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The Weather Today: fißßßffl Fair. SIXTEEN PAGES-SECTION ONE-Pages 1 to 8 The News and Observer. VOL. LII. NO. 49. Leads all Morth Carolina Bailies in lews and Cir©uS>on THE VOLCANOES YET BELCHING FUME AND ASHES Four Hundred and Fifty sons Rescued from St. Pierre AID SENT TO SUFFERERS The Estimate Putting the Number of Dead at 40.000 Still Stands. THE ERUPTION ON ST. VINCENT’S ISLAND The Inhabitants of the Danish West Indies Terror Stricken. The Terrible Story Told by the First Mate of the Roraima (By the Associated Press.) Castries, St. Lucia, B. W. 1., May 10.— Mont Pelee, a volcanic mountain, some ten miles north of St. Pierre, the com mercial capital of Martinique, is the mountain which made a faint show of eruption fifty years ago. On May 3rd last it began to throw out dense clouds of smoke. At midnight the same day the flames, accompanied with rumbling noises, lighted the sky over an immense area, causing widespread terror. May 4th hot ashes, covered the whole city quarter of St. Pierre an inch thick and made Mont Pelee invisible. At noon. May st,h, a stream of burning lava gushed 400 feet down the mountain side, fol lowing the dry bed of a torrent and reaching the sea, five miles from the mountain, in three minutes. In its rush the fiery flood swept from its path plantations, buildings, factories, cattle and human beings over a breadth of about half a mile. . At the rear of the mouth of the River Blanche stood the large Guerin sugar factory, one of the finest in the island. It is now completely entombed in lava. The tall chimney alone is visi ble. One hundred and fifty persons are estimated to have perished there, ir * eluding the owner's son. As the lava rushed into the sea th“ latter receded 300 feet all along the west coast. Returning with greater strength, a big wave covered the whole sea front of St. Pierre, but doing little damage ashore or aoat. Terrible de tonations, heard hundreds of miles north ward. followed at short irregular inter vals and continued at night. In the in tense darness the electric light failed, but the towkn was lit up by lurid flashes of flame from the mountain. The terror stricktn inhabitants rushed for the hills in their night clothes, screaming, shout ing and wailing—mad with terror. THE BUCHET BBINOS THE NEWS Graphic Accaunt of the Disaster by First Mate of the Boraima (BV the Associated Press.) Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe. May 10.— On the morning of May 5:.h Guadeloupe 1* arned that tlm Mont Pelee volcano, in Martinique, had been in a state of erup tion since Saturday, May 3rd, throwing out ashes. The same dav violent thun derstorms began here. Tuesday a very heavy storm occurred and loud detona tions were heard. At hood came a tumor that lava was flowing from Moot Pelee and that three hundred lives had been lost at St. Pierre. All that day were heard here loud noises, like lie discharge of heavy artillery far oT. It is now known that the nois<*s were fion the Martinique volcano. In the afternoon the cable connections with Martinique all disappeared. A very heavy thunder .s>or mthen broke over Guaddeloupe and fasted for a considerable time and hu mors were current that the Souffrb>re volcano *n Guadeloupe was more active. The earth was trembling at Basseterre and volcanic rumnlings were heard. News of the disaster in Martinique reached here by the French war vessel Suehet Friday morning. Nearly every one here has relatives in Martinique and intense sorrow prevails. All he stores here are closed and the flags are fl>ing at half mast. The mountains of Guadeloupe are shrouded in thick clouds and frequent heavy storms have occurred. The people ar< on edge v. ith anxiety, fearing that SouflFrboe may I ceomc active. A light earthquake shock or a slight increase in tin usual smok ing of I.a Souffriere would precipita'e panic here. It is ts-lleved, however, that there is no lotal danger. The first mate of th<- Roraima thus de scribes the disaster at St. Pierre “Between half past six and s. ven o'clock in the morning on Thursday, without warning, there came a sort of whirlwind oj steam, boiling mud and fire, which suddenly swept the city and the roadstead. There were some eighteen \cssols anchored in the harbor including the Roraima, the French sailing ship Tamaya, four larger sailing ships and others. All of the vessels immediately • anted over and began to burn. The Tamaya was a bark from Nantes, Can lain Maurice, and was on her way to Pointe-a-Pitre. All the boats except the Roraima sank instantiv «nd at ti «• sam<’ moment. “Every house ashore was utterly le- stroyed and apparently buried under the ashes and burning lava. An officer who was sent ashore penetrated but a short distance into city. He found only a few walls standing and the streets liteiaii paved with corpses. The Governor of the island, who had arrived only a few hours before the catastropuhe, was killed. Both the English and American consuls, with their families, were re ported to have perished. It is certain that no more than forty out of the fifty thousand people could have escaped.” The cruiser SuChet was here yesterday buying provisions for the survivors in the Outlying districts. She sailed for Fort de France last night with a large quantity of stores, which were immedi ately put under military guard. Negroes are flocking in vast numbers into Fort de France from the surrounding country, demanding food. \ telegram from Fort de France says that hot mud and cinders have been faling all night throughout the island and stil continue doing great damage, and when the final reports are received il will be found that many people have been killed or injured in other parts of Martinique. The Quebec Line steamship Koruna ar rived at the Island of Dominica yester day, bringing a number of survivors from her sister ship. the Roraima. The captain of the Korona says that the eruption at St. Pierre was apparently from a new crater and that accompany ing the eruption there seemed to be a tidal wave which overwhelmed the ship ping. A message from the Island of St. Vin cent says: “The soufriere has been in a state of eruption for nine consecutive mornings. On Thursday morning at daybrcaa there was heavy thunder and lightning, which soon changed into a continuous, tremendous roar. Vast columns of smoke rose over the mountain, becoming denser and denser, and t-he scoria-like hail, changing later to fine dust, fell upon all the adjacent estates, destroying a vast amount of property. At Chateau Belair the ashes were two feet deep in the streets. In Kingston they were fully a ninch deep, and many large stones fell in the parish of Georgetown, The earn* shook violently and at four o’clod: in the afternoon a midnight darkness spread over the country. Thirty people are known to have been killed and the damage to property in the windward dis trict was very heavy. “The storm roared about Soufriere all night without cessation, but on the fol clwing morning it became intermittent and fainter.” A report front Barbados says that >n the seventh the sky was very heavily overcast ,the heat was excessive and there was a distant sound of thunder. Later, early in the afternoon, dense darkness set in and a great quantity of dust fell and continued falling until a late hour. No damage is reported. The Eruption At|St. Vincent. (By the Associated Press.) London, May 10.—The following cable gram was received this morning at the Colonial office front Governor, Sir Fred erick Mitchell Hodgson, of Barbados: “The soufriere volcano on St. Vincent, B. W. 1., erupted violently yesterday. Loud reports, tesembling artillery lire, were heard at Barbados at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. At five o’clock there cante darkness and thunder, accompanied by a strong downpour of dust, which con tinued until night. Barbados is covered several inches deep with dust, this morn ing.” Governor Llewellyn, of the Windward Islands, cables to the Colonial office from St. Lucia as follows: “Leaving at once for St. Vincent. Erup tion continues. Break in cable continues. Again urge sending warship.” Private dispatches received late this afternoon from the West Indies, say the eruption at Martinique is decidedly worse. The French cable company received a cablegram this morning announcing that the eruption at Martinique continues and that ships are afraid to go near the island. • •» The latest messages indicate that th<; number of deaths will be about forty thousand, several of the smaller islands rear Martinique having also suffered. Between S o'clock in the evening of Thursday, May 3th. St. Pierre was a mass of fire and there was also a vol canic eruption at St. Vincent. The isl and of St. Thomas is sending help. A ship which arrived Friday, May 9th, at the island of Dominica. R. W. 1., and which was lying off St. Pierre when tiie eruption commenced, reports that the noise was terrific. A huge cloud of fire appeared over the. town and neighbor hood. giving th< inhabitants no chance to escape. The Strike at Augusta, (Bv (he Associated Press.) Augusta, Ga., May 10. -The fifth week «< ft he textile strike in litis city ended today with no evidences of a settlement. r l here has not been the slightest trace of disorder among the disagreeing fac tions since- the- strike; was inaugurated. Provisions have been issued to *hc strikers from commissaries during the i pas' three weeks. secretary Hibbert, of the executive eoiuinittee of the National Association o fTexttle Workers, who has been con ducting the strike, has left for th>' East to 1 ure additional aid. Johnsone-Pettigrew Chapter. The Johnston-Fetl(grew Chapter, l - D- will meet on Wednesday afternoon, May 14th, at . r > o'clock, with Mrs. A. !>. Stronach. It is hoped there will boa full attendance. There is so much in terest taken now in Hie work being done by the chapter that the officers feel very much encouraged. It sometimes happens that (he victory isn't worth the price. RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 11. 1902. SAVANNAH GETS THE NEXT CONVENTION Claims of the Seminary at Louisville DR- LEVERING’S ADDRESS He Urges Larger Appropriations for the Seminary- REPORT OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL BOARD A Cubin Missionary Delivers Address in Spanish. Thousands of Delegates to the Convention Now Throng the Mountatn Ci y. (Special to News and Observer.) Asheville, N. C., May 10. —The South ern Baptists will hold their next con vention in Savannah, Ga. Dr. Josiah Levering addressed the con vention this morning on the subject of the seminary at Louisville, urging more interest and more appropriations. He w’as followed by Dr. E. Y. Mullins, presi dent of the seminary who told of the wo<l|, A'i’tiich the seminary is. doing. The special order of missions was then taken up, and reports of the seven sub-committees appointed yester- day to consider the report of the home board were called for. Rev. J. B. Cranflll. editor of the Bap tist Standard, repeated for Mississippi: Rev. E. A. Brown spoke on mission work in the mountains. Dr. George Dana Boardman for fifty years pastor of (he First Baptist church, Philadelphia, was introduced, and spoke a t€ w words. Dr. T. B. Thomas, of Danville. Vir ginia, presented the report of the sub committee on on Appeals from the home board. The committee recom mended that contributions be increased ten per cent, and a sub-report was amended by making the increase 25 per cent. Dr Pitt presented the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Cuba. It recommended a mission in Tampa and in Nebo City, Florida, in order to reach ten thousand Cubans there, and also through them the inhabitants of Cuba. Rev. Mr. O'Daniels, a Cuban mission ary. introduced Rev. M. Ohalloran. the missionary, who has been in the service o fthe board since 1883. Mr. Ohalloran spoke in Spanish, and his remarks were translated. T. J. Van Ness, Assistant Secretary of the Sunday School Board, road the eleventh annual reporjt, which was pre pared by Rev. J. M. Frost, corresponding secretary of the board. The report stated that all business was conducted openly, and the books showed every transaction in detail, the receipts ex ceeding those of last year by $10,954.74, making the total receipts of $89,395.71 for the year. The reserve fund was in creased $6,000, making a total of $50,000 invested in safe securities; $12,000 has been set aside to start a building fund, this does not include the present build ing. which is valued at SIO,OOO. the ap propriations were $15,586.51. The Woman’s Missionary Union today adopted as a whole the recommenda tions made by the Home, Foreign and Sunday Sehool boards. An Immense audience listened to the convention sermon by Dr. McConnell last night. There are now nearly four thousand delegates and visitors here. The town is completely filled. C, B. Watson Speaks at Winston. (Special to the News and Observer.) Winston-Salem, N. May 10.--Me morial day was. fitting celebrated heie today, lion. (. B. Watson made a s'ir ring and patriotic address. The Daugh ters of the Confederacy servbd dhmer to °V3i four hundred veterans. Norfleet Camp decided to hold a big pienie in August. The meeting today was the most enthusiastic and the attendance the largest in the history of the oeim. A Monument Unveiled. Greenville, N. C., May 10.—The Single tary and T. J. Jarvis Chapter,' Daugh ters of (he Confederacy, today unveiled a beautiful monument which they had elected in Cherry Hill cemetery, near the grave of fourteen unknown soldiers •who died here during the war. Prayer was offered by Rev. H. M. Eure, of the Methodist church, an ad dress delivered by Hon. L I. Moore, v poem recited by Mr-. T. J. Jarvis. The monument was unveiled by Misses Irtr.a Allen, Margaret Skinner, Mattie Move King and Battle Wooten. At the conclusion of the exercises many soldiers' graves were decorated. Killed a Mad Cat. (Special to the News and Observer.) High Point, N. C., May 10. —A tele gram from Whitehead Stokes Sanalarium this afternoon said that Mr. R. C. Charles had just been very successfully operated on for appendicitis and was doing all right. Chief of Police Ridge killed a mad eat here this morning. It jumped fro t a tiee and attacked him first, then a dog which came a lung, and finally l turned for a second attack on Mr. Ridge, when’ il was killed. 1 1) lime of peace prepare fur controver sies in Ihe War Department. SEAECH FOB WOUNDED NEOEO - Could Not be Verified Trinity Oollege Commencement. (Special to News and Observer.) Durham. N. C-, May 10—There was some excitement in East Durham last night over the report that a wounded negro and two or three more men were seen in some woods near there. For two or three nights recently persons have shot at burglars who were trying to effect entrances to residences, and it was thought one of the burglars had received a dose of lead. Officers Har vard and Cutts and a crowd of citizens turned out and took a thorough search, but could find no one. The barbecue at Huckleberry Springs last night by the members of Company D.. of this city, was an enjoyable ming ling of soldiers and friends. Some fifty or more were present. Durham Superior court for the trial of criminal eases begins Monday. If present indications count for any thing, the Trinity College commence ment, which takes place Juno Ist to 4th. will be the largest attended of any commencement ever held there. Dr- John F. Crowell, the former pres ident, delivers the baccalaureate address on Sunday, June Ist, and Dr. J. M. Buckley, editor of the New York Chris tian Advocate, the baccalaureate sermon on Tuesday. June 3rd. Dr. Albert An derson, of Wilson, is to deliver the alumni addrqss on the afternoon of June 3rd. The commencement address is on Tuesday evening, June 3rd, by Dr- Hen ry Van Dyke, of Princeton University- Willie Farthing, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Farthing, fell from a tree today and broke his right arm in two places. Dr. J. M. O’Kelly set the broken arm, and the little fellow is getting on as well as eould be expected. ILL ARE FOR CLARK Warren County Endorses Tasker Polk, For Solicitor Vote for Assooiate Justice and Superior Court Taken. Mr. H. B. Hunter, jr. t for the Senate and S. G, Daniel, Eiq , Returns (o the House (Special to News and Observer.) Warronton, N. C., May 10. —The Coun ty Convention of Warren county was held here today. Dr. L. J. Picot, pf Lit tleton, was elected the permanent chair man. Dr. Picot is, perhaps, one of the best presiding officers in the Slate. Through his executive ability all matters were evenly disposed of and the best order preserved. The nomination for Solicitor of the Sec ond Judicial District was voted unani mously for Tasker Polk. Esq. Mr. Kerr, who had sought the honors withdrew from the race and gave his support to Mr. Polk, who acepted the same with arousing speech for the Demoedacy of Warren county. All of the present County officers w'ere re-elected. R. B. Hunt. Jr., was nomi nated for the Senate and Hon. S. C. Daniel, the present incumbent, was re elected lor the House of Representatives. Judge Clark was unanimously elected for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, He will certainly have the support of every Democrat in this section. For Associate Justice, Judge Brown received 4816 votes, and ex-Judge Con nor received 3616. For Judge of the Second Judicial Dis trict, Hon. R. B. Peeples, of Northamp ton, received 48 4-3 votes, and Judge F. D. Winston, of Bertie 36 2-3 votes. ’ It was a great victory for Democrats of old Warren. It was the largest at tended convention seen in years. The people are thoroughly aroused arid will make a great fight for democracy. Sumptuous Dinner to Veterans. (Special to the News and Observer.t Mount Airy, N. C., May 10.—Memo rial exercises were held here today. There was a large crowd gathered here from Surry and Alleghany counties and Patrick, Carroll and Grayson counties, Virginia. There was a larger number o c old veterans in line than have as sembled at any reunion here for ten years. The line of march formed in front of the Blue Ridge Inn, and went from that point to Gilmore Grove, where the exercises were held. There w r as music by the Mt. Airy Cornet Band, an.l the children of the graded schools. An address of welcome was made by S. O. Pace, Mayor. Miss Maggi; Pat terson read a beautiful selection Hon. J. R. Llewellyn, the orator of the day was introduced by Mr. W. E. Paterson, commander of the Surry county camp. Mr. Llewellyn delivered a forcible and impressive address to the old veterans. At the conclusion of the exercises the old veterans repaired to the tabP~ in the grove, where a sumptuous dinner was served bv the good people of Mt. Airy. The day passed off pleasantly and the people returned to their homes de lighted with the exercises. i A Birthday Party. Li tile Miss Marguerite Douglas yes terday celebrated her sth birthday by giving a birthday party in the after noon to her little friends. It wa a mer ry little party and a pretty sight.. Af ter they had played many gam's re freshments were served and the rest of the evening spent most happily. Fortune sometimes taps at a man's door while he is around at the corner saloon telling what lie would do if lie f lntd the price. RALEIGH LOSES IT'S FIRST GAME! Durham Rejoices Greatly Over Its Needed Victory WON BYCAPT-STOCK9ALE Wilmington is Again a Victim to King Kelley’s Men. NEW BERN SMASHES INTO CHARLOTTE The Attendance On Saturday’s Game Was New Bern 600, Wilmington 750, Ral eigh 600 and The Game Were Exciting. Five straight games has Raleigh Von, but yesterday its record was broken. Durham, after two defeats by the Pen nant Winners, tasted a sweet victory, winning it by a score of six against two. Captain Otis Stocksdale was largely it sponsible for this. He did magnificent j work at the slab and kept his men on j the go. He struck out eight men and , gave no bases on balls. Leonard, Raleigh's pitcher, had just the other kind of luck. He only struck j out three men and gave ten bases on I balls. He was in a tight hole at tunes j in the game, but the quick, work of the j infield pulled him out. Umpire Proud did not improve on his decisions on hits and bah yesterday, ! | and at a critical juncture, with two men ! I on bases and a safe hit in sight, called i Sherman out at home, when it was plain ; to all that saw r the play that he was , safe. But for this Raleigh's score would have been in larger figures. But Durham played good ball, and won. Ho wit was done is told in the tabulated sc ore. The attendance on the game was about six hundred and there was much enthu siasm. Many visitors from Durham w re here and their presence cheered on their representatives on the diamond. Score by innings: R H F. Raleikh 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 I—2 7 5 j Durham 010021 0 0 2—6 9 4 | Hew Bern Defeats Charlotte. (Special to News and Observer.) New Bern. N. C., May 10.—New Bern ! tcok the third game from Charlotte today on the home grounds by a score ol 3 to 1 Gettig, for the home team, pitched a splendid game. Daum behind the bat j is O- K- Person, for Charlotte, was in j the air. Randolph, for the home team, ! hit over left field fence for a home run j and scored Crawly. Ashenback got sick and put Lehman in right eld. Ashen back going behind the bat himself. Score: R II E New Bern 00000010 2—3 8 1 . Charlotte 0 0 0" 0 0 0 1 o—l 5 2 Batteries: New Bern, Gettig and I Daum; Charlotte, Person. Lehman and J Ashenback. Umpire, Mace. Attendance 6CO. The Sea Gull Shut Out. (Special to News and Observer.) Wilmington. N. C., May 10. —Undoubt- edly the finest exhibition of baseball ever seen here was the game this after noon, in which Wilmington lost to the visitors in a score of 1 to 0 in the tenth innning. Seven hundred and fifty peo ple saw the contest. Wilmington one lonesome hit, and that a three bagger by Hutton in the second with one man down. The two next up went out from the infield. For eight innnings not a visitor reached se cond. and only three during the entire game. The winnning run was made by Fqy, who led off for the visitors in the tenth with a drive to centre for three bags which went into the brush. Sullivan, next up, went out, second to first. Con neon hit to short and on the wild throw to catcher to cut off the run, Fox scored. Jones forced Conneen at sec ond; McKernan singled, but Poole flew out to short. Score by innings: Ti H E Wilmington ..'*o 0 0 000 0 0 I—o 1 2 Greensboro ...0 (*0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—l0 —1 5 1 Batteries: McCann and Fisher: Wil son and Sullivan. Summary: Three base hit, Hutton, Fox- Two base hit, Poole. First base on balls, off Wilson, 2. Hit bv pitched bail. McTeer. Struck out bv Wilson 3; McCann 8- Double plays. Fox to Mc- Kernan lo McTeer; McCann to Dommel; Lai tin to Brown to Dommel. Left on bases. Wilmington 2; Greensboro 4. Time of game 1:15. Umpire, McNamara. Standing of the Clubs. Won. Lost. P. C. Raleigh 5 1 .833 Greensboro 4 2 .6i>(> Charlotte 3 3 .500 Durham 2 4 .333 Wilmington 1 5 .166 MONDAY’S GAMES. Greensboro at Raleigh. Charlotte at Wilmington. New Bern at Durham- National League Games. At Cincinnati— R 11 E PRICE FIVE CENTS. Cincinnati 34001 000 x—B 1« 4 Boston 10000400 o—s0 —5 .8 2 At St. Louis— I* H E St. Louis 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 t —s 13 2 Philadelphia ...0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 I—s 9 2 At Pittsburg— R H E | Pittsburg 0 0031 320 x—B 12 1 Brooklyn .. .. 0 0 10 12 0 0 o—4 11 4 American League Games, At Philadelphia— RFT E Baltimore 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 o—40 —4 7 W Athletics 04211 221 x—l 3 In 2 At Boston— R H E Boston 0 0209001 x-3 8 1 Washington ... .0 00ft1 00 0 o—l 4 2 Eastern League Games. Jersey City 13; Montreal 8. Newark 15; Toronto 3. Worcester 6; Buffalo 15. Providence 8; Rochester College Games. Georgetown 4; nUiversitv of Penn sylvania 3. Columbia 4; LaFayette 10- Yale 6; Brown 3. Harvard 9; Holy Cross 5- Mlnnesotans at High Point. (Special to the News and Observer.) High Point. N. C., May 10. —A party of j lumbermen and miners, twenty in num ! ber. from Minnesota, were here today in a special car. Several editors accom panied the party. They were met at tne station by a representative body and. welcomed to the city. The time was spent in sight seeing and looking in upon the factories from a business standpoint. The party left this evening for Asheboro to nspect the min ; ing and lumbering interests in which some of them are connected. They had lots of nice things to say about Hign Point and were surprised to find tuch a : hustling manufacturing town, notwith | standing they had heard much of the ' town before their visit. The Juniors Decorate Graves (Special to the News and Observer.) High Point, N. C., May 10. —Memo- rial day was observed here today. The J. O. V. A. M. as usual carried out its plans in decorating the graves of the Confederate soldiers. Many citizens vis ; ited the cemetery during the afternoon, | carrying flowers with them BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEET Committee Appointed to Consider and Report on Carnegie's Library Offer. (Special to the News and Observer.) Greensboro. N. C., May 10.--AI the annual meeting es the of Alder ' menSast. night, in response to an appeal j from President Pierson, of the State j Audubon Society, for the protection of ! birds. th» board adopted an ordinance j making it a misdemeanor for auy cne to destroy or capture the nests, eggs or young birds within the corporate limits, under penalty of five hundred dolars fine. Pigeons and English sparrows were ex cepted l'ro mtfce operation of this law. The cleerk was instructed tu advertise j for bids for the construction of a sewer | from Walker avenue to the outlet on the ’ Phillips line, a distance of over two miles. The city engineer made a de tailed report of the total cost of the proposed belt line sewer system, era bracing over four miles, and his esti mates shewed an outlay necessary of twenty thousand dollars. A committee composed of Aldermen Ward, Bain. Denning. Glascock and Helms was appointed to investigate am! report on the feasibility uof accepting the offer of thirty thousand dollars for a library building from Mr. Carnegie, pro vided a site and three thousand per year were expended in its maintenance. ! and also to look into the question of ' cost and location of site. Further action was deferred until the committee could report. SOME POLL TAX FIGURES. Chairman Simmons Hears From Twenty Seven Counties - An Address by Bellamy. (Special to News and Observer.) Washington, f). C., May 10. —State ! C hairman Simmons has heard i'rom 27 j counties officially as to the poll tax. ' These failing: to pay are: Democrats I 1,754; white Republicans, 2.512; negroes, j 7,S!b\ Os these negroes I.2Stj can road. Mr. Simmons is very anxious to hear I from the remaining sheriffs ajid -hair n.en to whom he has sent blanks during the coming week. Representative Bellamy delivered a eulogy today on the late Representative Polk, of Pennsylvania. His address wps ; elegant in diction and appropriately de livered. Mrs. Simmons has been quite sick tor several days. As soon as she ii able to go Senator Simmons will take her to Johns Hopkiis Hospital, Baltimore. Address By General Cox. (Special to the News and Observer.) Pittsboro, N. C., May 10.. via Moncure, N. C.—Memorial exercises were held to day in the court house after adjourn ment of court under she auspices of the , Winnie Davis Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy. Major H. A. Lon don delivered the address, giving sta tistics of the North Carolina troops during (he CivT War. lie in always an entertaining and instructive speaker and ever at his best when speaking of the deeds of valor of the Confederate sol diers and the privations he goffered dur ing the four years of the war. After the exercises the ladies decor ated the graves of (ho ex-Confederates buried in the different church yards.