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VOL. XX X . PITTSBQRO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1908. NO. 28.
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Tha Grape Black Rot.
This disease prevails in all parts of
North Carolina. In most sections of
be State it is so bad that the grape
crop is practically ruined unless prop
er measures he taken to prevent the
disease.
The Black rot is easily recognized
1 3 1
from blaeKemng, arymg ana nnal
shrivelin? of the grapes in the clsters.
Often all of them shrivel and dry in
this wav. Though the disease is sel
dom noticed until the grape in badly
shrivellcu. it may be seen earlier as a
Wni or Mack spot on the berry. Be
fore its appearance upon the fruit at
all it may be found as brown spots,
one-eighth to one-half an inch in dia
meter, on the leaves or twigs. Very
close examination of the diseased
soots on nvig-s, leaves, or fruit, re
veals the presence of very small pus
tules in great numbers.
These pestules are the fruiting bod-
Hes of the fungus which is the cause
f the bhn k rot, and from these pus
ales issue immense numbers of spores
ieli serve to spread the disease.
This disease can be prevented. If
OU !
saw black rot on your grapes last
ear it will almost certainly be there
am this year unless you take steps
prevent it. Prevention is simple
nd sure. It consists in spraying
our vines with the Bordeaux mix-
ire, consisting of six pounds of blue-
one, four pounds of lime and fifty
lions of water. The first applica-
.on. kiliiiid' the spores that are win-
rins; on the bark and trellis, should
made before the buds open: the
ootid, immediately before the blos-
oms appear; the third, just after
ossoes appear; the third, just after
osommg: the fourth and fifth at in
tervals of ten to fourteen davs there-
ter.
The cost of six sprayings for an
re of grapes is about fifteen dollars,
eluding material and labor. The
rapes saved will in value far exceed
is cost.
Xow is the time of year to get your
pray pump ready if you have one;
buy one it you need to; to prepare
or the spraying needed during the
oming spring.
If you need further information re-
arding spraying mixtures, how to
repaie them, spraying pumps, where
buy tiiem. and what crops and
sea to spray, write to the North
arohnaAg-rieultural Experiment Sta-
on, West Raleigh. X. C, for Bui.
0. "Spraying Mixtures and Machin-
ry. When and Ho v.- to Spray."
Ihe iollnwing Bulletins of interest
fruit growers mav be secured unon
pplieation.
Bulletin 1S2. Apples in North Car
ina.
Blletin 1U. Garden and Orchard
nuts, their Culture and Marketing.
Bulletin lo. Black Rot of the
rape in North Carolina and its
reatment.
Bulletin 1-G. Insect and Fungous
nemeies of the Peach, Plum, Cherry, j
? ana PerMmmon. j
Bulletin 17. Grapes and Small i
tuns.
F. L. STEVENS,
Biologist.
Death of Mr. R. H. Jordan.
Charlotee, Special. Mr. R. H. Jor-
aa one of the best known druggists
f Xorth Carolina and one of Cher-
fite's most prominent citizens, died
ff- his room ar tli Pontrol "HVtl
ere on Wednesday and was buried
P Thursday afternoon.
Removed For Safe"Keepin.
Asheville. Ri.Pr-Jnl QVrff rA
a Deputy Sheriff Springle, of Mad-
r" -ounty, arrived here on train No.
f- unririn? v.-itb n,am Pon.
, . o 1 " llitiu Villi Afctl"
!01Pbf chareod with th muWlpr
his wifft' c
was Kmnft-h i i jf. i
. u-iit uere xur saie-itetjp-
tlS IS. lii'i'iVPrnr onnoffltillir in.
pwent to the crime charged against
P auu swms to have no fear.
Cotton Spinners Meeting in June.
Charlotte, Special. The meeting of
6 Interational Federation of Mast-
totton Spinners and Manufactur-
J ill ho Ik Id iu Paris France, June
lr- & P'- Tanner, nresident of
6 riean Cntfnn lfamifa(.tnrir'
;,f f 5tl0n 'ill appoint the five dele-
t";m tbt body within a few
u- Ine last meeting of the Inter
, ... aJ Fleration was held in At-
uia-ua.. hitt -pn ti i ii.i
a niii-ilu., f a
ill u ' UL -rt-mencan spmnera
attend the forthcoming meeting,
r ffiore being from Charlotte.
Second Lasrea Mnrder '
Wstoa-Salem. r.ia
,e'0 euiltv p 3. . - -i
Vi uiuraer m ine secona
e e was returnfcfl Kv fVa
'aanc , murier or rietmctta
oveS ored' whict oeciirjied in
ied Pnsoner was re"
fesspi i 7 rdU aD(l sentence will bo
toZ"Kx- The trial of the ease
ate .
Sensational Developments.
New Berne, Special Seneational
developments of the fire here Sunday
morning, in which William O'Brien,
an industrious colored man, met his
death. It appears that nothing was
suspected until O'Brien's body had
been lowered in the grave and the last
rites were in progress when Coroner
Jones ordered the body taken up and
taken to an undertaking establish
ment, where a postmortem examina
tion was made. A coroner's jury was
impanelled and that body in consider
ing the matter. The fact that the
man's skull was fractured was the
cause of the investigation, and other
incidents tend to make officers suspic
ious that the man met his death by
foul play. It is intimated that
O 'Brien had a difficulty with a neigh
bor shortly before the fire occurred.
While that neighbor has not been ar
rested, he is kept under surveilance
by police until it can be settled to the
satisiaction ox the coroner and jury
that the man came to death by acci
dent. O'Brien was well known in the
eity and had an excellent reputation.
The man under suspect is one of the
most prosperous colored merchants in
the city.
Coroner Makes Investigation.
Newbern, Special. The death of
William O'Brien, colored, in the ear
ly morning fire Sunday, had so many
suspieious things connected with it
that the coroner summoned a jury
and spent a part of three days in in
vestigating the affair. From what
can be learned it is very doubtful as
to foul play, although there is a sus
picion that such could have been the
case.
Coast Line Agrees.
Raleigh, Special. Governor Glenn
has received a very interesting and
important letter from President
Thomas M. Emerson, of the Atlantic
Coast Line, dated at Wilmington:
"I have received a copy of the act
of the Legislature passed at the extra
session covering the passenger rate
matter. I note from the same that
you were unable to carry out in full
your recommendation as contained in
your proposal, notably that pari
which provided that the question of
the reasonableness of the proposed
rate be remanded to the corporation
commission at the end of twelve
months' trial. Nevertheless it is our
intention to give our part of the
agreement the twelve months' trial,
under the conditions as provided for
in our letter of December 28th, 1907.
I have furnished the counsel for the
complaining stockholders a copy of
this letter. I do add that it is our
intention to readjust inter-State rates
effective if possibe on April 1st."
To this Governor Glenn replied that
he was gratified that the Atlantic
Coast Line would put the new rate in
to effect.
Charters Granted.
Among the enw charters are the
following :
Observer Printing House, Char
lotte; capital authorized, $25,000 to
begin with, initial stock paid in, $6,
000. Incorporating stockholders, D.
A. Tompkins, 20 shares; J. P. Cald
well, 20 shares, B. R. Cates, 20 shares.
Randleman Drug Company, P. A.
Hayes, J. H. Waller and others, in
corporators. Initial capital, $1,950.
Charters are granted the Crescent
Hardware Company, at Greensboro,
capital stock $50,000, and the R. W.
Livermore general merchandise com
pany, of Pates, Robinson county,
$2,000. -
High Point's Bond Issue.
High Point, Special. At a meeting
of the board of aldermen last week
the papers advertising High Point's
bonds for sale were presented and
accepted. The issue calls for $60,000
5 per cent coupons, payable April 1st,
1908. The issue of these bonds was
by an act of the extra session of the
legislature and is to pay off the float
ing indebtedness of the eity.
The Wachovia Loan and Trust Com
pany. Winston-Salem, Special. At a
meeting of the directors of the Wa
chovia Loan & Trust Company, held
in this city. Mr. Westcott Robinson,
a prominent lawyer and citizen of
High Point, was elected a member of
the board of directors and also chair
man of the board of managers of the
High Point office. The company has
branch banks at High Point, Salis
bury, Spencer and Asheville.
On Trial For Murder. ;
Winston-Salem, Special Annie
Cobb, a young negro wpnam. was put
on trial in the Superior Wt . for
murder. The defendant shot and kill
ed Henrietta S'tsicps, also cojwfid, . ou
SeligYt of November 1614. W . She
SesTot deny that she fired the fatal
shot, but pleads self-defense, claupg
that whei she shot, the Stamps wo
man was following her and pelting
her with bricks.
THE WORK Of CONGRESS
Boi&cs f Otir National Law-Makera
Day by Day.
Too Much Concentration,
Senator Raymer, of Maryland, ad
dressed the Senate upon the Aldrich
currency bill. He spoke in part as
follows:
"The truth about the situation ia
that the money in this country is not
equitably and fairly distributed and
that it is concentrated at points that
dominate the banking interests of the
land and that the people who need
the money, and the agricultural sec
tions of the country are all unable to
proeuie it -when the necessity arises
for its use."
Mr. Rayner went on record also
against a aredit currency, an asset
eurrency and a central bank issue.
The great trouble with the pending
bill is with the reserve, he said, and
bo declared that the law regulating
them is "simply an undisguised and
stupendous deception and fraud." He
said that the reserve scheme as now
operated works dishonestly and dis
astrously upon the rights of the
American people.
If the country and city banks have
on hand only 6 per cent, and 1 1-2
per cent, respectively of the reserve
deposits, Mr. Rayner wanted to know
who does have the money.
"So, gentlemen of the South and
West, when you want to move your
crops, do not apply to the banks be
cause they have no money, but apply
to the New York stock exchange for
permission to do so.
"And now I say, with great defer
ence and respect, both' for the office
and for its occupant, that the Presi
dent of the United States has also,
with the best intentions, unconscious
ly contributed to the misfortunes that
have overtaken ns.
"Malefactors should receive penal
punishment and a whole generation
of innocent people ought not to suf
fer for the sins of their oppressors.
One day of imprisonment Would d
the work better than all the heavi
est fines thai can be levied upon tha
institutions they represent. I differ
with the President in his remedies,
because he has suggested one after
another utterly impossible of accom
plishment by tho Federal govern
ment. f'TJlA T)'fliMflnf l Viio 1 n (f vnfljnfya
a x icoiucui in uio iiwi iiitojau
says that before an investment ia
made the purchaser should inquire
into the management of the road.
What a reverie and a dream this is.
How is it possible to conduct an in
vestigation into the management of
the great trunk line system of the
United States?"
"From the violent ferver of the
President's utterances, there is an
idea running through the public mind
that he has come to the conclusion
that every man engaged in a large
business enterprise is a malefactor
and that every good citizen of the
land ought to spend at least one
term in thg penitentiary.
Mr. Rayner closed with a declara
tion that the financial question should
not be regarded as a party issue.
Upon the conclusion of Mr. Ray
ner 's speech Mr. Aldrich recalled that
he had stated he was in favor of a
revision of the banking reserve law
but explained that he did not mean
to say the present law or the prac
tice under it was responsible in any
sense for the crisis through which the
country has recently passed. He
said that on December 3d the coun
try banks had in their vaults as a
reserve $248,000,000 and if they had
held the amount Senator Rayner ar
gued they should have, the amount
would have been $246,000,000 in gold
and legal tender notes. That was in
their vaults without regard to what
they . had in reserve eities for the
bank currency hey held.
Mr. Bailey suggested that that was
not a fair itatement because for two
months prior to December 3d tho
country banks, being unable to get
money- from the reserve banks had
been hoarding their money.
Admitting the truth of this state
ment, Mr. Aldrich said he believed
the same reserve was in their vaults
in the preceding August.
Mr. Culberson explained that his
bill, now before the finance commit
tee to prevent banks . from keeping
their reserves in other banks, was for
the purpose of keeping the money in
the vaults of country banks where it
could be used for loans and for mov
ing crops.
A controversy arose as to whether
such a- reserve could be used for any
purpose even if kept in the vaults
of the banks, Mr." Aldrich maintain
ing that it could not be taken out,
Senator Heyburn as well as Mr. Cul
berson declaring that it could be used
in an emergency.
Senator Taliaferro, of Florida, tak
ing offense at what he regarded ai
a reflection upon him by JVU. Ray ner,
declared that his purpose in op
posing the reserve provision of the
Aldrich bill was in the interest of the
people of his State, and not becausd
of any favoritism toward the national
banks.:"
Referring to his statement that the
Florida Senator had moved to striko
out that provision-Mr. Aldrich apol
ogj,zed. for having referred to'-, any
thing that' took- place at a commit
tee meeting which, he said, he waa
prompted to do in a thoughtless mo
ment by the inquiry of the Maryland
Senator. . . - .
A GREAT MOVEMENT
Meeting to Promote Religious
Education
RECEIVED BY THE PRESIDENT
A White House Reception to the R
ligious Educational Association
Some of the Speakers and Their
Subjects A Lincoln Memorial Ad
dress by a Eabbi.
Washington, Special. In the East
room of the White House President
Roosevelt received the delegation tc
the fifth convention of the Religious
Educational Association, and in a
brief address highly praised their ef
forts to inculcate religious and ethi
cal ideals into the educational system
of the country. He urged a union oi
patriotism and piety in the training
of thr young. His speech was greet
ed with applause by the hundreds oi
distinguished clergymen, educaters
and college presidents and profess
ors who attended the reception.
The morning session of the conven
tion was principally, devoted to a re
sume of the work of the association
during the last year by General Sec
retary Henry F. Cope, of Chicago,
and Dean George Hodges of the Har
vard Episcopal Theological School
Among those participating in the dis
cussion that followed were Presidenl
William H. P. Faunce, of Brown Uni
versity, President Samuel A. Elliot
of the American Unitarian Associa
tion, Secretary Frank Knight San
ders of the Congregational Sunday
School Society and President Charles
Cuthbert Hall of Union Theological
Seminary, New York.
Department sessions will be held
in the afternoon, following the White
House reception. The theme for the
third general session at nighj will
be: "How Can the Moral and Re
ligious Life of the Nation Be Made
More Effective?" The speakers will
include the Rev. Washington Glad
den, of Columbus, O., President Rich
ard Cecil Hughes, of Ripon College,
Professor Rufus M. Jones, of Haver
ford College, and Professor George
Albert Coe, pf Northwestern Univer
sity. A feature will be a Lincoln
memorial address by Rabbi Moses J.
Gries, of Cleveland, on "Lincoln's
Contribution to the Moral Life of
the Nation."
Boiler Explodes; Seven Dead.
Sunbury, Pa., Special. Seven men
were killed and more than a dozen
injured by the explosion of a boiler
Monday in the rolling mill of Van Al
len & Co., at Northumberland, two
miles north of here The dead are:
Grant Reeder, aged 40 years, married.
Edward Kreps, aged 38, married.
William Brouse, aged 40, married.
Samuel Sarvis, aged 46, married. Du
val Clark, aged 48, married. John
Scholvin, aged 50, married. Thomas
Jones, aged 65, married.
Cannot Find Missing Steamer.
Norfolk, Va.; Special. The United
States revenue cutter Onondaga re
turned to port Monday after an un
suecsccful search at sea for the miss
ing steamer Biufields . bound from
Jacksonville to Philadelphia.
News in Brief.
President Roosevelt asked the Sen
ate to act quickly in regard to nec
essary changes in the tariff on Ger
man imports.
An uproar in the Reichstag follow
ed Chancellor von Buelow's refusal
to reply to a Socialist interpellation
on tho Prussian suffrage.
Horses' Kick Causer: Paralysis.
Lead, S. D-, Special From the kick
of a horse sustained a week ago, Geo.
W. Glover, son of Mrs. Mary Bar i
G. Eddy, Christian Science leader., is
suffering from paralysis of the right
leg. The horse 's kick re-opened an
old gunshot wound suffered in the leg
during the civil war.
Captain of General Slocum Convicted
New York, Special. The convic
tion o,f William H. Van Schaick, cap
tain of the excursion steamer General
Slocum, which was burned on June
15th, 1904, in East river, with a loso
of over 1,000 lives, Avas ?fnrmed"by
the United states Circuit Court of
Appeals. Captain Van Schaick W3 -convicted
of neglect of his duty as
captain and wasr given a sentence of
ten years in prison. . Captain Van
Schaick is 70 years old. He has been
at liberty on bail and has been mar
ried sinee tho conviction.
"Billie" Bates Paroled.
Montgomery, Ala., Special. "Bil
lie" Bates, the girl who dressed as a
boy, sent from Houston county to the
mines after conviction of riding trains
unlawfully, was paroled by Governor
Comer, along, with Joseph Bates, her
brother. Many-persons' in 4iffcent
parts of the State interested them
selves in her case and urged the Gov
ernor to release her. The brother and
sister were tramping from Jackson
ville, Fla., to Terre Haute, Iud.
DEATH RIDES STORM
"urious Gale Strews Corpses
in its Wake
WIDESPREAD PROPERTY LOSS
A Dozen or More Dead, Scores Injur
ed and Great Property Damage
Tornado Cuts Path a Hundred Feet
Wide Through the Town "and
Sweeps Clean an Area of Five
Miles
Tyler, Tex., Special. Tyler was
swept by the most disastrous tornado
in its history before daylight Friday.
Coming from the southwest, the storm
swept over the main residence quar
ter of the city, leaving a trail of death
and devastation.
The known dead in Tyler are C. A.
Francis, agent of The Daily News,
and his wife and baby and a negro,
Mose Lee, 80 years of age.
Francis' body was found a hundred
yards from his wrecked horned The
body of his child was found in the
street. Mrs. Francis was in the
wreckage of the building.
Six seriously injured persons are
reported. They are Irwin Franklin
and his wife and four children. One
of the children may die. The Frank
lins were caught in the wreckage of
their home.
It is feared that the death list in
Tyler may reach a dozen and the
number of. injured willprobably ag
gregate two-score when reports of the
casualities are 11 received.
Twelve buildings were wrecked in
the confusion it is difficult to compile
an accurate list of the casualities.
Wires are down in all directions
from Tyler, but reports from farmers
are that farm houses all around Ty
ler were blown down.
It is impossible to ascertain the loss
of life in the rural regions, but it is
known that the tornado swept every
thing clean for a distance of five
miles. Three miles from town the
wind demolished the home of Irwin
Franklin, severely injuring Franklin
and his wife and four children. The
tornado tore a path through Tyler
100 feet wide. Buildings, telephone
and electric light poles were laid flat
in the storm's path while great dam
age was done in other parts of the
eity.
"Hattisburg, Miss., Special. A tor
nado passed over Jones county north
of here Fridaj' and the town of Moss
ville, of several hundred inhabitants,
is reported to have been blown away.
At least two are. dead and several
injured.
The town of Noso, as well as the
town of Service on the Laurel branch
of the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad
were blown away. Whether or not
there were any fatalities cannot be
learned.
Advices from Dallas state that the
tornado swept Tyler, Smith county,
Texas, killing four persons and do
ing considerable damage.
Memphis, Tenn., Special. Severe
wind and rain storms visited the
South and Southwest causing loss of
life and much damage to property. In
Smith county, Texas, several people
were killed by a tornado, including
C. A. Francis and wife; Mrs. W.
Francis and child, and a negro nam
ed Mose Lee. Much damage was
wrought by the storm, small buildings
and outhouses especially suffering.
Many points in Mississippi report
damage by heavy winds and an unu
sualy downpour of rain. At Moss
ville, near Laurel, several lives are
reported lost.
At Jackson, the heaviest rain ex
perienced in years fell. It was ac
companied by terrific wind and light
ning. Three Towns Demolished.
Meridian, Miss., Special. Three
small Mississippi towns were practi
cally demolished by a tornado Friday.
Reports of the number killed range
from 6 to 10 with the smaller num
ber probably correct.
Mossville, Service and Soso are the
towns destroyed. They are all Jn
Jones county and ail are very small,
being merely a handful of scattered
dwellings. The toronado struck them
about noon and in most instances is
reported to have carried buildings in
its path completely off the lots on
Which they stood. Nearby fields were
covered with wreckage and the
branches of several trees were liter
ed with small household articles.
L. S. Norrison, a resident of Moss-
ville, who came here after the storm,
said that he was out of doors during
the blow and was compelled to grasp
a wire fence to keep from being
blown away. He said the dead at
Mossville were Alex Windham and
wife, negroes. Near the town he said
four white persons had been killed, a
man and his wife and their two chil
dren whose names he did not learn.
The seriously injured at Mossville
are J. W. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs.
William Campbell and Minnie Camp-
bell.
Near Service one child of Ike Hol
loway is reported dead and also an
unknown negro.
The tornado was accompanied by a
torrent of rain which caused a.suddcja
rise in the creeks and washed away
several bridges. Boards have become
impassable in the cyclone district and
telegraph and telephone wires were
not working. -
IN III IN Mi OF LINCOLN
Birthday of Martyr President
fittingly Observed
MANY NOTED SPEAKERS HEARD
A Former Officer in the Confederate
4rmy Takes Part in the New Yorfc
Ceremonies Hearst a Guest of
Honor and a Principal Speaker
; Governor Hughes Makes Two Ad
! dresses. -
f New "York, Special. The 99th an
niversary -of Lincoln's birth was fit
tingly observed by the members of
the Lincoln Fellowship, a recently
organized association of admirers of
the martyr-President. Addresses
were delieverd by several men of
national reputation. Additional Lin
coln meetings were held at night. The
Lincoln Fellowship is designed to
perpetuate Lincoln's memory and
keep alive his principles and patrio
tism. It is expected to become nat
ional in its scope and character. A
great celebration of the centennial of
Lincon's birth will be held by the
fellowship next year.
One of the charter members is C.
W. McLellan, a retired New York
banker, who was an officer in the
Confederate army. Others who
joined are David H. Bates, Lincoln's
telegrapher in the War Department;
Major J. B. Merwin, Middleford,
Conn., who was Lincoln's confidential
agent and who says he dined with
Lincoln in the White House on the
day of the assassination and started
for New York early that evening to
present Lincoln's letter to Horace
Greely, containing the President's
plans for digging the Panama Canal
with two hundred thousand negro
soldiers, with "Ben" Butler as su
pervisor; Charles A. Tinkler, clerk
in the War Department, and General
James Grant Wilson, who exhibited
a ring containing strands of hair
from the heads of Washington, Wel
lington, Napeoleon, Alexander Ham
ilton, Lincoln and Grant. Major
Merwin had the original order writ
ten and signed by Lincoln passing
him through the army lines.
.The officers are : Major William
Lambert, U. S. A? (retired) of Phil
adelphia, who served under General
Thomas in the cival war, president;
General James Grant Wilson, C. W.
McLellan, Judd -Stewart, New York;
J. B. Oakleaf, of Moline, 111. ; AlonzG
Rothschild, East Roxboro, Mass., and
General Jaines Fish, of Minneapolis,
vice presidents; F. D. Tandy and
Judd Stewart, New York, secretary
and treasurer, respectively.
Hearst at Lincoln Banquet.
New York, Special. William Ran
dolph Hearst, was the guest of honor
and principal speaker at the second
annual Lincoln dinner of the Inde
pendent League at the Hotel Knick
erbocker. John Temple Graves, the
famous Southern editor, now on the
editorial staff of The New York
American, also delivered an address
Other speakers were Frank P. Walsh,
of Kansas City; Charles A. Walsh,
of Iowa; Thomas L. Hisgen, of Mas
sachusetts; Reuben Roble Lyon, of
Bath, N. Y., and John T. McDonough,
of Albany.
Governor Hughes in New York.
New York, Special. Governor
Hughes, observed Lincoln's birthday
as the guest of the Republican Club
of New York and the Union League
of Brooklyn. He expected to make
two addresses.
Hooslers Honor Lincoln's Memory.
Wabash, Ind., Special. Hundreds
of prominent Hoosiers are here for
the annual celebration of the India
na Lincoln League, the greatest
State organization in the country
formed to perpetuate the memory of
Lincoln. Among the speakers are
Vice President Fairbanks, Senator
A. J. Beveridge and Senator James
A. Hemenway.
Appropriation Bill in House.
Consideration of the legislative, ex
ecutive and judicial appropriation
bill, one of the great supply measures
of the government, was begun in the
House Wednesday. Mr. Bingham, of
Pennsylvania, explained the details of
the measure. He took occasion, how
ever, to remind the House of the
warning given by Mr. Tawney thai
unless appropriations were kept down
the country would face a largo defi
cit. Consideration of the bill had
not been concluded when the House
adjourned.
Atlanta's Loss $250,000.
i Atlanta, Ga., Special. A loss ap
praching $250,000 was caused in this
vicinity by the storm which swept
across central Georgia Monday. The
loss centres within 50 miles of this
city and is suffered chiefly by tele
graph and telephone :' companies.
Communication was partially restored
to- Southern point from Atlanta Wed
nesday but the wires were in pool
condition.
Late jWebvs
In Brief
(rllNOR MATTERS OF INTEREST
Prosperity's Livo Corpse.
Unless some apparently " trust
worthy indications are misleading be
yond belief retail trade in the coun
try at large for the approaching
spring will measure well up to the
high average of recent years. From
the New York Times we learn that
over 3,000 out-of-town ' merchants
and other buyers, chiefly from the
West, have poured into the metropo
lis, surprising and delighting New
York merchants. On Monday last,
the New York Merchants' Associa
tion's first registration day for tho
spring trade, 419 buyers, or the next
largest number on record for such a
date, inscribed their names at asso
ciation headquarters. The second
day's registration left no record un
broken. All the hotels that cater to
the out-of-towii buyers were over
run. "The buyers and out-of-town
merchants," says The Times' story,
"swarmed about the hotel corridors
last night, telling their New York
friends that the business outlook was
brighter than it had ever been be
fore. Many who went to the theater
in the evening spent intermission
time presdicting a great era ol pros
perity for the country." Though
some of the country's great indus
tries are in a very unsatisfactory con
dition for the time being, the facts
just narrated certainly do not indi
cate general hard times, either pres
ent or prospective. .Prosperity haj
received some hard and temporarily
crippling blows, but it is far from
dead yet. Charlotte, N. C, Observer
of Feb. 16.
Pittsburg Flood.-Swept.
Pittsburg, Pa., Special. Spread
ing ruin and disaster in its path, the
annual flood of the rivers and small
streams of this section holds Pitts
burg in its grasp. At 10 o'clock the
water had reached a stage of 26 feet
and was rising a half foot an hour.
The weather bureau predicts 30 feet
and possibly a foot higher when the
crest' of the flood arrives. While
tho weather conditions are much
colder and snow flurries are experi
enced at intervals the changed con
ditions will have absolutely no ef
fect on the high water. At tho
headwaters the rivers continue to rise
and scores of cities and towns iu
western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio
and West Virginia are partially in
undated. In the Pittsburg district
alone the damage, it is expected, will
amount to several million dollars.
' T. K. Bruner Dead.
. Raleigh, N. C, Special. Hon. T,
K. Brunei",- who for 21 years lias
served the State as Secretary of Ag
riculture, died here Sunday morning.
The entire State will mourn his loss
He was 52 years of age and was
born in Salisbury, toe son of J. J.
Bruner, his mother's maiden name be
ing Kincaid, and she being also a
native of the good County of Rowan
His father was for many years editoi
and publisher of The Carolina Watch
man, of Salisbury, a power in the
newspaper world of its day, and T
K. Bruner was for some time asso
ciated with him on that paper. Ho
was devoted to the study of miner-,
alcgy'and became an expert.
Yellow Fever at Galveston.
Galveston, Tex., Special. On the
steamer Crispin, which arrived in
the roads from Para, Brazil, three
miles out from Galveston, Sunday
there were two cases of yellow fever.
The two men affected are Third
Engineer Davis and " Third Officei
Pritehard.
By Wire and Cable. v
The B. & O. Railway will test th
nine-hour law, orders to that effecl
having been issued.
Jim Smith, the notorious moon
shiner, of Surry county, North Caro
lina, for whose arrest $1,000 reward
had been offered by the government
has been jailed at Winston-Salem.
N..C- -
Cashier Locked in Vault.
Hickory, N. C. Special. What was
equal to a Western scene was th
bold robbery of the bank at Granite
Falls, a town of several hundred in
habitants, on the C. & N. W. Rail
way, -about six miies from Hickorj
at G o'clock Saturday night, wher
Cashier W..G. Whisnant was helc
up at the point of guns by thret
masked bandits, who took from th
casLier's desk $2,700, after whicl
locking him in the vault and makinj
good their escape. So far it is no:
known from whence they came oi
whither they went, but they wen
evidently professionals.
News Notes.
. The South Carolina legislature he;
increased the State tax levy one mill
. The Georgia, Southern & Florid
Railway has announced a cut of 1(
per cent, in the salary of employes.
: Secretary Taft, iu a speech..!
Grand Rapids, Mjch., declared Lis
coin would pursue the same course a
McKinley and Roosevelt if alive to
day. - ' -
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