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Klje Ctiotijam Stearic RATES OF ADVERTISING One sqnaro, on inierttoa v. $L60 One square, two inaertiona 1. 00 Ono square, ono month 2.50 For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Con tracts will be made. c7ArLONDONf Editor ud Proprietor. IeSTof subscription, 51.50 Per Year. Sir'sctiv m Advance VOL. XXVIII. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C THURSDAY. JULY 26, 1306. NO.50. V j 1 1 1 ffil SEABOARD Mil ti frightful Collision on Seaboard Near Hamlet, N. C. )RDERS WERE NOT DELIVERED Seaboard Air Line Passenger Train No. 44 and an Extra Freight Train Come Together With an Awful Crash in a Deep Cut One Mile From Hamlet. ' " Hamlet, N. C. Special. Twenty or more were killed End twenty-three badly injured in a head-on collision between a Seaboard Air Line Passen ger train and an extra freight one mile from here Sunday niglrt. Nearly all those killed were colored passen gers. The known dead are : Engineer F. B. Lewis, of the pas senger train. II. S. Byrd, Baggage master. Fireman Tom Hill, colored, of the passenger train. Negro fireman name unknown, of the freight. Probably 25 others unidentified. Railroad men, citizens and the pas sengers who escaped injury, are work ing heroically to recover the dead and injured imprisoned in the wreck age. Both the second end first class eoaehes were overturned and it is sad ly agumented before the work of the rescuers is completed. The rescuers can see a number of lifeless forms by the fitful light of lanterns and these they are striving manfully to reach. Fortunately the lamps in the coaches were extinguish sd in the crash and fire was not ad ded to the horror of the catastrophe. Thus far the list of the seriously injured reaches twenty-three five white and eighteen colored. Other may be imprisoned in the overturned eoaehes. The engineer and fireman of the freight train jumped and escaped with a few bruises. The coach for colored people was completely demol ished and- nearly everyone in it met death. Both locomotives were demol ished and the baggage cars and coach es jumbled together in an unsightly mass. The tracks are piled high with wreckage and will be blocked for hours. The wreck occurred about 7:30 o'clock. The passenger train, which left Charlotte at 5 o'clock, was with out orders and was moving at the rate of forty miles an hour. With out warning the freight, an extra fruit train, west bound, dashed around the curve in the deep, cut one mile from Hamlet, and the two trains came to gether with an awful crash and roar. Engineer Lewis and his fireman were instantly killed and death was almost as swift to the passengers in the col ored coach. The destruction was com plete and rendered more horrible by the cries and groans of the dying. The dead and injured "will be con veyed to Rockingham as soon as a special can be mad up and the track cleared sufficiently. Messages have been sent to every physician in Ham let and Rockingham, as well as in the county. It is impossible at this time to as certain the names of the dead and injured owing to the. confusion inci dent to the catastrophe. Not all the dead have been identified, but it is stated that the list will reach 29. The chief dispatcher of the Seaboard at Raleigh has ordered 18 coffins from the undertaker at Rockingham. The blame for the wreck has not been placed. The passenger train, it is said, had no orders to meet the freight, and it is the presumption that th" freioht overlooked its orders. One report ascribes the causa of the Avreck b have been a lap order, .stating that the passenger train had orders to meet the freight at Hamlet, while the freight's orders were to meet the pas senger train at Rockingham. Blame Flaced on Rockingham Opera tor. Rockingham, Special. It is stated that 21 dead bodies are pinioned in the wreckage. This brings the num ber of dead to 2D. It is further rumored, though the information is not official, that the cause of the wreck was the failure of the operator hero to deliver the or ders to No. 44 to meet the extra f i eight. Negro Mob Pursuing Negro Murderer. Decatur, Ala., Special. A mob of negroes are searching the woods around Moulton Heights, a suburb of ' this city,' for Henry Howard, one of treir own race. Howard killed an other ne ro. Charlie Davis, with a shotgun; n a quarrel over. a woman, "i.j .- i'ti -i. , , , AiMaiu is neiievca to oe nming m a s-y.-imp near Moulton Heights. He ili probably be lynched if caught. LYERLY MURDER EXAMINATION Attorneys Getting at the Truth in the Now Famous Lyerly Murder Case The Witnesses. Public interest in the now famous Lyerly murder that occurred at Bar ber's Junction now centers in the trial of the five negroes now in the Charlotte jail charged with the crime. The first examination of witnesses for the Si ate was held at Salisbury last Saturday, and the proceedings are given in substance as reported by Mr. H. E. C. Bryant, a staff corre spondent of the Charlotte Observer. Story of Murdered Man's Son. The first witness to make a state ment was Mr. J. G. Lyerly, a son of the murdered man and a halff broth er of the children. He said: "Jim Taylor, the boy who had been work ing for my father, told me of the murder about 4 o'clock in the morn ing. TavW had spent the night at Mr. R. F, Cooke's, with Sam. I went with Mr. Pless Barber to the old home. Ed. Barber, Charlie Brown and Ed Carter were there when we ar lived. I think Mr. Matt. L. Webb was the first man on the premises after the giris left. He was accom companied by a Mr. Watson, a cattle dealer who occasionally with my fath er. Watson was on his way there that morning to get breakfast. "Soon after 1 arrived there those who had assembled thought it best to arrest Jak Dillingham, as the girls had said something about a quarrel that father and Jack had had the day before. The neio had said some thing about cursing father. "when we crtortd the house, we found th; front door open, just aa ihe girls had left it, wliei they start ed foi Mr. Ooze's bene. The bodies of father and John were on the floor. Dr. Chenault and myself hunted for and found the money, about $175 that father bept in the house. Some of it was upstairs in a drawer, and remainder in the little rear room, aear the .UStchen. 'The house n which Nease Gilles pie lived is located about a quarter c-C a mile west of the Lyerly home. Jack Dillingham lived southwest, about 300 yards. ; "When we went up to father's home, we saw a feather bed, a bureau drawer and a lanro in the front walk, where the girls had left them. The Lyerlys were all friendly. ' Father and his children were on the best of terms. "Last Christmas I heard father say that he and Nease had had some words about their contract. Father had told Nease that he would have to work a crop, as he had promised to do, or get out of his house. Nease cursed him, an, in turn, was ordered out of the yard. Henry, old Fannie Gillepsie's son, left and went to Mr. Leroy Powlass' to live. Nease con tinued to drive for Mr. John Penning er, a saw mill man." Miss Mary Lyerly Makes a Statement. The next witness to take the stand was Miss Mary Lyerly, the oldest daughter, of Mr. Isaac Lyerly. She was dressed in black. Miss Lyerly is 18 years old, Las an attractive face, light chestnut hair and soft, attrac tive brown eyes. Her lips are thin and sensitive. . She seems intelligent and sprightly. After a most trying week she appeared fresh and composed yesterday. Her manner was of ' a quiet, modest but plucky maiden. Sh is neither backward nor brazen, but willing and ready. "I knew nothing after I retired about 9 o'clock," said Miss Lyerly, "until Addio called me, declaring that the house was on fire and that papa and mamma were . dead. I was nearly suffocated. The house was full of smoke. "When I went down I found. Ad die at work. She had already drag ged papa and John from the beaaml was fighting the fire. I caught hold of papa and pulled him further out from the bed. We threw water on the bed and carried out the burning things. "I went over and felt mamma 's face; it was cold. She was lying just as she lay when she went to sleep, except that her. feet were hang- l inr out. I saw blood all over rne pillow. I picked Alice, who was still alive, up in my arms and carried her out. into the yard, where we tried to bring her too. We could barely hear her breathe. Addie went back up stairs and brought us some clothes, which we put on in the yard. We then left for Mr. Cooke's, Addie lead ing Janie and I carrying Alice. Door and Window Open. "The front door and the window that opens into papa's room from the porch were open. The key was ou the inside of the door. I always lock ed the door at night but aftef papa went out and, on returning, forgot to turn the key. Any one could have gotten in through the window, with out iauch effort. "Papa's axe lay nt the woodpr., for I saw it there the afternoon be fore. John and Alice had been cut ting wood. "AVhen I went to bed papa was 1 fas asleep, snoring. Mamma was -t mi i c . ..... i r. aozin"" on. Aiiai was aiew unuuics before 9 o 'clock. Addie and I slept together. I heard no noise. "The lamp, which had a porcelain bowl, was nearly full of oil. It had been filled the Saturday before. I know that' it was sitting on the bu- reau and the burner Avas on. When we arose, the lamp was on the. hearth. "John Gillepsie and Henry Lee. son and step-son of Nease, started a crop. They lived in the house with Nease' and his wife, old Fannie. One day Fannie came down home and erot after papa for having, Henry and hil wife lvie in with them. She was mad because they slept on her beds. Sat urday following, Nease came and ask ed father what was the trouble with him and the boys. They had some conversation and Nease cursed papa, who drove him out of the yard. Geo. Cronford, who worked for us then, said that Nease declared that he would kill 4old Ike Lyerly.' Mr. Cranford told us about it the next morning. Nease was mad. Papa told him that he would have to sow the wheat or leave. "Mr. Crnaford went from here to his home at Hildebrahd. ' ' Nease was down there once , or twice after that but I never heard any more until a few days before tbe tragedy. Nease came down and ask ed papa what he was going to do with the wheat. Papa told him 'thrash it.1 "Delia, Jack's wife, and mamma had trouble Friday morning about the soap suds in the tub. After mam ma left I went down to the spring and heard Delia say: 'If she (mean ing mamma) had said three more words I would have downed her.' "Jack and papa di not get along together. Jack had been there just about a week. He told papa that he was going to work for Ilr. Penninger. Papa said, ' Well Jack, if -ou -o there and work five days without laying off. I will treat.' "I heard Jack sav that he would not go to work for no man before 7 o'clock. "Mr. Jim Taylor, who had been working for us and sleeping in tbe house, spent last Friday night with Sam Cooke. I was straining the milk when he left. Sam Cooke had come over to our house to brinsr a grain cradle which his father had borrow ed that morning. Jack wis at the lot with Delia who helped us to milk the cows. Jim Taylor, Sam Cooke and Jack left together, -oing down the path toward the oring. That morning , Jack had worked for Mr Cooke and then he went down to Mr Pennimjer and secured work." On being questioned by the law yers Miss Lverly continued: "Papa kept most of his money in the bureau upstairs. Nothing in the house was disturbed. Even Alice's little pocket book, which contained 25 cents, was left on the bureau by her bed. "We did not go by Jack Dilling ham's house, which was close to the path that leads to Mr. Cooke's, for we were afraid that Jack might hear us. We slipped by, fearing that he might kill us too. Sister Janie, who is 10, going on 11, said that she heard talking in Jack s house as we passed I was then about 11:30 o'clock. We arrived at Mr. Cooke's at 11:55." "A fire was burning slowly but steadily in the middle of the bed. The bureau drawer lay inverted upon the breast of John, who lay on his stomach. The drawer was burning. John's feet extended over the edge of the bed. "I pulled pfipa and John to the floor and called Mary. We worked in the dark. "After we had put out the fire I run upstairs and got some clothes for us. 'I did not see any light or hear any talk as we passed Jack's house." Miss Addie corroborated - other statements made by her sister. On being interrogated she the made the following additional declarations: "When I went down mama's face was covered with a pillow. One of her feet was on the floor. Little sister lay beside her on her back, just as hhe had slept. "When papa turned off the Gil lespie boys, Nease came down and asked him why he had done it. Papa told him that they would not work the land, and they had-to get out. Nease was ordered away and as he Avent he muttered something but I could not understand what he said. Mr. Cranford told uus that Nease was saying that he would kill 'old Ike Lyerly.' "Jack' wife said that if mamma had uttered three more words she would haA-e doAvned her. "Delia, that is Jack's wife, kneAv how we slept. " Mr. Matt L. Webb, an illiterate white man droTe a wagon for Mr. Penninger, stated that he and Nease had worked together. In part he said: "Three weeks before the trag edy, in conversation with me, while loading lumber at Mr. Powlass ', Nease brought up the subject of wheat. He declared that he thought the crop would be pretty good this year. I told him 'yes.' Then lie said: "Well, old man Ike Lyerly can cut mine but he won't .eat it, or get the money fdr it. I told Jones Thompson what Nease had said and he declared that Nease Avasn 't dangerous. " Little Henry Tells His Story. After the foregoing persons had had their say a small, bright faced, curly haired boy, with blue eyes, and pretty features came in. He carried a little white, soiled hat in his hand. His lips twitched nervously, and he 3 seemed uneasy. He looks more like his Anglo-Saxon father than he does his African mother. When asked who his father was he called the name of a well-known Avhite man. "Do you like Nease Gillespie?" some one asked. "No, he has been mean to me," j was the quick reply. Solicitor Hammer took Henry be tAveen his legs, pulled off his hat and patted him on the shoulders, saying: "Boy," we're not going to hurt you. ' Nobody wants to harm you. Noav you must tell us all you know." "Nease Gillespie beats me. He's my grandpa. He whipped, me last Inday. Pa (meaning Nease) .and John met Henry Lee and Jack at the branch, this side of Mr. Ike 's, Fri day night. That's what pa and John said when they came back. Pa said that he didn't care what they did with him after he had done what hd wanted to do. MaAv, old Fannie, ask ed paw where he was going and he said 'It's none of your business, but you'll knoAv Avhen I come back.' She said no more. PaAv and John came back before day. I was in bed Avith maAv. "When paw aand John "came in they set down by the fire and maw asked paAV Avhere he had been and he said: 'I've been 'down to" old Ike Lyerly 's. I went down there and kill ed them. I told you I was goincr to kill them, and so, by God, I did.' "It skeered maw nearly to death Avhen paw said that. John didn't say nothing. Jack and paw done it. Paw said that Jack's wife held the lamp. All met at the branch. PaAv took his axe with him. I saw him get it. He washed it -off at the branch but there was some blood left on the pole. He and John said they washed it. We saw the axe the next morning and there was a, speck of blood on it. Paw said he killed Mr. Ike and Miss Gus sie (Mrs. Lyerly) and Jack killed John and Alice. ''MaAv never asked no more, f6r she was skeered. "Jack used Mr. Ike's axe. He and Mi'. Ike fell out about a horse. PaAv and John said they set the bed afire. "Before day paw put his old over alls with John's, in a bed tick of straw and burned them. He burned his shirts, too. We saw them burn ing them. They burned them be cause they had blood on them. Blood was all over the shirts and the over alls. ' ' "I left home early that morning and told Mr. Mann Walton that paw had killed Mr. Ike and Miss Gussie." "Do you know Avhere you would go if you were to tell a story, Hen ry?" asked Solicitor Hammer. "Yes, sir, to the bad place," ans Aered Henry. "Who made you?" "The Lord," was the ready reply- "Paw said they threw the lamp in the brier patch. I saw a church lamp at Jack's house the day ma and me went down there." - The boy started when Mr.' Ham mer called to some one in a loud voice, and said: "They are not going to hurt me are they?" He Avas assured by a number of his country acquaintances that he would be all right if he told the truth.' "I saAV the lamp on the mantel piece. PaAv said, that they threw it in a brier thicket." This little negro tells a most in teresting story. His words are full of meaning and the State must rely largely on Avhat he says to convict the negroes Avho are iioav imprisoned in the Charlotte jail. Henry is dis possed to tell too much but his story tallies, in the main, with the one he told the day after the murder at the coroner's inquest. He is smart and very bright. If his story is true Nease Gillespie, John Henry, George Ervin and Jack and his wife Avill hang. No half -grown boy ever had more responsibility resting upon him. It is a question of life or death. ' The testimony of the negro Avomen contradicted that of the boy. num ber of witnesses are still in reserve for the State. Shoots an Officer. ' Washington, N. C, Special. Mr. Louis Snell, chief of police of Bel haven. Avas shot doAvn in cold blood by Elias Eborn, colored. Snell Avent to the home of Ebhorn at 7 o'clock to seiwe a warrant. Arriving, h( found Ebhorn at home and stated the cause of his. visit. Ebhorn re sisted arrest, secured a shot gun and fired on the officer. The load entered his side and arm, wounding him se riously, but not fatally Foot Mashed Off by Train. Dm ham, Special. A white man by the name of Henry Humphries, who says that his home is in Roxboro, Avas found on the right of way of the Southern road, in the western pirt of the city, "with, his 'right foot mashed off. An ambulance was called and he Avas taken to the ' Watts Hospital, where his right leg was amputated. His injuries are not serious. Humph ries refused to make a statement as to how the accident occurred. Painfully Hurt. Knoxville, Special. Mr. George Manning Avas painfully hurt on Gay street, near the corner of Commerce avenue when he attempted to board an electric car. Mr. Manning evi dently "thought the car would stop for him at the corner but this it did not do and Avhile it Avas going at a lively rate he attempted to board it. As a result he Avas throAvn and drag ged some distance. One of his shoul ders AA-as dislocated and he Avas other wise injured. inoTU . mmu hum uihii unnuuiui nuniiiu Items of Interest From Many Parts of the State MINOR MATTERS OF STATE NEWS Happenings of More or Less Import ance Told in Paragraphs The Cot ton Markets. Charlotte Cotton' Market. These prices represent the prices paid to Avagons : Good middling.. .... .. .. .'.11.40 Strict middling .. ..11.40 Middling.'. 11.4C Good middling, tinged 11 Stains 9 to 10 General Cotton Market. Galveston, firm.. .. .. 11 NeAv Orleans, easy 11 Mobile, quiet . . ...... ....10 3-4 Savannah, steady 10 3-4 Charleston, nominal.. Wilmington, steady 10. 3-4 Norfolk, steady.. " 11 1-4 Baltimore, nominal. ..11 1-4 NeAv York, quiet.. ....11 Boston, quiet 11 Philadelphia, quiet.. .. .. ..11 1-4 Houston, steady 11 Augusta, steady ..11 1-S Memphis, quiet and nominal . .10 . 7-S St. Louis, steady.. .. 11 Cincinnati. Louisville, firm .. .11 1-S The Press Association. The Press Association of North Carolina and Virginia Aras held at Chase City, Va., this year and a most enjoyable occasion it was agreed to haA-e" been. The following officers were elected : President T. J. Lassiter, Smithfield Herald. First Vice-President J. C. Hardy, ?f the Warrenton Record. Second Vice-President W. B. Cochrnn, of the Troy Montgomerian. Third Vice-President H. - R. Kin laAv, of the Rocky Mount Echo. Secretary and Treasurer J. B. Sherrill, of the Concord Times. Historian M. L. Shipman of the HendersonA'ille Hustler. Orator Rev. J. O. Atkinson, D. D., of the Christian Sun. Executive Committee Josephus Daniels, H. A. London, W. C. DoAvd, I. A. Thomas, Zeb Council. Delegates to National ConA-ention I. O. Atkinson, Josephus Daniels, J. A.. Robinson, Ai'chibald Johnson, M. L. Shipman, C. L. SteA'ens, II. P. Deaton, J. A. Thomas, H. R. Kinlaw, R. M. Phillips, J. T. Britt, Thad. R. Manning, W. B. Thompson, W. C. Hammer, W. C. Dowd, J. D. BiA'ins, J. W. Bailey, C. II. Poe, R. F. Beasley, J. G. Boylin, J. P. Caldwell, Clyde R. Hoey, W. K. Johnson, H. A. London, W. F. Marshall, Norman H. Johnson, J. B. Sherrill. Drowned at Chimney Rock. Charlotte, N. C, Special. Mr. Sam uel A. Brissie, a well-known' young man of this city, Aas drowned in one of the "bottomless" pools at Chim ney Rock. Mr. Brissie, accompanied by Mr. J. H. Shumate, went to Chim ney Rock three or four days ago to spend his vacation. He and a party of friends Avent to see the pools, one of the best known sights around the little resort village. Mr. Brissie went too near the edge of the cliff, slipped and fell. He could swim little, if any, and there being a strong under current, he was droAvned before his friends could render any assistance. Bitten By Mad Cat. Burlington, Special. Lyman Fau eette, of Glencoe. was taken to Rich mond for the Pasteur treatment. He was bitten a few days ago by a mad cat. A rnad-Ftone on being applied to the cat's head, adhered for seeral Lours. Mr. R. L. Holt accompanied the boy to Richmond Friday morning. Much uneasiness is felt on account of the condition of the victim. For Two More Factories. Cornelius, Special. There was an enthusiastic meeting, of the business men of Cornelius to consider tAo mat ters closely connected Avith the up building of the town. The first was the question of putting in . operation a pants factory. The second matter before the assembled townsmen Avas that of building another cotton mill for spinning purposes. The plan call? for a mill with from 3,000 to 5,000 spindles. About $23,000 Avas sIioavi to be in sight as soon as the moA-ement shall take move definite shape. Again in Race For College. High Point, Special. Hisrh Point is again in the race for the Methodist Protestant College since it is learned that it Avill not be located at Oak Ridge. Before the decision was reach ed to go to Oak Ridge, High Point, from all' accounts, stood the best shoAv of getting the college and since the late deA-elopments it is believed there is no question that it will eventually come here. - ' TAR HEEL CROP BULLETIN General Summary of Condition of Nortli : Carolina Crops for Week Ending Monday, July 16, 1906. The precipitation during the past week has generally been below nor mal. In Rockingham and Granville counties the rain has been excessive being four inches at some places. The week as a wohle has been showery; some report that showers occurred every day. Some damage by exces siAre rains or overflows were reported in Hyde, Anson, and Harnett' counties but thfr damage has been much less than the preceding week. The weath er has been partly cloudy, but there has been more sunshine the past week than during the preceding week. The temperature averaged about two de grees below normal. The first part of the week was hot and sultry, be coming cooler on the 12th. The high est temperature was 94 degrees in Greene county on the 11th, and in Halifax county on the 12th; the low est ,was 54 degrees in Buncombe county on the 10th. A. H. Thiessen. Lutheran Synod Ends. Dallas, Special. The general Unit ed Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran church, which was held here, closed its work on Saturday. From every viewpoint it was a highly interesting and profitable meeting. Deep spiritu ality and profound earnestness per vaded all its deliberations. From a standpoint of general interest its de livery on the divorce evil is perhaps one of the greatest things accomplish ed. ' This is a strong reiteration of the action taken two years ago, and the report is as follows: The attitude of theN Church of Christ is regard to the sacredness of the marriage bond and its indissol uable character should be made clear and unmistakable. In view of the revival of the agitation of this sub ject in this country, it is proper that the United Synod should give utter ance to what it believes is the teach ing of the Scriptures, and that in terms nntfquiovocal. "In the perview of the State mar rage is a civil contract and nothing more. Decrees of divorce affect such contract only in its civil aspect. There fore an annulment by the State of the bonds of marriasre can have no binding" effect upon the conscience of the Church of Christ, which, restng upon the Holy Scriptures, recognizes in marriage an institution ordained of God and hedged about with divine sanctions and limitations. While the Church cannot but look with disfavor upon the facility with which the bonds of marriage are dis solved under the laws of the State be-f cause of its natural effect in beget ting a perverted view of the charac ter of the marital bond, yet it is not In 9vlt province to dictate to the State how it shall deal with this subject, viewed as simply a contract between citizens of the Commonwealth. It is our duty, howe-er, as churchmen, to consider marriage as more than a civil contract and to so act as to em phasize its diA'ine and Scriptural char acter. ' . - The speceial function of the Church therefore is to indicate by faithful teachings, proper sentiments as to the sacredness of the marriage relation as of divine sanction, and through its 'ministry to testify to the indissoluble- ness of the martial bond by declining to officiate at the remarriage of di vorced parties while both are living. Viewed in the light of Scripture, marriage is an engagement as long as both parties do live, and the vow prescribed in the ritual so affirms While for one specified cause and perhaps also for wilful desertion, there was be a proper dissolution of that bond and of all obligations grow ing out of such marriages, there is no Scriptural Avarrant for either party to remarry, while the other is living. Therefore no minister of the Church of Christ should officiate at the re marriage of divorced parties unless he is assured that the marriage bond has been dissolved by God Himself that is by the death of one of the parties. Publishing Committee's Report. The publishing committee held a meeting, the chairman, Rev. W. L. Sabrook, submitted the following re port, from the meeting : "Whereas, a proposition has been laid before this committee by private parties from Columbia respecting tlie purchase of a property in said city for the ; purpose of furnishing the publication interests of this Synod, Resolved, That, having heard and considered the aforesaid proposition, this committee reports it with its ap proval to Synod and requests that its acceptance be authorized. "W. L. SEABROOK, "Chairman, "GEO. B. CROMER, See. Three Were KilleA and 20 Injured. Ashland, Special. The powdgr mill of the Atlanttic Dynamite Company blew up killing three men. Twenty others were injured. J. L. Pierce, of Wilmington, general superintendent of the powder mill and two workmen were killed. The neutralizing plant was destroyed. There were 25 build ings in the group. ADJOURN RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT Troops Are Being Massed '. at Great Centers Revolutionists Are Also Prepared For Emergency. St. Petersburg, ' By Cable. An imperial ukase has been promulgat ed dissolving parliament and fixing the time for the convocation of the newly elecbed . assembly as March 5, 1007. A second ukase places St. Peters burg in a state of extraordinary se curity by the declaration of a minor form of martial law. A large part of the province of Kiev, where armed uprisings are an ticipated in consequence of the disso lution of parliament, has been plae ed under martial law. The conditions for the neAv elections will be publish ed later. The emperor, .discouraged by his failure to form a coalition ministry and the distinctly revolutionary piths which parliament has chosen, has ap parently been persuaded to risk a final appeal from parliament to the people, or in other words, to dissolve paliament and order new elections on the basis of universal suffrage. Thursday the imperial ukase caus ing the dissolution of parliament was sighed, and Avas enforced Friday at a final, momentous conference on the subject held at Peterhof.- Exactly who was present cannot be' learned, but it is understood that the grand dukes, Gen. Trepoff and other officials and one or two ministers were at the palace. Evidently the government is not blmd to the fact that the dissolution of parliament will be accompanied by tremendous excitement, riots and bloodshed, if nothing worse. Troops are being massed at St.. Petersburg, Moscow and other certres, prepared 1 to apply physical force and in addi tion to the guard regiments, which were hurriedly marched into the capi tal Thursday night, the entire Twenty-third division of infantry arrived here Saturday from Pskov. This imposing military array is expected to overawe the masses. The Social ists and the Group of Toil in parlia ment have prepared for an emergen cy. They drafted an address for is suance to the country the moment the dissolution was declared. Bloodshed on a large scale Avith a dictatorship in 'the background is con sidered to be the inevitable sequel of the dissolution of parliament, but the supporters of a dissolution claim that the emperor must take the risk, ar guing that new elections may give different results and, in any event, that it is better to fight than to ab jectly surrender to the reA'olutionary parliament. Mr. Yermoleff, former minister or agriculture and leader of the Con scrvative Centrists in the hnver house, who several weeks ago vainly tried to form a coalition ministry,, in con versation with the correspondent of the Associated Press declared that the situation Avas extennely . critical. He was without hope that a conflict could bo avoided. "The stuation is bo complicated," he paid, "that it ?s impossible for ahy man to predict the course of fu ture events, but I feel safe in predict ing two things: first, that Russia will come to a constitutional basis; second, tLat " there will be no great revolutionary cataclycisra in the sense that foicigners anticipate." Memphis Cotton Firm Suspends. . Memphis, Special. The announce ment is made that Armstrong & Com pany commission brokers, has sus pended operations. It is said the cor respondents of the firm demanded margins of cotton futures which could not be covered. A member of the firm said the suspension is only temporary. Georgia Bar Asociation Elects Presi dent. - t . Warm Springs;1 Ga, Special.--The Georgia Bar Association closed its annual gathering by electing Judge A. L. Miller, of Macon, president. The vice presidents chosen were: T. M. Cunningham, Savannah; S. P. Gil bert, Columbus; E. P. S. Denmark, Valdosta ; W. A. Wimbish, Atlanta, and S. H. Sibley, Union Point, O. A. Park of Macon, was elected secretary and Z. D. .Hawison, of Atlanta, tras--iirer. A reception was tendered tho association this evening. Wheaat Crop Estimate. Chicago, Special. The daily trade bulletin issued the annual estimate of. the wheat crop making a total yield of 720,000,000. Including the supplies carried OA-er the total sup ply for the year is 21,000,000 bush els. The estimated consumption is 450,000,000. bushels. The aggregate of the Avorld's crop is 80,000,00(V bushels less thaan last 'car.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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