
persons who were present at the burial
of Mr. Sam Medford. who was found
dead near his father's home more than
two weeks ago. it was srenerallv con
cluded that his depth was not suicidal.
Kington Free Press: There's
money In peaches, tool Mr. W. H.
Wooten sold $10.15 from one tree In
his yard yesterday. He has three
other trees nearly as good. Mr. Travis
Skinner sold $11.20 worth .-from one
tree in his yard. Think what a niee
income could be derived from 100 trees
carefully attended to.
Pender CJirorijcleu The crate
factory of Mr. Daniel Southerland, lo
cated about one mile north of Willard,
was destroyed by fire on last Tuesday
night. The origin of "the fire is un
known, but is believed to have been
the work of an incendiary. The loss
will amount to several hundred dollars
and was wholly unprotected by Insu
rance. Dunn Banner: The town bonds
were sold to-day for the purpose of
putting in -water works and electric
lights, bringing a premium of $3010.00
Jiar value being $35,000. The success- -ul
bidder was Seasongoad & Mayer,
of Cincinnati. The other bidders were:
Merchents' &- Farmers' Bank, Dunn;
Humphrey Robinson Co., Atlanta,
and O. A. Webb & Co., Ashville.
Monroe Enquirer: Until recent
years the farmers In this section never'
thought of raising cane as a feed for
stock, in fact they thought that green .
cane was Injurious to stock, but within
the past six or seven years there has
been a revolution in this respect and'
now some of the best farmers in the
county are raising large qunatitles of
cane for stock. .. , '
Greenville Reflector. Tuesday
tho body of John Cutler, the last of
the victims drowned in the sinking of
the tug boat below Washington, Fri
day night, was washed ashore about a
mile from the scene of the wreck.
There was a line tangled around Cut
ler's body, and it is supposed he is the
one who drifted by the schooner cry
ing for help. The Captain of the
schooner heard the cry and threw out
the line but lost his end of it Cutler
must have caught the line and perhaps
could have been saved but for the Cap
tain losing his end in the darkness.
Monroe Enquirer: There lias
been a great deal of kicking against
the ruling 1 that cord wood must be
listed for taxation. The argument
against listing cord wood is that there
Issuchagreat difference in the price of
wood. The man who has wood ten
miles from market has his wood as
sessed at the same price per cord as the
man who has wood at the place the
wood is sold, and the man who has
corded his wood has to pay tax on it,
while the man who has simply heaped
his wood or left it lying where out,
does not pay anything.
Sanford Express: There is talk
of a large cotton seed oil mill being
built here. - Cotton and corn are
looking splendid, and with about two
or three more good rains there will be
good crops made. Sanford has
the mumps, and It is not confined to
the children either. It is a common
thing to see grown people on the streets
with their jaws badly swollen with
the disease. Neil Black was given
a hearing in habeas corpus proceed
ings here Thursday afternoon before
Judge Walter Clark for the killing of
Pat Pierce near Cameron on June 21.
After hearing the evidence. Judge
Clark decided that it was a bailable
case and required that Black give
bond of $1,000, which was given.
Raleigh News and Observer:
Tuesday night about 10 o'clock Miss '
Beulah Lamond, a young lady about
20 years of age, jumped into a well at
her home In Durham. There is no
doubt the act was caused by despera
tion on the young lady's part, by rea
son of cruel treatment at the hands of
her sister, Mrs. Alice Link.. Miss Lam
ond was rescued by a young man
named Harry Anderson, who went
down into the well and brought her
to the top. The young man was tied
under the arms with a rope and let
down a distance of fifty feet to the
water, where the young lady was
clinging to a pipe in the well. The
well is sixty-five feet deep, with fif
teen feet of water. The depth of the
water undoubtedly broke the force of
the fall. When she came up
the ' first time she had presence
of mind enough to grab hold of the -first
thing she saw, which was the pipe
above mentioned. As soon as Ander
son and the young lady were drawn to
the top of the well the modest young
man slipped out of the crowd as quiet
ly as possible. Reporters tried to keep
him back and talk with him, but all be
: would say was, "It is all right; I only
did my duty. My namef It In Harry
Anderson." Then he disappeared and
the reporters have seen him no more.
Miss Lamond is ail right to-day and no
fears are entertained as to her complete
recovery. The health report for
the month of June, which has been
completed by City Sanitary Inspector
T. P. Sale, gives a total of 31 deaths.
MEAT PACK1NQ INDUSTRY.
Combination of the Ysst Interests of Chi-
cajo Companies Jno. D. Rocke
feller the Finsncier.
bt Telegraph to tne Horning Btar.
Chicago, July 5. The Inter-Ocean
to-morrow will say:
Combination of the gigantic compa
nies controlling the packing Industry
of the United States has finally been
consummated, with John D. Rocke
feller as the central figure in the finan
cial part of the negotiations. Final
arrangements have been made for the
consolidation of the Swift and Ar
mour interests, wnion nave recently
gained control of the other packing
concerns throughout the country.
The final steps which were taken to
day require merely the merging of the
Uwift' and Armour interests. There -
are, it is said, one or two companies
not yet wholly under wis control, out
negotiations are pending with a favor
able outlook. Swift & Co., who own
the Sioux City stockyards, and the
Libbey, McNeill and Libby Company
business, recently secured control of a
majority of the stock of the Anglo
American Packing Company.
Armour 5c Company have secured
control of the Q. EL Hammond Pack
ing Company, and of part of the
Fowler interests, and have been nego
tiating for the Cudaby Packing Uom
nanv and Nelson Morris & Company,
while Sulzeberger and Swarzchild
were already in the hands of those
promoting the combination.
President Roosevelt has Issued a
I (reclamation, of date July 3d, remov
ng discriminating duties upon Cuban
vessels entering united states pons.