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CIk CI ail) am ticcoro. fclje Chatham &ecort. RATES OF ADVERTISING, Om squArc, on iuert$o $1.00 On square two insertion 1.68 One aqnare, one month 2.6i For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Con tracts will be made. H. A. LONDON, Editor and Proprietor, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 Per Year. ItrictEy on Advance VOL., XXIX. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C THURSDAY. NO VEM BE 29, 1506. . NO. 16 ; , ; BECLUSE'S LIFE SECRET REVEALED B DEATH 1 justice Sawyer's Son Missing Forty Years. MASSACHUSETTS LOVE STORY YV. ' Smith, Bookseller of Xew. Bed ford. ex-Lawyer and ex-Soldier, Lived Near Sweetheart Who Had Married. Xew Eedford. Mass. The mysteri ous disappearance over yrty years ago of George Yeaton Sawyer, Jr., son of trie late Supreme Court Jus tice Sawyer, of Nashua, N. H., was solved by the death of William J. Smiili, a recluse; who kept a small bookstore in this city. Smith proved to bo the missing man, and an unfor tunate love affair in early life is giv en as the cause of his isolation from his family. Sawyer was sixty-eight" years ot age. T'ae secret oc his identity was made known by Rolai.. 1 Ashley, caretaker of the building in which the old man had his rooms, to whom he had re vealed it with his life story. 4 Sawyer while taking a vapor bath was fatally burned by an explosion of an alcohol lamp and died in the hospital. Ashley communicated with the dead man's sister, Mrs. Hubbard, of Xashur., who came to this city r.t once, one investigated nis anairs, which were found to be in perfect order, and gave out facts regarding his life, announcing also that he had been a director m his own name in banks in New York and Baltimore. It appears that he was worth many thousands cf dollars, but he left no property in this city save a few books in his shop. Mrs. Hubbard took the body to Boston for cremation. George Yeaton Sawyer, Jr., was, educated in the best preparatory schools of New Hampshire and in an academy in New London. From this school he entered Yale, and was graduated when he was tweaty-one rears old. After a short course in lav.- he was admitted to the New Hampshire bar, where he practiced a few years. He gave up this profes sion 10 enter the Union Army dur ing the Civil War. Immediately after the close of the war his family lost all track of him. Itwas report ed that he had purchased a planta tion in Georgia and was living there. No trace of him in that State could be fou?.d, however. He had been a resident of this city about five years. He had conducted a small book store on one of the main streets, and was noted for his pecul iarities and reluctance to associate with any one. The love affair which is said to have caused his isolation from ail his friends and acquaint-J antes was with a woman of this city, who is now married and has a large family. Sawyer came here to be near this first and only love. CHINA STOPS USE OF OPIUM. Opium Dens Closed Persons Addict ed to the Drag to Be Registered. Pekit, China. Regulations issued for carrying into effect the anti-opium edict are more severe than any regulations ever previously issued I'm China and do honor to the official Iwhose patriotism, supported by the influence of .ceroy Yuan Shi-Kai, jprompted the issue of the edict. I mere are eleven regulations. It J s provided not only that the cultiva tion of the poppy, but also tha use of spium, must cease in ten years. No new ground can be placed under cul tivation and the ground now under cultivation must be reduced one tenth annually under penalty of con fiscation. All presons using opium must be registered, and so must the amount consumed. Only a registered jperson can ,Duy opium. JNo one is permitted - to begin the use of opium after the issue of the regulations. CIRZON S INTEREST IN ESTATE. He Receives One-third of $1,750,000, Settled on His Wife. . -Chicago. Details of the marriage ettlement made in April, 1895. when ord Gscrge Curzon married Mary Leiter. have become known. " : i In the settlement Lady Curzon re' eived the income from $1,750,000 nvested in real estate and bonds. pon her death it was stipulated that she was survived by her husband ord Curzon should receive one-third of that amount. The remainder will lje divided among the three children. tne children are Mary Irene, ten eats old; Cynthia, seven years old, "0. Ale:Tiner ihr&e voaro nt r? ?-otd Curzon. Robert T. Lincoln nd JoSf:nh T,pitpv met tr arrancA ie settlement of Lady Curzon's es- ite. Lord r.nrzm will srr tn Wns'n- Ston. and a short time later will 11 for England. ' nmrAxZEE catches fever. '' Point in Mosquito Theory Made by Investigatory. Liverpool. Ens?. The exnedition f the School of Trnrnral Medicine. hich has been in Rmzil for nea.rlv two years matinc -roaoa rnYi oa roo-nrH. yellow fever, teleeranhs that it as been successfully proved that umpanzees can be infected with vel- I m fever by means of the mosquito. 1 i ne discovery is considered to be f the highest importance. To Annex Canada. ' The annexation of Canada, tsnta vely, and the establishment of re"' procal trade relations, with a re moval of air tariff riiities wiVi Vho lntish Dominion, specifically, is the firpose of an organization to be own as the Eritish Association of Not Guilty of Peonage. r, eonage charges against Carl Eer- bookkeeper for R. B. Oliver at - J-:vnle, Tena., were not sustained - - cieral jury. MORE PAY F0R TH0U3ANDS Workmen For Steel and Cotton - Industries Get Advances. . Fall River Mil: Owners Grant In crease Demanded and Avert Another Strike. Fair River, Mass. Thirty thousand mill operatives won their battle foi an increase of ,yages and will come under a scale giving them ten per. cent, more than the present rate. The advance prevented a strike, the work men having voted to stop work if the new schedule was not accepted. Mr. C. D. Borden, an independent cotton manufacturer, employing 5000 opera tives, took the lead, though no -demand had been made upon him. The new pay scale affects seventy corporations operating ninety-two mills, besides the Iron Works plant. The Manufacturers' Association's agreement to pay the increase is for a period of six months, hut provision is made for extending it. Probably other cotton mills in New England will follow this city's lead, and thousands of outside mill hands" ultimately will be benefited by tbp determined stand taken by the. Fall River unions. Steel Trust. Raises Wages. . Pittsburg, Pa. The thousands of men. employed by the Steel Trust will have their wages raised starting Jan uary 1, the increase to be based on the wages of common labor, which will be ten cents a day gre'ater -with the advent of the new year." Day and turn labor will have its pay adjusted in' like ratio. Notices to this effect will be posted at all plants Dscern ber 1. . i ' . v- . ' -c K)iK:. DIAZ DEMANDS EXECUTIONS. Texas Refuses to Surrender Men CJiarged With the Jiminez, A fl a ir. J Galveston, Texas.i A "special from Mexico City says that-President Diaz, has issued orders to Governor Car denas and other officials that the Ji tninez outrage and i revolutionary movement., demands the execution of the leaders and f that their heads must be produced or there will be official,, changes. Governor Cardenas and other Mex ican officials, have done everything possible to prove Gonzales and Mar quez and Castro, of El Mensajes. im plicated in the raids, but have failed, and Governor Lanham, of Texas, has refused to 'extradite them. They have been rearrested by Federal offi--cers and Texas now demands an ex planation. ICE MEN LAUGH WHEN FINED. Five of Philadelphia Trust Members Sentenced, the Others Liet Off. Philadelphia. The trial of the Ice Trust and its fourteen members came to an abrupt close in Judge Wilson's court. Five of the defendants ac cused of having conspired to stifle competition and force up the price of ice to an almost prohibitive figure en tered a plea of non vult contendre, and each was fined $75 and costs. They laughed as the fines were im posed. Seven other defendants, upon whom a similar charge rested, were discharged at the instance of District Attorney Bell. The remaining two were allowed to depart, but with the threat of-future prosecution hanging over their heads as a deterrent to any further effort to effect a combina tion in restriction of trade. CANADA ENDS POSTAL PACT. Serves Notice to Stop Second-Class Mail Exchange. Washington, D. C. As the result of friction over publishers' privileges in the two countries, the Canadian Government has notified this Govern ment that the postal convention be tween the two countries will be ab rogated on May 7 next. The notice is accompanied by a statement that it is only in so far as it relates to second class matter that this action is de sired to extend and that by legisla tive or departmental action new regu lationsare framed for the guidance of the United States Postoffice De partment regarding second-class matter-, Canada will be prepared to enter upon negotiations for .another" convention- relating to this class of mat ter. j ANOTHER BLOW TO OIL TRUST. A.- 1 Ohio Court Compels 'Pipe line to Act as Common Carrier ' Findlay, Ohio. Judge Silas E. Harin, of the Circuit Court, granted a writ of alternative mandamu3 against the Buckeye Pipe'Line Com-" pany. The motion was commenced by Attorney-General Wade H. Ellis, who seeks ,to4-compel "the 'pipe "line company to transport oil for any pro-: ducer without discrimination. The petition alleges that the Buck eye Pipe Line Company charges 20 cents a barrel for-transportation, but thatthe Standard Oil Company, which controls it, pays nothing. The rate is fixed so high, it is alleged," to keep others than the Standard from seeking to use the lines. Sentenced For Life. For the murder of Miss Gerret Haast, to" get her insurance, Garrett Van Wyk and his wife have been sen tenced at Wray, Col., to life impris onment. - f 'Crowds Cheer Two Sovereigns. King George of Greece '."was wel comed at Rome by citizens, King Vic tor Emmanuel, Premier Gioletti, Foreign Minister Tittoni, the Marquis Visconti-Venosta, the ex-foreign min ister, and all the other dignitaries of state. Accompanied by King Victor Emmanuel, King George then drove to the palace, escorted by a detach ment of cuirassiers. Game Birds Scarce. Game birds of all kinds are very scarce this season. celo ' WASHINGTON. The Republican membership of Congress is 222, and the Democratic 164. The coast artillery is declared badly in need of officers and enlisted men. Charles D. Stillings, the Public Printer, has decided to demand a thorough investigation of his office by Congress. Secretary of War Taft's office force is busy caring for hundreds of postal cards and letters begging Mr. Taft to save Niagara. The counterfeit $5 silver certifi cate which made its appearance in Chicago has been discovered by the Secret Service. The bad bill is of the series of 1S99, and 'bears check letter "A." - -Officers interested in the matter say . that a vessel constructed in ac cordance with the Department's de signs would give the navy a more powerful battleship than any now afloat or building. The Navy Department has com pleted its review of the accident in Hampton Roads, when the Old Do minion liner Monroe ran into the bat tleship Virginia. The officers of the battleship are Ifeld blameless. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. Governor Magoon has issued a de cree providing for the appointment of a commission to pass upon the claims arising from losses sustained in the rebellion. Conservative Cubans declare it Americans prepare to withdraw from the island they will raise a revolt which will force the United States to continue in control. Frank P. Sargent, United States Commissioner of Immigration, sailed from San Francisco for Honolulu to arrange for importation of Portu guese to develop Hawaii. v The planters of Negro's Island, P. I.; are complaining of the ruinously low prices .-of sugar.' , Some of the estates are on the verge of bankrupt cy and others are borrowing money at exorbitant rates of interest. The War Department has invited bids for a two million dollar four per cent, bond issue of the city of Manila. DOMESTIC. " President Roosevelt was criticised in Afro-American churches for his dismissal of negro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth United States Infantry. The body of James Wilson, a sign er of- the Declaration of Independ ence, which was brought from North Carolina, was buried beside thjt of his wife in Christ churchyard, Phila delphia. The Government transport Kana wha has sailed from Newport News for Havana with 500 animals for the army in Cuba. For granting rebates of $26,000 to the American Sugar Refining Company the New York Central Rail road was fined S1S.000. Returns of the recent election in dicate that the voting strength of In dian Territory is 101,000 and of Ok lahoma 94,690. ' Enmity between the Campbell and Sullivan families at Taft, I. T., caused the slaying of George Sulli van and his son-in-law, Marion Camp bell, by a man named Campbell. The Norfolk branch of the Young Women's Christian Association will have a $10,000 building at the James town Exposition. The warehouse of the American Snuff Company, at Eddyville, Ky., has been wrecked by dynamite, fol lowing warning messages from the' "Night Riders." The Mine Owners Association at Leadville, Col., will do away with the card system and run its mines on an open shop basis. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion has unearthed a federal act which, it is asserced, may prevent the Union Pacific. merger. Pitfsburg's reign of terror caused the ; mother of the late ."Pittsburg Phil" Smith, the turr plunger who left her his millions, to elope at the age of sixty-five, she being afraid to live alone after a. second burglary. FOREIGN. Canadian immigration official- are making a vigrfrous campci:i against undesirable incomers. 1 Colonial patrols captured Ferreira, the leader of. the Boer raid from German Southwis: Africa into the northern part of Cape Colony, and all his followers. England is war.ied to take more interest in ealloons as the war ships of the future in a lecture by Colon el J. D. Fullarton and comments by Sir Hiram Maxim. ... . ; The Newfoundland Government, in disregard of the fisheries modus vivendi, fin.d a skipper for-violating the law regarding the-shipping of colonial nien oh American vessels.-' The English Nonconformists wished the . Commons to reject all the amendments made by the Lords to the Education bill. Sir Edward Grey, Eritish Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, said that if Belgium did not take some action in regard to the Congo Free State, England would do so. " Russian reactionaries showed strong opposition to the announced Jewish reforms. . THe"Russian Government, to strengthen its position in the elector al campaign, will promulgate a law providing for Sunday closing. Spain and England are to --''n France in a naval demonsti against Morocco. - A bark, supposed to be the Magda, carrying fourteen men, was wrecked on Red Island Reef, near Quebec, and all on board were lost. Paris dispatches state that France iz alarmed at the constantly decreas ing birth rats as shown by official tiatistics. ONE OF THE POISON SQUAD MEMBERS OEM) R. V. Freman's Mother Says He Was Killed by Experiments. SHE WILL SUE GOVERNMENT Tested Food Adulterants'Volun teered and Agreed to Absolve Authorities From Blame in Case of Disaster. Washington, D. C. Because his health was undermined by eating poison as a member of Dr. H. W. Wiley's first "Poison Squad," Robert Vance Freman, aged twenty-three. Is dead.. This is the charge made by his mother, Mrs. Lurea Lathan, of this city. The young man died of tubercu losis, contracted, as his mother de clares, from the -effects of the adul terants he ate in the interest of science. Borax and boric acid were fed to the class of young men who first volunteered three years ago to test on themselves the effect of adul terants. Freman was one of these. Mrs. Lathan declares she will seek to recover damages from the Govern ment, though the volunteers for the "Poison Squad" signed contracts agreeing to absolve the Government from blame for any ill results of the experiment by Dr. Wiley as chief of the Bureau of Chemistry of the De partment of Agriculture. The first "Poison Squad,", of which young Lathan was a member, was the result of Dr. Wiley's idea, developed fa 1903, of feeding to a class of es pecially selected young men, volun teering as subjects for experimenta tion, chemicals commonly found in foods "doctored" to further preser vation. Writing about these experiments In March, 1905. Dr. Wiley pointed out how unsatisfactory had been the results previously obtained by arti ficial digestion induced by digestive ferments secured from the stomachs and pancreatic glands of animals, and by feeding food adulterants to guinea pigs and rabbits. "If the digestive conditions of the human animals were the same as those of the animals used for ex perimental purposes," said he, "it would not be necessary to carry the experimental research any further. It is well known, however, that every species of animal has its own pe culiarities respecting the digestive processes. Hence they cannot be particularly applied to man. The final answer in such cases, therefore, must be obtained by experiment upon man himself." Dr. Wiley admitted then, with ap parent regret, that "the final deter mination of the effects which are produced in the feeding of lower an imals are determined by an examina tion of the organs themselves, but this crucial test cannot be applied to man." He organized, however, a "poison squad' of twelve young men re cruited from among employes of the Department of Agriculture, and fed them three times a day on . foods "preserved" with borax, boric acid, salicylic acid, salicylates, sulphurous acid, sulphites, benzoic acid, and benzoates. The experiments were continued over a period of two years, and the data obtained on the effect of borax and boracic acid published. It was found that large doses continued for a short time, or small - doses of a half-grain per day continued for a period of fifty days, exerted "an un favorable effect upon digestion and health." Inasmuch, however, as the mem bers of the "poison squad" volun teered their services, It is doubted if resort can be had to law for. compen sation for injuries to health which any of them may have suffered as a result of their chemical dieting. HELD BY GAS WELL CAP. Extraordinary Accident Costs Two Workmen Loss of Hands. New Martinsville, W. Va. George Wilson and Arthur Steepleton, oil workers, narrowly escaped death in a remarkable accident. The two men had cleaned an oil well and were putting the cap, which weighed 4000 pounds, back on the well. Their tools accidentally slipped, causing the cap to fall on- their hands. Oil and gas began to escape, threatening both men with asphyxiation. With a mighty jerk Steepleton re leased his hands, tearing off . three fingers. He then, with great diffi culty, released Wilson, and both men fell unconscious from pain and in haling the escaping gas. JAPS LAUNCH FIRST BATTLESHIP Greatly Elated That It is Perhaps Greatest Terror of Sea, Too. Tokio, Japan. The first-class bat tleship Satsuma, 19,000 tons, the first battleship to be launched in Japan, took the water in the presence of the Emperor, and amid the greatest en tbi:siasm. The newspapers reflect the epoch-making natureof the event, as indicated by the unprece dented presence of the Emperor, and eulogize the success of the naval con structors. It is taken for granted that the Satsuma is the equal to, .and perhaps the superior of, anything afloat, including Great Britain's Tw-" qn ight. Prune Growers Prosper. Tho prune growers of California will receive 52,550,000 more for their crop of 1906 than was obtained by them for the crop of 1905. The total estimated amount due to the prune growers for the crop is $4,050,000, representing. ISO, 000, 000 pounds of prunes.' ' Labor Still Scarce. Labor is scarea and wages, espe cially tli032 of railway employes, have under jons r'uriher favorable changes , PRESIDENT'S PLEDGE TO THE PORTO RIGANS He Will Use Every Effort to Ob tain Citizenship For Thern. 1 HE GETS A GREAT OVATION Travels in an Auto From Ponce to . San Juan and Big Crowds Along the Route Cheer Him Children Sing "America." San Juan, P. R. President Roose velt landed at Ponce and journeyed in an automobile over the famous military road from Ponce to San Juan. The people of Porto Rico gave a great ovation to him. The eighty mile trip was made in six hours and' thirty minutes, "counting the time taken up by stops at the principal towns along the route, where the President made short speeches to the people. The President in all his speeches dwelt on the affection he entertained for the people of Porto Rico and assured them that he wouid use every effort to obtain citi zenship for them - that! his efforts would be unceasing to help 'them along the path of true , self-government. . ,.:.,'( President Roosevelt " arrived at Ponce from Colon' on board 'the bat tleship Louisiana. ' He was greeted on board the vessel by Governor Win throp, who extended a welcome to the island. The President at once went ashore and was greeted at the pier by Mayor Oppenheimer at Ponce and a delegation of prominent offi cials and citizens. . The town was profusely 'decorated in the President's - honor and was crowded with persons from the sur rounding country eager to greet. Mr. Roosevelt. At the City Hall an address of wel come was read to the President. He delivered his reply from the balcony of the building, addressing the larg est crowd that had ever assembled in Ponce. The President said in part: "I shall continue to use every ef fort to secure citizenship for Porto Ricans. I am confident that this will come in the end, and all that I can personally do to hasten that day I will do. My efforts will be unceasing to help you along the path of true self-government, which must have for its basis union, order, liberty, justice and honor." In conclusion the President said: "I salute you from my heart as fellow-citizens." The reference to the citizenship of the islanders brought out enthusias tic applause from the people. Before leaving Ponce the Presi dent was driven to the Roosevelt High School. Here several hundred school children had been assembled and sang "America" as the President drove up. The cornerstone of this school was laid in April, 1903, by the President's daughter, now. Mrs. Longworth. To Mrs. Roosevelt was presented a beautiful piece of em broidered work, the handiwork of the girls of the industrial school. The Presidential party left Ponce for the run to San Juan over the fa mous military road. It took eleven automobiles to convey the entire party. SKYSCRAPER DEATH LIST. 156 Out of 1358 Men Killed or Dis abled in Single Year.. Chicago. Chicago skyscrapers, during the last year exacted the heaviest toll of human life recorded in the history of building operations in the city. Figures compiled 'in the annual death roll of the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers' Union show the increase in fatalities among mem bers of that craft to be surprisingly large. Of a total membership in the union of 1358 men, nearly 156 either lost their lives or were totally or partially disabled as a result of their hazard ous occupations. ...... During 1905 only twenty-five iron workers were killed, about the same number were so injured that they could not resume their trade while the number of minor injuries totalled less than eighty. Secretary O'Brien attributed the added mortality to the unusually act ive season in the building industry. Speed required of the men, he said,, had caused them to become less care ful. Most, of the deaths were ' due to falls from steel -structures in the downtown districts. . ONE MAN HOLDS UP BANK.' Locks , the Clerks int ' the Vault and 'Escapes .With $1000 in Cash.' a Mftwtnn; T3ti Tho rlorlra nf tTi a Midland Bank of Newton1 were held up by one. man and robbed of $1000 in cash. The robber presented a letter of introduction to Herman Su derman, the cashier, and then told the clerks they would all die should an -effort .be made-to detain, .him. Six or seven persons were ': in .the bank at the time. All were ordered to go into the vault, and the robber locked them in. The thief then took what currency was in sight and es caped. Hannah Eiias Keeps Money. . The New York Court of Appeals has refused' aged John R. Piatt per mission to reopen his case against Mrs. Hannah Elias for the restitu tion of $684,000. Bank Teller Admits (Talcing Money. B. G. Cavagna, receiving teller of the First National Bank, at Cincin nati, Ohio, was arrested by United States Marshal Lewis It -is alleged that Cavagna is short $31,600 in his accounts. Cavagna admitted his uilt, and said that he took the money from six large firms doing business with the bank. v Stock For Christmas Box. For a Christmas box the Great Northern" will distribute $150,000, 00 0 in stock among its shareholders. WILSON'S BODY EXHUMED With Simple and Dignified Ceremon , ies Remains of One of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence Are Ex,lfumed and Sent to Philadel- Edenton, . Nr . C., . Special. The body of James" "Wilson, of Pennsyl vania, ' who "with 55 other American patriots' ; signed '' the Declaration of Independence,, was on Tuesday disin terred from its' long resting place here, and sent to Philadelphia, where Dn Thursday next, it will' be deposit ed in Christ Church Burial ground, a-longside1 those of his wife, almost in the shadow of Independence Hajl. - The disinterment was conducted with elaborate ceremonial, in the pres ence of 'a number of distinguished citizens of' Pennsylvania and North Cai-olina. --.. The ceremonies at Edenton opened with the reading of Burton Alvah Konkle, of Pennsylvania? represent ing the Historical Society of Pennsyl vania and. the James Wilson. Memori al association, of the original parch ment ( request for the disinterment and removal of the Wilson body to Pennsylvania for ' final burial. ' , Chief Justice -Walter Clark, of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, of ficially , representing ; the Governor of North Carolina, and ' J G.! Wood, pres ent owner ;i of the Hays plantation, from which the body was disinterred, made an address, delivering the body to the ! care of 'Majors General Gobin, ex-commander; of' the. Grand Army of the Republic, t . who appeared as the personal ' representative of . the Gov ernor of j Pennsylvania ; L. H. Alex ander, , representing the St. Andrews Society . of Philadelphia, and Burton Alvah .Konkle. The address of Chief Justice Clark was followed by brief remarks by General Gobin on behalf of Governor Perinypaeker,' of -Pennsylvania, and the unveiling and dedication by Gen. eral Gobiri of a cenotaph by those to whom the body had been delivered for rebnrial in Philadelphia. - Maxton Gets the College. The Methodist! school for eastern Carolina is. to be located at .Maxton. The committee of nine appointed by the presiding elders of the Wilming ton, Rockingham and ayetteville districts so decided on Tuesday. Max ton donates a site worth $2,500 and $15,000 cash. Favetteville, Red Springs, Sanford and Hamlet, bidders, sent large delegations liberal offers. also and Two Men Killed in Wreck. Asheville, Special. The third sec tion of freight train No. 32, eastbound was derailed Tuesday night about one mile west of Old Fort. Conductor Wolfe and Brakeman West were kill ed, and Eneineer Doherty was seri ously injured. Fifteen ears were badly smashed and the track torn up for a consider able distance. The train got beyond control and for ten miles it . rushed down the steep mountain sploes. The speed had grown to seventy miles an hour before the final curve which brought the disaster was reached. North State Note. The Anson Real Estate and in Estate surance Company, at Wadesboro, was chartered, by the State with a capi ttal stock of $50,000. ' Qn Tuesday night the spoke and handle factory belonging to Vicory and others, situated below east Dur ham was entirely desti-oyed by fire. The loss is about $6,000 witht $2,000 insurance.; ... , ' i The corporation commission reduces freight rate on' apples, cabbage and various vegetables from points on the . Southtern Railway in this State. This will give rate 25 pex: cent low er than now. The . order, is effectiva Dec. 1., , , The Norfolk & Western Railroad bridge, connecting Mor'ehead City and Beaufort, ic completed and on Wed nesday . the first car with passengers arrived i Beaufort. The car was oc cupied by President F. S. Cannon, his family and.1 a few invited friends. . , , ... t . 'During, the year there have been 22 deaths at , the . Soldier 's Home at Raleigh or , about one-sixth of the number of inmates. ' Thirty-seven applications, one from a woman, for licensees pharmacists, have been' filed before' State board at Raleigh. Two are colored. :.- On Tuesday the car of the United States fish commission was in Raleigh and brought several thousand black bass to be used in stocking ponds and J streams' in that section of the State, one of these being 'a pond recently established bv a club composed of a number of prominent .men near Mil burne on the Neuse river, and some of the fish'going to a pond on the es tate' of Drj,. R. Rogers, between Mil burne and Raleigh. Charters Granted. The Fuller Combing Company of Charlotte was granted an amendment to their charter whereby thejr are al lowed to incease their capital from $300,000 to $400,000. A charter was also granted to the Elmore-Maxwell Company of Greens boro, the capital being $25,000. They will do a general mercantile busmen The Lenoir Buggy Company is enar to'vod with, n nnid-uu Capital of $6. 000. ' II mm if fain; 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. Dr. A. W. Fitts is Killed. Charlotte, Special. Dr. Alien W. Fitts, a well-konwn Charlotte subur banite, was accidentally shot to death, while hunting in Sharon township. Dr. Fitts, who was fond of outdoor sports, left his home near Myers Park, and went to Sharon to hunt with Mr. P. C. Harkley, a young contry frined of his. On coming to a stream Mr. Harkey jumped across to the opposite side, but Dr. Fitts, not feeling equal to the leap, handed his companion the stock of his gur. while he held on to the muzzle, and told him to give him a lift. As tho butt of the gun, which was a hammer less breach-loader, struck Mr. Hark ey 's hand rf load was discharged, land, ing in Dr. Fitts' abdomen. Mr. Hark ey saw Dr. Fitts look at the safetj spring on his gun, just before he hand ed it to him, and felt sure that he had fixed it. Dr. Fitts came here some years ago from Virginia. He was , man of fine character and was well liked. The Situation on the Murphy Branch. Asheville. Special. Official report of the trouble on the Murphy branch of, the Asheville division of the Southern, between Asheville and Murphy, indicate that the damage to tracks and trestles is far greater thaa at first reported. It is officially re ported that there was a slide GO feet long and about 300 yards of earth east of mile post 114; that there are bents of five trestles between mile posts 102 and 105 and also that 31 feet, of an embankment west of tres tle at 106 mile post is gone and that the embankment is still washing. The 106 mile post is near Andrews, west of Bryson City. The greater portion of the trestle east of 113 mile post is also reported gone: This is at a point about 10 miles from Murphy. There have been no trains on the Murphy branch except to Balsam since Sunday. Trains were running between Ashe ville and Bryson City Wednesday ev ening:. North State News Items. The State lipard of pharmacy grant. licenses to the following: Miss Mabel Bernhill, W. A. Brane, Jeffei son Bruce, L. C. Cannon, J. W. Coppedg?, A. Y. Deitz, C. P. Greyer, D. M. Gur ley, W. A. HalJ, G. W. Hill, Regi nald Hamlet, L. M. King, A. W. Mar tin, Echvin Nowell, G. C. Robinson, B. W. jTart, H. E. Thrower and J. R. 1 rotter. The .Secretary of State is indexinr the charters granted this vear. The number will be nearly 150 more' than that during the previous 12 months. The fiscal year ends Nov. 30th. Judge Meares Dead. Wilmington, Special. Judge O; Meares died at his home in this city Wednesday afternoon. He had been ill for some time and his death was not unexpected. The deceased was one of the lead ing citizens of Wilmington, a prom inent members of the bar, and was for a number of years judge of the criminal court of New Hanover coun- y. Union Co. Cotton Growers Meet. Mohroe, Special. A meeting; of the Union County Cotton Growers' As-- sociation was held in th? court house at which Mr. C. C. Moore, president of the North Carolina division of tho Southern Cotton Growers' Associa tion, made- an address on the needs and , duties of the organization. About 100 were present. Mr. Moors told whaj the organization had done for the farmers and urged them to improve it. Tr?.ns Discontinued. m The towns and the traveling public between vHamlet and Charlotte will learn with regret that trains No. 44 and 45, which leave Hamlet at 9 a. m. and arrive in Charlotte at 11:50 and returning leave Charlotte at 5 p. m. and arrive here at 7 :30 will be discontinued on the 25th. This is a very popular train and its discontin uance will be of great inconvenience to the traevling public. Forger Jim Bond Gets Two Years ia Prison. Wilson, Special. Jim Bond, alias John Dempsey, who passed a forged check here last week, was tried to day in the Superior court, was found guilty and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. It' is thought that this is the same negro who threatened to burn Judge Connor's house, but evidence was not thought sufficient ta warrant a prosecution against him. The Pot i. a, .a rt.;nie, witJi 1 r-O i il T" O OT Its treas tuts in tu r j ceed $150,000,000 l? value.