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A few weeks ago the Star con
tained an editorial on cotton pick
ing inventions, with special refer:
ence to the Lowry Cotton Picker.
A few days afterwards an'esteem
ed correspondent at Clinton, who
had seen the Lowry picker at the
, State fair in Raleigh last month,
wrote us the impressions which
he got of the machine. He saw it
( pick cotton all right, hut pointed
out some of its defects as he saw
it as a farmer..' "' ; 1
: The inventor of the Lowry ma
chine, whose residence Js Boston,
writes The Star, to say something
of his machine .as seen at Raleigh
by our correspondent.. His letter ja
as follows: .. "
299 Marginal street, '
East Boston, Mass., Nov. IT, 1905.
Editor of "Star," . -
Wilmington, N. C." " V,
Dear Sir : For a man who claims
to- have seen my machine at work
your correspondent makes some
singular errors.
It is not, as he says, a-suction
machine, there is no suction to it.
If it were it would-be bound to
'take trash;" instead of doing so
we have successful means for elim
inating trash. Neither are we, as
he supposes, confined to fully
opened bolls. If the hulls are dry
(we don't touch green bolls) an
attachment on the machine breaks
., it apart, takes out the cotton and
discards the hulls. The machine
will pick cotton four and one-half
feet high. As eighty-five per cent,
of the cotton in the United States
is lower than this, we are not yet
worrying about the other fifteen.
The plantation record of the
boys on that machine were from
forty to sixty pounds per day by
hand so even his guess of fourteen
hundred pounds per day as the
capacity of the machine " would
quadruple their hand picking. He
says, "After a long time the ma
chine moved off.". I wonder how
often and how long he thought
we could pick in that little patch,
and exhibit over several days.
It is quite likely he saw some
dirty seed cotton on the ground.
The crowd paid no attention what
ever to our ropes but very quickly
trod down both them and .our cot
ton patch.
Our information is, that next to
the Presidential visit the cotton
picker edited the most interest at
the fair; ; . J
Your correspondent is the first
doubter we have heard from, and
his observations and deductions
are so peculiarly erroneous that I
fear he missed the President's re
marks about a "square deal."
Tours truly,
O. A. LOWRY,
We publish Mr. Lowry 's letter
with pleasure, and hope that his
machine will prove a success. We
have never seen the machine, but
many' who have seen it believe it
is a success or will ultimately
prove so. It is a timely - coinci
dence in this connection that on
Tuesday the Lowry picker was
given a test on a cotton field, one
mile from Charlotte. After de
? scribing the machine and its ope
ration, the Charlotte Observer of
yesterday says:
"The Lowry machine is as sim
ple as possible. There is practi
cally nothing about it to get out
of order, and its simplicity is evi
denced by its durability. Then too,
it is excedingly inexpensive, which
together with its efficiency, is des
tined to compel its universal use."
It is to be inferred from the Ob
' server's writer that with some de
fects remedied the Lowry picker is
-a practical' machine and has come
, to stay. j
It is said that in a short while
the white man will own all of Af
rica and the natives will be crowd
ed to the wall like the American
Indian. The Indian used to con
sider himself in full costume when
he had a few eagle feathers stuck
in his hair, and the African's dress
suit was a crass apron. If these
two peoples had known what it
was to wear clothes, build cities,
and have an army and navy they
" wouldn 't be where " they are to
day. Great is the "big stick."
The manufacturers several
months ago wanted President
Roosevelt to enlarge their markets
for them, and now the North Car
olina Republicans want him - to
Kettle their family troubles. . The
people surely must think" Mr
Roosevelt is a man who "does
things."
Hearst may not get to be May
or of New York but the country
must look on, him as a more seri
ous proposition, even if he does
part his hair in thp middle.
A married man is at all times
square just because his wife cor
ners him every now and then.
Some newspapers think 15 cents
is a steep price, for cotton,; Most
cotton lands - produce about 250
pounds of lint cotton which at that
price would be $37.50 .' per acre
with all expenses to come out of
it A farmer would not become
a frienzied financier if he got 15
cents a pound for every pound of
cotton he raised.
'Mayor George B. McClellan
has a good face," says a ' New
York 'contemporary. ' However.
Mac is depending more on the
ace of the returns in order to win-
in the contest with Hearst.-
CURRENT COMMENT.
"-The result in Ohio la but fresh
proof that Senator .Dick does not fill
the late Senator Hanna's shoes, but
only rattles around in them. Atlanta
Journal. - .
---If Premier Witte can not save
Russia internesclne convulsions or even
from dismemberment he will take rank
among the great men who have sav
ed peoples and made nations. But ap
pearances all foreshadow a period of
disorder and struggle such as our civ
ilization has not been for. a century.
Blessed are now those who have "no
entangling alliances with Europe."
Jacksonville Times-Union. -
In short, the proceedings of the
Chattanooga conference prove that it
is now possible for Southern assem
blies, unless perchance they are made
up exclusively of democratic politi
cians, to take sane and sensible views
of the respective powers ana rights
of the individual States and the Unit
ed States and to regard human life as
of more value than a political dogma
invented as a muniment of State
wrongs. Chicago Chronicle.
: The American woman of to-day Is
not ashamed of honest employment
The circumstances are such that
thousands of them are forced to work
and while the number. in the South
is not as large as in the North, the
conditions down this way are natural
ly such that they are not likely to lose
respect of those more fortunate. Com
menting on the plan of North Carolina
hotel managers to employ white girls
as waiters the Richmond News- Lead
er predicts that the system will prove
successful, which means that it will
be more generally adopted. Raleigh
Times. .
It is reported that the Spartan
burg election board will not declare
the result of the dispensary election
so that dispensaries may continue un
til the close of the fiscal year, thus se
curing the county several thousand
dollars it would not otherwise set
Prohibitionists resorting to subter
fuges to obtain "blood money?"
what has become of that holy horror
at 'the very thought of such a thing?
Are the Spartanburg piohibitlonists
actually going to take and handle those
blood stained" dollars? We are par
alyzed with astonishment Columbia
Record. ' - - . -
A newspaper which is, perhaps,
the only one of its kind ever publish
ed nas made its appearance at Zurich.
The title, "Journal Suisse des Fian
ces," explains itself. A leading article
states that the object of the paper is
to supply a list of engaged couples to
tradesmen for business purposes.
There appear to be twelve couples at
present in Switzerland, says our Ge
neva correspondent" These names and
addresses are given in the first num
ber, The new journal will appear
twice a week, but those who do now
take the new venture seriously ques
tion whether there will be sufficient
number of engaged couples every
week to supply the "copy." London
Mall.
Within the last decade there has
been an enormous increase in our
manufacturing interests, so that it is
not surprising to find that the output
from the factory now constitutes 65
per cent of, our annual production of
wealth. A study of the figures pre
sented to us in the annual reports of
the Department of Agriculture and
other branches of the government deal
ing with agricultural development
alone, without reference to statistical
matters shows that coincident with
the development of factories in a com
munity there has been a correspond
ing increase in the value, of farms
and farm lands, as well as of the pro
ducts of the farm. Buffalo Times.
Cuba has safely passed through
the crisis of the preliminaries of the
presidential election, and the triumph
of the party of Bresident Palma, the
moderates, who -are committed to the
maintenance of close and friendly rela
tions with tho United States, is anoth
er hopeful sign.- The real character of
the opposition- to the Angle-Cuban
treaty having, been exposed by Min-
ister Quesada, that bogy should no
longer be invoked in this country to
misrepresent the situation. The Cu
bans can be depended upon to dis
pose of this Question themselves, but
they should receive the assurance that
American sympathy is with them, and
not with the selfish shipping interests
that are trying -to fasten upon Cuba
a monopoly of transportation inimical
to the welfare of the island without
some adequate return. .fnnaaeipnia
Public Ledger. .
CASHIER HIT BY RUNAWAY.
J. O. Litchford, of Raleigh, Seriously,
: if , Not Fatally Hurt.
Speclal Star Telegram.)
Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 18. James O.
Litchford, cashier of the Raleigh Sav
ings Bank, was very seriously, if not
fatally, injured this evening by a run
away horse, his skull being badly frac
tured together with a serious depres
sion on the brain. Physicians say he
has one chance in a hundred for re
covery. He was crossing the intersec
tion of Morgan "and Wilmington streets
when a runaway horse attached to a
buggy dashed by, striking asd ' drag
ging him some distance, throwing
him against a pile of brick.
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Raleigh and South port Road.
.Fayettevllle Observer: "The pres
ence itt Fayettevllle daily of the en
gineers and contractors of the Raleigh
& Southport Railroad is an indication
of the fact that the road is .now almost
at the doors of the city. The great
steel bridge, which Is to take the Ral
eigh & Southport Railroad across the
Cape Fear river," is nearly completed,
and it Is expected that the road will
be running into Fayettevllle within
two months. '- .
ICE FACTORY MERGER
Manufacturers; Society ; of Wil
. mington Incorporated By
Secretary of State "r
MR. W. E. WORTH INTERESTED
Establish, Lease, Sub-Lease and Op
erate Plants Anywhere In United
' - States Other Charters' Is- ''-.
v sited Yesterday. ...
: ". (From" Sunday's Daily.) - w
Application was made yesterday at
the office of the .Secretary of State in
Raleigh for a charter for " the ""Ice
Manufacturers' Society, Incoi-poratedJ?
of Wilmington The capital stock la
scheduled at $10,600 but it Is believed
that the Society -will be interested in
and control a business many .times
that -amount The incorporators are
among the leading ice manufacturers
of the South and include Messrs. W.
E. Worth, of Wilmington; George L.
Baker, of Columbia, g. C.j W. J,
Rushton, of - Birmingham, Ala. ; " Abe
Ellis, of Augusta, and M. W. Thomp
son, of Greensboro. - , ' -
A special to the Star last night
from Raleigh says that the - corpora
tion is for the evident purpose of
merging a number of ice plants in
and around Wilmington and -in other
Southern cities. The articles of ln
corporationx stipulate that the com
pany shall have authority to estab
lish, operate, lease , and sub-lease ice
plants anywhere in the United States.
The Society is believed to be for the
purpose-of systematizing the control
of the several ice factories already un
der the one general management and
that it is simply to carry out a merger
that was practically effected several
months ago.
Other Raleigh News. -Raleigh,
N. C. Nov. 18. Other char
ters Issued to-day ' are to the Red
Springs Trading Co., of Red Springs,
Robeson county; capital 125,000 by
W. T. Bryan,. William Jones, Jno. F.
McNair, who subscribed $15,000. The
McDonald-Williams Lumber Co., of
Rennert, Robeson county; capital $15,
000 by J. C. McDiarmid, A. B. Williams
and A. K. McDiarmid.
An order is made by Governor
Glenn for a special term of Edge
come Superior Court January 15th,
for the trial of criminal causes. Judge
E,
B. Jones will preside. -Conditional
pardons are granted by
Governor Glenn for Elmer Woodard
and Arthur Bryant two negro boys of
Johnson county, serving two years
on the county roads for larceny, the
conditions being, that they shall not
be guilty of crime again., and shall
lead sober, industrious, lives.-. Tha par
dona were recommended by the Judge",
solicitor county officers and numer
ous citizens. -
WHAT Ar GIANT INDUSTRY!
Ootton Figures at Wilmington On
High Price Schedule Are Great.
(From Friday's Daily.)
How many people appreciate the val
ue of the cotton business to the in
terests of this . port during the Fall
and Winter season? A gentleman
spoke of the matter in looking over
the records at the Chamber of Com
merce yesterday. . With the prevail
ing high prices of the staple, a glance
at the stock report shows that with
only one firm of exporters here, there
id now in Wilmington about two mil
lion dollars worth of cotton. It is fur
ther estimated from the receipts and
exports that Messrs. Alexander Sprunt
& Son have put into circulation in the
Carollnag since September 1st, approx
imately ten million dollars! The fig
ures look hardly credible. Tet they
are true and emphasize what an Im
mense amount of business is done by
one firm and what aa important fac
tor the cotton industry is in the prog
ress and prosperity of Wilmington.
RUSH FOR FREIGHT CARS.
Interesting Items. Taken From
Rail-
-. road Record of - Atlanta.
The' Railroad Record, of Atlanta,
announces - that tne Atlantic & Bir
mingham Railway has placed an order
with the South Atlantic Car Works for
1,400 freight cars. There will be L-
100 boxes and 300 fiats. -These cars
will be built at the company's Savan
nah and Waycross plants. The order
amounts to more than $1,000,000. The
Atlantic & Birmingham extends from
Brunswick to Oglethorpe, Ga., and is
now being built on to Birmingham,
The road has had a wonderful growth
in business. -.
In addition to the above order, the
South Atlantic Car .Company is work
ing on 650 freight cars for the Atlan
tic Coast Line, 500 for the Central of
Georgia and 30 for the Georgia, Flor
ida and Alabama, -
HOLD FOR FIFTEEN CENTS.
Urgent Address to Farmers By Cot
ton Growers' Association.
Maxton. N. C Nov. 15, 1905.
To the Editor The Southern Cot
ton Association has decided to try to
hold 3,000,000 bales of cotton for 90
dava or eet 15 cents per pouna ior
name. North Carolina's proportion of
that 3.000.000 bales of cotton would
bo about 180.000 bales. . :
I am authorized and directed oy tne
Association to pledge that much cot
ton In North Carolina to be held for 90
days, unless it can be sold for 15c. per
pound. I want in each cotton raising
county at least one man. who is en-
thaslastically in earnest who Is willing
and loyal, to canvass his county at
once and get these pledges properly
signed. It is important mat immeqi
ate action be taken and I will appre
ciate it if, volunteers will communl
cate with me at once In order that I
may send them the proper pledges and
literature. I will thank the county
papers in" the cotton growing counties
to publish this item in their next is
sue. , Yours very truly, '
' A. 7. McKINNON. President,
RobesonX County Cotton Growers'. As
sociativa. -. "' ;
IN YELLOW AND WHITE.
Beautiful Wedding af Rocky Point on
" ' Wednesday,- Evening.
(From Friday's Daily.)
The marriage ' of f Miss Susan Hen
rietta Pitt and " Mr: John "B. ' Am-
strong, bothpopular young people of
Rocky Point, was celebrated at 6:30
o'clock .Wednesday " evening ', in the
M. E. church, in Rocky Point, Rev. J.
J. Porter, cousin of the bride, .officiat
ing. v ' . 1 ' .' . -;";
The church was ? very tastefully
decorated with Southern smilax and
palms. The ceremony was " impres
sively performed while the bride and
groom stood under an arch of yellow
and t -white .: chrysanthemums, rV the
color scheme being yellow and white.
Miss DoIHe Rhodes presided, at the
organ, , and . . beautifully - rendered
'Hearts and Flowers.'Jas ts? bridal
party entered the ' church m the f6Vtwere . "celvedr-the lightest, receipts
lowing order: ' Miss Bessie M. Hold-
en with Mr, W.TH.. Peden ; Miss Sarah
May Hocutt with Mr. R. Eugene Pitt;
Miss Mary E. Pitt with Mr. F. S. Sid
bury, -Next came the little -flower
girls, Eva Pitt, sister of the bride,
and ' Ruby - Sidbury, niece 'of the
groom. Then came the bride leaning
on) the arm of her cousin, lr. E. Pen
der Porter, of Brooklyn, who gave her
away. The groom was accompanied
by his best man, Mr. A. S. Bowden.
The bride wore a. very becoming
travelling suit of gray cloth, with hat
to match and carried a bouquet of
white chrysanthemums and maiden
hair ferns. - The bridesmaids were
tastefully dressed in white organdie
with lace trimming and carried bou
quets of yellow chrysanthemums. The
flower girls wore white organdie and
carried baskets of yellow and white
chrysanthemums. " v
After the ceremony they were hear
tily congratulated by their friends with
many wishes for their future happi
ness and left on the northbound train
for a short bridal tour. The wedding
presents came from New- York and
various sectipns of the country, : and
were very beautiful. Among other
presents was a deed , to the bride dot
a building lot from her great-uncle. Dr.
E. Porter. They will make their home
at Rocky Point where the groom is
engaged in a successful mercantile
business. - ' -
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THE "CITY OF FAYETTEVI LLE."
New Cape Fear 8teamer Now En
Route to Wilmington.
(From Friday's Dally.)
Yesterday afternoon's Fayettevllle
Observer has the following of inter
est: - i
"The splendid steamer 'City of Fay
ettevllle' which has been tied up at
the wharf in Campbellton since the
Farmers' & Merchants' Steamboat
Company went into the hands -of a
receiver,' is again on-the. river. It -will
be remembered- that she. was recentl
purchased by Mr. T. D. Love for thi
Farmers' Merchants' tSeambbat
Company, and since then has been un
delfeolng extensive repairs. The. re
fitting, overhauling and painting, wis
all finished yesterday afternoon- and
this morning the gallant craft, looking
trim and new, slipped her moorings
and steamed away to Wilmington to
begin her regular schedule. Mr. T. D.
Love, the General Manager of the
Company, went down with her.
STATE SWAMP LANDS.
Purchase in View Berth for Raleigh
Newspaper Man.'
(Special Star Telegram.)
Raleigh. N. C, Nov. 16. The State
Board of Education is In session this
evening hearing reports from State
Engineer Sylvester Peele, of William
ston, as to the exact number of acres
in each of the immense tracts of
swamp lands owned by the Board In
Eastern Carolina and considering pro
posals for the purchase of several of
the larger tracts by R. M. Johnson and
others, of Norfolk, Va. The most im
portant tract involved is the Angola
tract, in Pender, . consisting of 40,000
acres of considerable timber.
W. P. Whitaker, for eight years busi
ness manager of the Morning- Post,
accepts the position of advertising
manager for the Mecklenburg Mineral
Springs Company and the Mecklen
burg Hotel, at Chase City, Va. . - .
Deaf and Dumb Fake.
This week's Laurinburg Exchange
says: "The one arm painter tnat ng
ured in the - police court here about
two weeks ago to the extent of being
sentenced to 30 days in Jail by the
Mayor for some of his Insolence, but
later given his freedom, suddenly dis
appeared a few days ago ana reports
from him are to the effect that he
landed in Wilmington, deaf and dumb,
and was successfully practicing; this
deception. But the wttv of the trans
gressor Is hard and - it 4 so proved i&
his case when he happened to pre
sent his plea to some Laurinburg peo
ple who were in "Wilmington attend
ing . Federal court, who . exposed his
devilish scheme and made him talk
long an,d.loud.' . ' ;
Counsel For Coast Line. -
The Washington corespondent of
the Charlotte Observer ' says: "Ex-
Judge John G. Johnson, of Philadel
phia, has ben retained by the Atlan
tic Coast Line to appear in the case
against the North Carolina Corpora-
tlonJommisslon, which Is to be ar
gued before the Supreme Court of the
United States at this term. This Is
the . Selma: connection 'case, involving
the nowers of thS-CommlssIon. Judge
Johnson is frequently spoken of as the
foremost railway corporation lawyer
in this country- He is said, to have
gotten a fee of $15,000 for represent
ing the three big railroads In the rail
way taxation ' cases several years
ago.". -" .,, -;" ' " -
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Miss .'Spelts I thought Bess knew
vou. Miss Ann Teek So she does,
quite well -Why? . Miss - Speitz She
didn't appear to yesterday when yon
passed us on the avenue. I said to
her: "Do you know that girV and
she 'feald. ""That girl? That's a Miss
Isomer." Philadelphia Press.
RECEIPTS OF COTTON
Marked Falling Off in Number
of Bales Received in Wfl
' , mirrgton Yesterday
CAUSESASSIQNED THEREFOR
Slump In Prices, Congestion on Rail
roads, and Movement to Hold For
15 Cents All Believed to Be
- Responsible Naval Stores.
- (From" .Sunday's Dally.)
."The recent decline in the 'cotton
market is telling on the port receipts
so -far as - Wilmington is " concerned.
LTterday only 1 hales of the staple
since the season opened on September
1st. -The bear side of the market .'is
rather-more inclined to attribute this
falling off to a congestion of traffic on
the railroads, but It is not denied that
the recent slump in prices has had a
deterrent effect upon growers In mar
keting' their crops. "
1 The - receipts at this season of the
year seldom fall below. 1,500 or 2,000
bales per, day and. the decided, drop
from anything like that number was
the' occasion of some comment at the
Chamber of Commerce yesterday.
' The movement by the Southern Cot
ton. Association to hold three million
bales for 15 cents, North Carolina's
share: being 160,000 bales, may have
had some effect on the falling off, -but
conservative people are disposed to
believe It was caused a little by all
three agencies mentioned the slump
in -prices, congestion on the railroads
and the 15-cent movement It-Is a
fadt that all railway sidings near Wil
mington are blocked with cotton cars
and the movement" into the port is
very light however, only partly due
to this fact
From the 'stock report posted yes
terday at the Chamber of Commerce;
it is shown that the receipts for the
week ended yesterday were only 11,
160 bales against 17,283 bales during
the same period last season; since
Sept ,1st. 200.316 bales against 211,
637 up to the same date in 1904.
The- British steamers George Flem
ing, 2.228 tons. Capt Parslow, and
British cteamer Lustleigh, 2.093 tons,
Capt Bootyman, arrived ' yesterday
from Baltimore - and New York, re
spectively, for. cargoes of cotton from
Messrs Alexander Sprunt & Son. A
third is expected here to-day, so that
the congestion here will be greatly re
lieved in a few days, x
The receipts of all naval stores dur
ing the past week compare very favor
ably, with those of the same period
last. year. There Is a decided gain
in rosin, tar and crude, , but a slight
falling off in spirits. The crop year
receipts show gains . in all Hems ex
cept crude, which is short a few hun
dred barrels only. The quotations for
crude declined yesterday to $3.25,
$4.60, $4.60.
Upper Cape Fear History.
The book to be .used on North Car
olina Day at the tubllc schools has
been issued, the subject being the
Upper Cape Fear and the work hav
ing 96 pages. It was prepared by Pro
fessor R. D. W. Connor, of the office
of tne State Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction, and contains pictures
of Calvin H. Wiley, the father of the
public school system here, Flora Mc
Donald, the monument at Moore's
Creek battle ground, etc.
Two cotton steamers arrived yes
terday, -both of good tonnage. The
British steamer Victoria, 2,232 tons,
Capt Pickthorn, arrived from. Rio
Janeiro and the British steamer Gri
qua, 2,100 tons, Capt Anderson, ar
rived from New York.
JEWISH RELIEF FUND GROWS.
Southern Express Company Donates
$1,000 Other Subscriptions.
By Wire to The Morning Star.
Savanah, Nov. 18. Mayor Myers to
day received a -telegram from Super
intendent J. S. Hockaday, of the South
ern Express Company, announcing, the
contribution by the company of $1,-
000 of the relief fund for the Jews
who are being oppressed in Russia.
The telegram which was from Florida
where leading express officials are on
a tour of that State stated that the
contribution was authorized, by the
president and the chairman of the
board who desired that it be made
through Mayor Myers.' ,
Mayor Myers replied expressing his
appreciation of the' contribution.
SPRUCE PINE CATASTROPHE.
No One Killed by Explosion Friday
;-:f : "; Night.' ; ':. -; v :
- By Wire to The Morning: Star.""'.
"Bristol, Vai, Nov. 18.-?The reports
of the powder magazine explosion at
Spruce Pine, - N.- C, were much exag
gerated. The real" damage done was
the destruction of the small frame
building, and the loss of $1,500 worth
of powder owned by the South and
Wetsern railway company. - No one
was killed. The explosion was at
Camp No. 2, ten miles south of Spruce
Pine and was caused by forest fires
which "enveloped the magazine.
.'Clark Howell, editor of --the Atlanta
Constitution, yesterday made formal
announcement of the platform . on
which he1 seeks the Democratic nomi
nation for governor of Georgia. He
will begin immediately an active cam
paign .which will be under the manage
ment -of John T. Boifeullet, for ten
years clerk of the Georgia House of
Representatives. - -
Governor Montague has 'appointed
Judge R. L. Barton, of Winchester;
A. A. Phlegajv of Montgomery, and J.
Garland Pollard, of Richmond, as dele
gates from Virginia to the convention
to be held in wasnington v;uy, r eoru
ary 19th next, to consider the question
of uniform , legislation on the part of
all the Btates in the Union on the dt
vorce evlL .
STATE SWAMP- LANDS.
Bidders Offering ? Options-State Na
tional .Guard Captains Resigned.
- (Special Star Telegram.) -
Raleigh, NTC, Nov, 17. The State
Board of Education and bidders for
the purchase ofjhe State swamp lands
were unable to get together after a
lengthy session this afternoon, i The
Board demands $500 for an option on
the lands including 65 000 acres In
the Angola tract and one bidder, R.
M. Johnson, ; representing Norfolk
parties, offers . to put up $100 and
Golds boro parties, represented byex
Governor Aycock, as counsel offer to
put up $200. This is for a ninety-day
option on the lands at $1.50 per acre.
The Board , will liave another session
tomorrow to consider .the matter fur
ther. " '
.Announcement la made from thw of.
flee of "Adjutant General of the North
Carolina National Guard, that resig
nations have been accepted from Cap
tain W, A. De vine,' Company E, Third
Regiment, Oxford; Captain R, R. Han
by, Company G, Second Regiment,
Washington, and Captain George E.
Brown,' Company K, First Infantry, of
Asheville. Elections are ordered for
each company for successors. It is
understood the 'resignations of cap
tains are being caused by the strin
gent exactions being made of them
in complying with the rules in the
management of their -companies. It Is.
expected that several other resigna
tions will be coming in soon.
NEW ENTERPRISE CHARTERED.
Kingsdale Lumber . Co. Pressing
Needs at Hospitals For Insane.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 17. The Kings-
dais Lumber Co., of Kingsdale, Robe
son county, is chartered with $100,000
capital by Iredell Meares. J. C. Mtmds
and W. A. "Williams, of Wilmington.
Another charter is to the Charlotte
Damask Co.; capital-$100,000; S. B.
Alexander, Jr., M. A. Latta and J. E.
Carson. Other charters are to the
Anson Warehouse Co., of Wadesboro,
capital $25,000 by W. J. McLendon
and others.
Governor Glenn was- asked this
morning about any action being taken
for the immediate relief of the over
crowded condition of the State hospi
tals for the insane, there having been
a very outspoken attack on. the man
agement of both Institutions and a
call on the Governor to see that room
is made for indigent patients by turn
ing out pay patients and persons treat
ed for the drink habit by a local pa
per this morning. The Governor says
the people may rest assured that he
will see that everything possible is
done to relieve the situation; that
plans are already being carried out
whereby the situation will be greatly
relieved. It is a fact that the State
hospitals have been visited, during the
last. Xewdayay, the State Beard of
Internal Improvement, who have filed
a report to the Governor suggesting
changes in the way of curtailing-the
amount of room In the institutions set
aside" for the use of officers, nurses,
keepers, etc., so that room can . be
had for a large number of additional
patients.
THIRTY-THREE DROWNED
OFF BRITISH WARSHIP
Cruiser and Torpedo Boat Collided at
Night In Fierce 8now Storm .
Torpedo Boat Sank.,
By TOre to The Morning Star.
Kiel, Nov. 18. Torpedo boat "S.
126" collided last night near Buelk
with the small cruiser tJndlne. The
torpedo boat sank and one officer and
32 seamen are missing. -
The disaster occurred during ' the
manoeuvres in Kiel Bay. A torpedo
boat division was making a regular at
tack upon the Undine which had blind
ed her lights. Later she suddenly used
her searchlight which confused the
helmsman of the "S. 126" and the tor
pedo boat got under the Undine's bow
and was struck amldshlp causing the
boiler of the "S. 126" to explode. It-is
believed that all the missing members
of the crew were killed or drowned.
The accident occurred in the midst
of a driving snowstorm, and when the
night 'was very dark. The torpedo
boat sank in four, minutes.
COTTON GROWERS JO FIX PRICES
Why Those Who Have Cotton Should
. Hold for 15 Centa.
By Wire to The Morning Star
I Columbia, S. C, Nov. 17. Secretary
F. H. Weston of the 'South Carolina
division of the Southern Cotton As
sociation in an interview, today said
"Today I am in receipt of instruc
tions from headquarters in Atlanta to
institute a movement toward securing
pledges from the farmers for the cot
ton, which they now have on hand for.
IS cents. We know that there is a
most active demand for dry goods
and that the mills have not the cotton
necessary to run them, to fill these con
tracts. The Association considered 11
cents a fair but not unreasonable price
for cotton, but in view of the very ag
gressive campaign that has been in
stituted in cotton in the last few days,
it would be absurd, for the Southern
Cotton Association to stand and . see
the producers of cotton throughout
the South despoiled of millions of dol
lars. We must convince the spinners
of the world that the price of cotton
is to be. fixed by the producers and
not by the speculator. - We. have the
money on hand and propose to pay
our canvassers for . their work."
Weakened ; by the cheering- .. and
stamping In unison of two thous
and people, the west, bleacher on Fer
ry Field, collapsed at -.Ann! Harbor,
Mich.,, yesterday afternoon, ten min
utes after the second half of the foot;
ball game betwen Michigan and Wis
consin had begun. Almost mirlcnlously
none of the throng, who were precipi
tated to the ground, was seriously in
jured. Leas than a dozen of them were
hurt enough to have a physician at
tend them.
LIST OF CASUALTIES
Week-End Gifrds out The Usnal
- Grist For Hospital and News
; T y paper People " ;
ONE NEGRO SHOOTS ANOTHER
Objected to Lodger at His House jind
Put Lead Into HimWhite Man
Bruised and Brokenr-Two Other
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Slight Fracases.- -
(From Sunday's Daily.) .t
The week's end,' except on rare oc
casions, always brings its list of Sat
urday night casualties, affording wsrk
for. the hospital - surgeons and mater
ial for. newspaper "Emories. It's a dull
Saturday night' in August when the
heavy tread of the police patrol wa-
gon. or the clanging of the alarm bell
on the hospital ambulance is not
heard until welT after midnight. Last
night was not the exception and from
early until late there was "something
doing" all round.'
Walker Page, colored, 35 or 36 years
of age, was shot and perhaps fatally
wounded . last night between 10 and
11 o'clock by Henry. Bulluck, also col
ored, at the house of. the latter, near
Ninth and Bladen streets. An alter
cation was in progress between the
men, Bulluck having fired three times.
Page was sent to the hospital where
he was reported late last night as do
ing very well, but not out of danger.
Only one of the three bullets fired at
him took effect, entering the chest
Just below the collar bone on the left
side and' passing dangerously near the
heart Bulluck drives the sawdust
wagon at the Independent Ice factory.
During his absence yesterday, his wife
rented a spare room to the negro
Page, and when the husband came
home and found the alien in the house,
he was very wrathy. He went to
the room where Page was beginning.
to settle down comfortably and pro
voked a difficulty with him, according
to witnesses of the affair. Page was
a' younger man and was apparently
getting the best of the landlord, when
the latter drew a pistol and fired three
times. Page ran as far as Ninth and
Bladen and fell. From there the am
bulabce was summoned and he was
taken to the hospital. Bulluck. who
is a South Carolina negro, made off
before the police arrived, Subsequent,
ly he came to tho Independent Ice fac
tory and ewas taken In custody. by
Night Engineer Morris, who heard the
police were looking for the negro.
Bulluck had a 32-calibre Harrington
& Richardson pistol on his person
when Police Sergeant went to the
ice house in response to a telephone
message and took the negro to
the police etation hoamt HaWTgtate ongiaeers. Col: S-B.-Leac
had a stab in the cheek, bearing oat a
statement he made to the effect that
Page had him down and was about to
cut his throat when he drew his pis
ton and fired. Bulluck will he "kept
at the police, station until the wounded
negro is able to attend the trial.
Picked Up Unconscious.
Last night about 11 o'clock as he
was on his way home,bn the east side
of Fifth street between Nun and
Church, about midway of the block,
Mr. Wilbur Dosher stumbled on the
form of a young white man, lying face
downward and very bloody. He was
unconscious and Mr. Dosher could do
nothing under the circumstances than
the "Good Samaritan" act He picked
the wounded man up and carried, him
bodily a block and a half to James M.
Hall's drug store, wnere it developed
that the person was Jim Marine. 23
or 24 years of age, a son of Archie
Marine, the well known diver. Mr.
Hall gave the young man the neces
sary immediate attention and he was
later sent tothe hospital in theambu
lance. There it developed that the
patient was not ' seriously hurt He
had a cut back of the head, a bruise
on the forehead and several contus
ions about the face. He had regained
consciousness at the drug store and
said that he had been cut and beaten
but he would not tell by whom. . He
will be out in a day or two.
1 Ruined His Physiognomy.
Early last -night Henry Taylor, a
colored boy of about "18 years, was
carried to the hospital for treatment
of a severe slash across the face, ex
tending from the left eye brow, clean
down the cheek to his mouth. As the
blade passed over both eye lfds were
split open- but, by a miracle, the ban
of the eye was not touched.' The boy
had been in a little "friendly difficul
ty" . with another boy, ," near Fourth
and: Brunswick. -He will never look
the same anymore, but the wound will
not be serious. '
i Cut at Guano Factory.
Wm. Cole, 21.; - years ol.-.. was
brought to the hospital late last flight
from - Almont factory, .- ap the i riveryj.
he was shot through tne muscle or tne
left arm by another negro with 'whom
he had trouble. The wound was dress
ed and he was sent home.
LIVED WITH BROKEN NECK.
Remarkable Case Reported from Phil
adelphla-Man. Dwindled Away.
:.' By Wire to the Morning1 Star. "
Philadelphia, Nov. M6.-iWlth - the
death of George Handforth, 28 years
old, at the Methodist "Hospital to-day
ended what is said to be' the most re
markable case of survival with a brok
en neck, known in the annals of medi
cine and surgery. . For 15 months the
injured man lay on air and water mat
tresses suffering no " pain, unable to
move any muscle excepting those in
his forearms, always conscious, but
gradually . ' wasting away. From
strong, stalwart man, weighing 160
pounds, -. Handforth 2 weighed at the
time of his death only thirty-four
pounds. .. Handforth. was employed at
the Atlantic Refining Company's plant
Oh August 1, 1904, he fell from the
top of a tank and struck the ground
on his hack,- fracturing the fifth andlth nlH playing as if nothing disturb--sixth
vertebrae. - ' - ed his mind. Albany Journal. "
SPIRITS TURPENTINE
' A .new bank has been opened in
Warrenton and starts off with a good
prospect of success.
Rev. George R. Stuart of Ten- -r T -nesseer
has closed his rival at New- A
bern. - The number of converts will ; . ' ...
reacn 300 or more.
Raleigh Stockholders of the new
iveuuDucau paper, Tne Tar Heel, at
ureensboro, report that T. B. Eldridge
Will T)A mart A O'onArol mansmii onrl
R J. Reynolds, of Winston-Salem sec-"- "" Ol
retary and threasurer. Geo. S. Brad- . . " ,
shaw is editor, for the present. i v ; ; (:
maguuun corresponaence: Kev-
L. R. CarrolIt Warsaw, died Mon- -;
day. He Served the Baptist church c "
- . - . ... "' !.. '.
here as pastor, for several years, and
was well loved. He leaves . a ' wife, - r
a brother,. Mr. G. W. Carroll, two sis-" ' v
ters, Mesdamea , Mattle Fryar, and ' .
Mary Pigford." -
: By order of the Governor a sne V 'V-
cial term of . Warren Superior CourT VI; :
win convene December 11th. to try .2
Hicks and Giles, the negro who on 5"
November 4th killed Mr. W G. Klntr. .
of Vaughan. Two other prisoners now
in jail will also be tried. Judge Long V.
will preside at this term of the court. ' "
Raleigh correspondent, Nov. 17th: -v
Norfolk capitalists, and also syndi- - J
cates of Goldsboro men, are here 'be- f l
for the State board of education, bid-
ding for the State swamp lands, known -
as Angola bay, In Jones and Onslow - . -counties,
cotainlng 44,000 acres. Oth
er syndicates also are here bidding for
the. lands in Currituck county, which
are being examined by the board.
Charlotte Observer. "Several
days ago The Observer made note
of the fact that Mr. 1J3. T Price, of "
Lodo, has gathered from an -acre of
his land two fine bales! of cotton. This
is far surpassed by J1. L. Stover, of
Fort Lawn, S. C, who has 10 acres
of land from which he has gathered
20 bales. The soil of Chester coun
ty must be unusually fertile to pro
duce such a crop. The Observer will
be glad to note a record that exceeds
this. Scotland ior Robeson county may
beat if
Lumberton Argus: "News has -
reached us of the death of Mr. Web-L
ster, the father of our townsman, Mr.
H. G. Webster. The demise occurred
at Hope Mills, where the old gentle-
man has lived several years. Mr. Web
ster was a very aged man. He resid
ed In Lumberton a while and was well
though of. When the editor of the -
Argus came to Lumberton, any nice
day, Mr. Webster, Mr. Fuller, and
Capt. Norm ent might be seen on the
streets chatting the hours away. All
are now gone."
Laurinburg Exchange: "The Ex- -
change Is happy to say that in the
near future Mr. Jno. B. McNeill, broth
er of Hon. Franklin McNeill, of the
Corporation Commission, will become
Neill, has been In the turpentine busi
ness in Georgia for a number of years
and has decided to move back to the
land of his boyhood days. Laurin
burg is indeed fortunate in securing
this good man for a citizen and ex
tends to him a hearty welcome. He '
now in the city -making prepara
tions, and his family who are in Geor
gia is expected to join him soon."
The United State steamer Mac-
lGregor arrived here to-day with Unit-
Captain Flagler and Captain Sowell,
who are to examine the proposed route
for the inland water-way between Nor
folk and Beaufort They were met -
by a committee of business men and
city officials who entertained them at ft
a dinner at the Chattawka and tM:-
city hall in which plans were discuss
ed for the" opening of this new route.
Local merchants are very desirous to
have this route, as it will prove very
beneficial to the Interests of Eastern
Carolina. Congressmen Small and
Thomas and Senator Simmons are
here attending the conference and
their pledges have been obtained to
work for the measure in Congress.
The engineers report the matter feasi
ble, but give no information as to
their decision.
Washington special to Charlotte
Observer, Nov. 16th: . An interesting
story was heard here to-day to the
effect that the Anderson- Rollins row,
involving the conduct ot the Republi
can organization in North Carolina,
will be laid before the President at a
very early ' date. The statement is
made that Representative Blackburn
fully determined upon this course
that he will lay especial emphasis
IriA AAnfiOAf d emrkA Kv f V n I vn
w,iu cvb oiguou vj ; vuiuiuinu
tins and District Attorney Holton,
jhich Anderson was promised a job
gutter certain conditions. The effect of
this agreement traffic patronage on
the presidential mind, when it is un
folded at the White House, will prob
ably be the occasion of some concern
in. North Carolina. Mr. Blackburn and
his friends are said to entertain the
Opinion that it will eliminate Mr. Hol
ton and Mr. Roillns both as possibili
ties for the district attorneyship, and
that at the same time a vital blow will
be struck at the organization in the
State. It is apparent, since the appear
ance of the Tar Heel, that Mr. Black
burn has decided to stand up and
fight, and that his attitude towards
the organization will no longer he one
of passlveness. - Some of his friends
are saying that he has been quiet too
long for his own good.
REBELLIOUS PLOT IN CUBA.
Gathering Arms of Improved Patern t
Overthrow Government
By Wire to The Morning: Star.
' Havana. : Nov. 18. The truth in the
reports of plots to overthrow the gov
ernment was revealed in part to-day.
The government received a confiden-,
tial report to effect that aif ostensibly
vacant house in the Cerro Suburb was
being utilized as a secret depository
for arms for the union and ordered the
police - to - investigate. - The police
found 41 rifles, 21 carbines, 35 packages
each containing a thousand cartridg
es and some barrels filled with am
munition and acountrements. Consid
erable suspicion is directed toward
the liberal and radical leaders. The
police are searching for the party who
rented the house in which the arms,
and ammunition were seized,' but not
arrests have as yet been- reported. I
It is said that other Instalments of -arms
are hidden in various places in
the island, the. rifles seized to-day
were new and of costly pattern.
"Harry, did you not hear mother
calling you?" "Course I did." - "Then
why do you not go to her?" '.'She's
nervous. If I should go. too quick
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