North Carolina Newspapers

Hbe ". Cbatbam TRecorb. RATES OF ADVERTISING: . One Square, one Insertion...... $1.9 One Square, two Insertions.... 1.5 One Square, one month. ....... a.op For Larger Advertise mcnts Liberal Contracts will be made. H. Ai LONDON r . . . EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: S1.50 Per Year STRICTLY IN ADVANCE VOL. XXXI. PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY N. C, WEDNESD A Y m AUGUST 26, 1908 Na 3. Gtte dbatbam IRecorb. ClJjf - ... ' . ' . NORTH STATE HAPPENINGS Occurrences of Interest Gleamed From All Scctioua of the' Busy Tsvr Heel S4ate $12,500,000 A YEAR WASTED. What the South Can Save in the Item of Damage to Cotton. Charlotte, Special. It is a fact well known that the South annually loses more than twelve million dbllars as waste on its cotton crop. The fol lowing timely article on that subject is from the pen of Col. Jno. D. Frost, of Columbia, S. C, who is a cotton man of wide experience: Hon. B. Harris, president Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union, Pendleton, S. C, and Hon. E. D. Smith, president S. C. Division, Sou thern Cotton Association, Columbia, S. C. Gentlemen: The .time for picking cotton having arrived, has it ever oc curred to you to look into the question of damage brought about by a lack of care for the staple from the time it is ginned to the time of marketing? Having lived on a plantation for twenty-one years, and at present owning and operating one, as well as being in the cotton business for thej past ten years, I thought possibly that my observations along this line might tend to show the great amount of money lost to this cotton produc ing country. I desire to impress up on the farmer the necessity of caring for his cotton after laboring hard all the year to make it, and thereby les sen friction between producer, buyer, and manufacturer. A large portion of the farmers, as well as the earners treat the staple as though it were coal, alloAvmg it to lie on the ground for months after ginning subject to climatic conditions, which results in rot and country damage. When the cotton is ready for the market it is picked up and offered for sale, the damage, as a usnal thing, being diregarded until subjected to the buyer's inspection who, in pro tecting his interests, will either doek for the damage or have the cotton picked, rsulting in great loss to the farmer. Unqestionably it is to the farmer's interest to store-his cotton in a reputable warehouse thereby pro tecting himself from loss by fire as well as damage, and in addition he can secure warehouse receipt for same which is prime mercantile pa per, and can be discounted at any bank, allowing the farmer to sell his cotton when he desires to do so. My object, however, is to impress upon the farmers to house their cot ton as soon as it is ginned, whether is be in a warehouse, or in their barns, or dwelling, thereby reducing the element of damage to a minimum. To my mind, one of the most im portant things the Farmers' Union and the Southern Cotton Association could handle is the caring for cotton after it is ginned, and up to the time it is marketed. Having personally handled, during the past ten years, about 300.000 bales of cotton of all grades and staple, this cotton being shipped here from Texas and Okla homa on the "West, to North Carolina on the East, I do think I am in a very fair position to speak intelligent ly of the item of damage, largely cansed by carelessness. In addition to the rotten cotton on thousands of bales, varying from five to as much as three hundred pounds per bale, all of which has to be picked off before settling for and which is eaused by allowing the cot ton to sit on one end or lie on one side in the mud and rain for months before being offered for sale ; there is another element of damage which is not so easily detected, bnt which has a far more reaching effect on the buyer, as well as the manufacturer. I refer to what is called country damage. When cotton is allowed to stand in the weather after being ginned for any length of time, although the owner may turn it about from side to side to keep it from rotting, the staple of the cotton on the outside of the bale is affected just in propor tion to the time it is allowed to re main exposed to climatic conditions. To illustrate, a bale of cotton ginned and packed December the first and allowed to remain in the weather un til the first of March, will have about half as much country damage as the same bale would have if it re mained in the weather until May the first, and when the manufacturer opens this bale, he will find that the cotton sticking to the bagging and extending inward is practically with out any strength of staple, antf as a result all of this affected cotton will go in waste or be found in the shafting overhead. Should the buyer detect this country damage the farm er is the loser, should the buyer not detect it, the buyer is the loser; in any event, dissatisfaction -is the result, all of which could have been avoided by housing the cotton. The Wilmington Druggist Makes Assign ment. Wilmington, Special. J. C. Shep ard, who has been in the. drug bus iness hero for the past fifteen years, made an assignment Thursday after noon, naming L. V. Grady, a lawyer, as trustee. The amount of the as sets and liabilities is not yet known. This action followed the serving of an execution on the firm by the sheriff. The trustee is empowered to sell the stock at retail or in bulk. amount of country damage varies in proportion to the time the cotton lies out in the weather, and will vary from three to twenty-five pounds per bale. I have carefully estimated that on every 11,000,000 bale crop pro duced, the producer, the earner, and the compress together, allow 250,000 bales to be destroyeed by rot and country .damage, and when you figure this at ten cents per pound it amounts to $18,500,000, all of which could be saved to the producer, the buyer, and the manufacturer, should they exercise the proper precaution against damage. Three years ago a farmer brought twenty bales, of cot ton to the warehouse for storage in March, which had been out in the weather since it was ginned in the fall. Some of the bales were so badly damaged and water sobbed that they weighed one thousand pounds per bale. I asked" him why he al lowed his cotton to get in that con dition; he replied that he was so busy making preparation for another crop that he had not cared for what he had already made. When this cotton was conditioned for market, he had about ten bales of merchant able cotton left out of the twenty. A bale of cotton ginned dry and housed until marketed will hold out better than one allowed to remain in the weather subject to climatic conditions, and will not possess the element of damage and will also re tain its strength of staple even to the bagging. Travel where you will, and you will see cotton sitting at railroad stations in the mud and rain, or you will see it lying on the ground around farm houses, where it will remain until ready for market, and when marketed, the bagging will be so rotten that you can not handle the cotton. Owing to the seeming negligence displayed in the care of eot ton after ginning, the buyer, when purchas ing a lot of cotton has to take into consideration the element of damage, or he would rather send his classer or receive the cotton, thereby estab lishing the amount of damage' before payment is made. here you find a section of country where great care is taken with the cotton, after ginning, and before marketing, there you will find" cotton sought after by the buyers, and everything else be ing equal, a premium will be paid for same. The manufacturer .will pay better prices for cotton fre from rot and country damage, because his percent age of waste will be decreased. The point I desire to impress is: Take care of your cotton, handle it as though you thought something of it. If you cannot put it in a ware house where it is insured and you can use the receipt, put it in your barn, or shed room, or anywhere to keep it from climatic conditions un til j'ou market it, and by doing tins every pound w?ill be spinnable and no dissatisfaction between producer, buy er, and manufacturer will result. There are some places in South Carolina where warehouse facilities are adequate, but are unfortunately not utilized. My own experience is that four lots of cotton out of every five shipped from places where cot ton is not warehoused are badly dam aged, due to the fact that it is al lowed to sit on one end for weeks and months in the open before it is offered for sale, and as a result, heavy claims are made, and yet the best character of cotton, so far as body and staple is concerned, is pro duced at these places,xand could be very much sought, were the elements of 'damage eliminated. In conclusion, I would strongly urge that this matter be brought to the attention of all concerned, and thereby save twelve and one-half million dollars per year to the South land. Very truly yours, JOHN D. FROST. Lumberman EUU3 Himself. Washington, N. C, Special. Quite a sensation was produced in this city Tuesday morning by the suicide of Mr. George Bennett, a middle-aged lumberman of this city. It seems that. Bennett had been drinking for the past few days and being out of work temporarily became despondent. He came home and told his wife that he had taken laudanum and intended to kilUiimself. He then went upstairs to his room and was later found by members of his family in a semi-cun-scious condition with an empty two ounce bottle labeled laudanum on" a table in the room. Drs. R. T. Tayloe and E, M. Brown were immediately summoned and did everything possible to save him but without success, and he died at 12:30. Mr. Bennett came here from the town of Edenton sev eral years ago. ' He leaves a wife and several children. - ITegro With Punctured He2rt Likely to Recover. v Jacksonville, Fla., Special. Oscar Grimes, a negro, in a light with Mary O'Brien Friday afternoon stabed the woman and, thinking her dead, delib erately drove the knife into his own breast seven, times, the heart being penetrated by one gash. He wras hur ried to a hospital, where the surgeons took three -stitches in the heart. The negro is still alive and it is believed he will recover. a CONDITIONS OF BANKS. Summary Just issued by the Corpo ration Commission, the Figures Showing a Gain Over Last Quar ter's Report. Raleigh, Special. A summary of reports of the condition of North Carolina State, private and savings banks, just issued by -the Corporation Commission, shows an aggregate of resources for the three classes of banks of $45,366,556.38 and money on deposit $25,931,194.13, these fig ures being some gain over, the pre vious quarterly report of the banks. The last' quarterly report of the na tional banks as shown by the reports of the national banking department of the government three months ago, showed $41,976,973.6S, resources, so the total banking resources of North Carolina are at this time about $S7,343,530.06. Notable items among the resources of the State and savings banks sched uled in the statement are: Loans and discounts, $32,261,708 ; banking houses and furniture, $1,346,070; demand loans, $1,400,643; due from bank9 and bankers, $4,961,S65; trust and deposit, $1,266,631. The summary shows capital stock paid in by State and savings banks of $7,477,625: sur plus fund, $1,501,233, and undivided profits, $1,463,117. Meeting of Truckers. Wilmington, Special. The twelfth annual meeting of the Eastern Caro lina Truck and Fruit Growers' Asso ciation was held here last week. Tha secretary, Mr. H. T. Bauman, submit ted his repot to the board of directors for this year ending August 18th, 190S. The following is quoted from the report : ' ' The acreage of straw berries reported planted this season was 4.7S3 1-2 acres, a decrease from 1907 of some 500 acres. The output this season was 291,80S crates, divided as follows: Refrigerator, 257,670 crates; express, 84,13S crates, an in crease over last season of 47,726 crates. The total number of re7 frigerator cars used last season was 896; this season, 1,094, an increase of 198 cars. The average loading last season was 239 crates to the car; this season 236 crates. Last season the average pick per acre was 46 crates; this season it was 61 crates. The former was on a 50 per cent, crop and the latter on a 60 per cent, crop. The average net . returns for 1907 was $71 per acre; this season $103.70 per care. . "In 1907 we shipped 244,5S2 crates, average sales $3.60 per crate, making the returns $733,746 less expenses of $1.50 per crate, leaving a net to the growers of $366,873. This season Ave shipped 291,80S crates, average sales $3.20 per crate, making the returns $933,7S5, less expenses, $1.50 per crate, $496,073.60, which shows an increase to te growers of $129, 200.60 for 190S. The increase in the number of crates shipped was 4,248. "There was a targe increase in the shipment .of vegetables, lettuce, etc., from the. various sections, the ex press shownig a total movement for 19GS of 79,121 packages ; the re frigerator, 94,281 packages; in venti lated box cars, approximately, $2.25 per package, making $468,904.50 less expenses, estimated at 75 cents per package, $156,301.50, leaving a net to the grower of $312,603. ''The value of the strawberry and vegetable crops for 190S was as fol lows: Strawberries, $1.50 per crate, $933,7S5.60; vegetables, etc., $2,25 per package, $468,904.50, giving a total of $1,402,690.10. The expense of raising these crops and preparing them for shipment was about as fol Ioaas: Strawberries, $1.50 pe crate, $437,712; vegetables, 75 cents per package, $156,301.50, giving a total of $594,013.50. This deducted from the sales leaves a balance net to the growers of $S08,676.60." Meeting of Veterans. Winston-Salem, Speeiall. More than two thousand heroes of the "lost cause" participated in the great gathering of the North Carolina division of the United Confederate Veterans, held here last week. There was much enthusiasm among the vis itors and the entertainment was first class. - The place of next meeting has not yet been decided upon. . Was Determined to Die. Tarboro, Special. William Alton Christenberry, a young farmer, com mitted suicide Thursday night at the home of W F.. Thone, near here, by swallowing an ounce of iodine and then4 shooting himself in the temple with a 3S-calbre revolver . He has been despondent for some time and left a note to his sweetheart telling of his intentions. No reason was giv en for the deed. He told friends be fore retiring that it was his last night in this world, but they thought he was joking. His preparations were carefully made. He was 23 years of Father Killledj Family Saved Tarboro, Special. Township No. 13 was the scene of another tragedy in the criminal history of Edgecomb Logan Jones in a drunken rage, stated that he would wipe out his entire family, and upon attempting to make good the threat was shot down by his 15-year-old son. He was also attacked with an axe by another child. He died instantly from the shot wound. - uN SS BEGUN Both Presidential Candidates IVIake Speeches LINES NOW DRAWN FOR BATTLE Taft Speaks! in Virginia and Bryan Starts on Campaign Tour in the West. . ; ' Hot "Springs, Va., . Speeial.-rJudge Taft opened the campaign in the South Firday, speaking to the Re publicans of Virginia. The exercises took place at the baseball park. Spec ial trains carrying the crowds arrived early. Black Republicans were " in the majority and the railway com pany was unable to handle the vast throngs. Mr. Taft in large part appealed to the "Solid South" to break from the Democratic column. Among other things, he said: "Every one having the interest of the country at heart would rejoice to have the Solid South as a Democratic asset broken up. The better the States the better the eountry. Re publicans have improved the water ways, conserved the forests and wa ter resources and are making many moves for developments to benefit the South. The growth of many indus tries in the South is the outcome of Republican legislation. Many promi nent Democrats in the South agree with the Republicans' in the main economic doctrines. I venture to say that should Jefferson return to life he would not recognize his political de scendants." : , Another portion ofTaft's speech was in the nature of . a reply to Bryan's speech of acceptance, par ticularly the "People d onot rule." He pointed to the majorities of Mc Kinley and Roosevelt, as an example that the people rule. He dwelt at length upon Roosevelt's efforts to purge the country of evils of the trusts, etc., claiming that the people rule through the Republican party. Bryan Starts on Tour. Chicago, Special. William J. Bry an arrived in this city Saturday to begin a conference with Democratic leaders and labor union officials, which may have an important bearing on the campaign. Mr. Bryan spoke in Des Moines, and confined his re marks principally to a discussion of the tariff. During his three days' stay in Chi cago, Mr. Bryan will lmeet and con fer with Chairman Mack and other campaign managers and give them the benefit of his counsel. The con ference of national and international union leaders, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor has been called for the same time and Mr. Bryan will doubtless meet the la bor officials and urge upon them the necessity of giving their whole-souled support of the Democratic nationall ticket. From this city Mr. Bryan will go to Indianapolis, where he will attend the Kern notification ceremonies, scheduled for Tuesday. - Upon that occasion the Nebraskan will deal with the trusts and will deliver a long speech on the subject of combines and monopolies. On the way back to Lincoln from Indianapolis, where he will attend the Topeka next Thursday and deliver an address in support of the plank in the Denver platform declaring for Feder al and State guarantee of bank depos its. Mr. Bryan will make this -one of the important issues of the campaign, and will point to the success attend ing the trial of the plan in Oklahoma as proof of its practicability. Among other speeches arraneed tor by Mr. Bryan are those on the tariff at the Minnesota State fair, August 31; on labor at Chicago, Sentember 7, and on "TheState and Nation," at Peoria, September 9. Bryan Will Speak at Macon Fair. Macon, Ga., Special. William J. Bryan has acepted an invitation from the Macon Fair Associatio'n to ad dress the fair, under the auspices of the Georgia Agricultural Society, on Sepetmber 14th. Chairman Norman E.. Mack officially notified Committee man Clark Howell, of Georgia, of this scheduled speech. Lusitania Clips' Three Hours From . Record.' New York, Special With the best previous record for a trans-Atlantic vojTage lowered" by more than three hours, the Cunard turbine steamship Lusitania arrived off Sandy Hook lightship at 10 o'clock Thursday night, having made the run across the Atlantic over the short course in four days, 15 hours and 25 min utes. The Lusitania 's former record which wasalso the ocean record, was 4 days 18. hours and 40 minutes, the steamer by her new performance lowered her former mark and the record mark by 3 hours and 15 minutes. Rapist Gets Reprieve While on Way to Scaffold. Macon, Ga., Special, Neal' Ryals, colored, under sentence to be hanged at Baxley, Ga., for rarft. held in Bibb county jail, for safety, received a re prieve Friday morning while waiting for the. rain to take him , to Baxley. Sheriff Branch arrived from Baxley with notice of the reprieve. He left a mob waiting for Ryals at Baxley and he returned to Bibb jail. The re prieve ic to September 11th. GAMPAI WILL REVIEW CASE The Government Not Satisfied With Rebete Decision WOULD INVALIDATE WHOLE LAW Attorney General Bonaparte and His Assistant, Frank B. Kellogg, File a Petition' For a Rehearing of 'the Case Against the Standard Oil Com pany. ; : - '' ; ' C Chicago, Special. , The govern! ment's petitioner a' rehearing by the United States Court of Appeals of the case against the Standard Oil Com pany, of Indiana, was filed Friday and represents, t is authoritatively stated, the administration 's attempt to save the Elkins' act and the inter state commerce law from being futile. The filing of the petition marked the appearance of Attorney General Bonaparte in the case as Avell as thatJ of Frank B. Kellogg, who is a spe cial assistant to the Attorney General. Besides these two names the petition is signed by Edwin W(. Sims, United States district attorney at Chicago, and Special Assistant James H. Wilk erson, both of whom presented th government's side of the case in the original hearing before Judge Landis. who administered the famous fine of $29,240,000 against the defendant. Block to Prosecute. Although it is not specificially stated in the petition it was agreed by counsel for the government in their conference at Lenox, Mass., following the reversal by the appeliaie court of Judge" Landis' decision that, if the in terpretation of the law given by Judges Grosscup, Seaman and Baker was allowed to stand, successful pros ecution of rate cases against corpora tions would be impossible in the fu ture. The lawyers at that conference were a unit in expressing the opinion that the reforms in rebate matters brought about by the Roosevelt ad ministration would represent so much waste of time unless the upper court can be convinced that it is in error in its construction of the law. "On but a single noint involved in the trial up to the return of the' ver dict of guilty," says the petition, "are the rulings of the trial court criticised by the Court of Appeals. In all other particulars his rulings are sustained. The point on which the trial judge is reversed by the Court of Appeals relates to his ruling on evi dence and his charge to the jury with reference to ignorance -on the part of the Standard Oil (Company of the law ful rate as a defense. The court of Appeals in its opinion has not cor rectly stated how the judge ruled on this subject." Knew What Lawful Rate Was. Continuing, the petition declares that whereas the opinion of the Court of Appeals states that Judge "Landis refused to admit evidence to the effect that the Standard Oil Company did not know what the lawful rate was, the record of proceedings in the lower court shows, that such evidence was admitted. Although the government points out what it considers other errors in the opinion of the Appelate Court, the allegation that the Standard Oil . did know that it was not paying the legal rate is regarded as the vital point. If with the evidence introduced at the trial before Judge Landis it can be held that the defendant did not have guilty knowledge of its own acts, then successful prosecution of similar cases is regarded as ' impossible. All the years of legislation designed to cor rect rebate abuses would have to be repealed. . Investigation of Georgia Convict Lease System Ends. Atlanta, Ga., Special. Inquiry in to the convict lease system of Georgia ended Friday. r The legisla tive committee, which has been opera ting the probe, is now engaged in making up its report, which will be submitted to a special session of the Legislature, called by Governor Smith to assemble on August 25th. Editors Select Seattle For Next Meeting Place. St. Paul, Minn., Special. Thurs day's session concluded the National Editorial Association convention. Selection of the next' place of meet ing developed a spirited contest be tween Seattle and Toledo, the . form er winning out. The meeting was opened by the presentation of a reso lution indorsing the laws and rules of the Postoffiee Department regard ing second-class matter and endors ing the enforcement of the laws and regulations. . A WirelecS Telephone Plant. New York, Special Contracts have been signed whereby a wireless telephone system will be installed in the 700-foot." tower cf the Metropoli tan Life Insurance Comoanv by the DeForcst Company. When installed DeForest expects to talk with Phila delphia, Boston and other cities. Then he hopes to reach Paris, where a nlant will be installed ou Eiffel Tower. GREAT TIME AT SYDNEY Business Practically .Suspended American Fleet Has Taken the City Governor General of Australia Sends Greeting to the President. Sydney, N. S. W., By Cable. With Lhe official dinner by the State de partment, and entertainments free in every theatre for the jackies the arst day of 'the festivities in honor jf the American fleet closed. Sydney presents an animated scene. Busi aess is practically suspended. . Thous ands of visitors and , citizens throng lhe streets. The illuminations are most elaborate. . The parade of the sailors and ma rines was one grand ovation . filled with the doings of the sailors. Thousands lined , the streets and 3heered the Yankee tars. The Sydney papers are filled with the doings of :he sailor lads. The programme v includes excur sions, a naval regatta, football games, exhibitions bv the iackies. Dinners tvill be given aboard the ships in the Venetian carnival. - A Message to America. Oyster Bav. Special. President Roosevelt received through the Brit ish charge d 'affairs telegram from the Governor General of Australia as follows: "Australians by hundreds of thous ands gathered on the shores of Syd aey to welcome the battleships. The continent of Australia sends greetings to President Roosevelt. We rejoice in the opportunity afforded by the dem anstration of the fleet." President Roosevelt sent an appro priate reply. Awaiting Minister's Report. The Hague, By Cable. Holland 's action against Venezuela and the text if her note to President Castro, will depend largely upon the reports M. Je Reus, former Dutch minister to Venezuela, who recently was expelled by President Castro, makes to the government 'He is expected to arrive here next Monday. M. Van Swin ierne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will consult with M. de Reu3 before the government takes further steps in the matter. The ex-minister's ar rival is eagerly awaited here. The Wigan Mine Disaster. Wigan, Special. Clinging to the theory that the fifty miners entomb ed in the Maypole Mine by Tuesday's explosion are still alive, their rela tives made demands of the officials who are flooding the mine in order to prevent the cremation of those possibly still alive. The grief crazed wives and mothers who stand about the mine shaft made a rush on the man manning the pump. The spe cial guards gently repulsed the crowds. It is thought that it will be several days before the mine is re entered or the bodies recovered. Louisiana Mob Searching For Negro. Natchez, Miss., Special. A posse is searching the swamps at Concordia parish, Louisiana, across the river from the city, an effort to capture Henry Walker, a negro who attempt ed to assassinate Robert Clayton, a merchant in his store, at Clayton sta tion. The negro fired on Mr., Clayton with a shotgun but the bullets went wild and he was not injured. A fight between the negro and the posse is anticipated should he be found and it is probable that he "will be lynched. That Lady Smuggler. Chicago, Special. A conference is to be held by local officials of the Treasury Department to decide what suggestions shall be made to the district attorney relative to what cus toms inspectors term are -attempts to smuggle articles of value into the country by Mrs. Emily Chadbourne. It is estimated that the woman passed $80,000 worth of valuables through the customs as household goods. The Standard Oil Case. Chicago, Specials In accordance with the ruling of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Chief Clerk Small, in the absence of Dis trict Attorney Sims last week for the government filed a petition for a hearing of the Standard Oil Com pany case.' Early action in the mat ter is expected. Killed Himself by Throwing " Himself in Front of Train. Wilmington, Special. George Cox. a middle-aged citizen of Rose Huh in Duplin county, was run over and killed by an Atlantic Coast Line train at that point Wednesday after noon. According to witnesses it was a plain case of suicide. Cox, who was -standing in front of the depot. rushed- across the track .-just as me train reared the point where he was standing. The body was .horribly mangled and portions were scattered along the track. , News in Brief. A fpecial from Brandon, Missis sippi," announces the death of Col onel William Walker, editoral writci of the New Orleans Picayune for the past thirty years. He was about 3 years of age and a native of Ala bama. '"' '-. , . The Evansville - Indiana Cotter. Mill-a plosed clown latelv owins: tc the inability to secure raw materiaL Several hundred employes aro idlie BOB EVANS RETIRED Most Popular Naval Officer is Retired on Age Limit SKETCH OF HIS LIFE AND WORK Great Sea Fighter's Name Erased From Roll of the Navy One of the Doughtiest Commanders That Ever Trod , the Quarter-deck of a Man o'- War. Robley Dunglinson Evans. 1846 Born in Floyd county, Virginia, August 18th, son of Dr. Samuel -Andrew Jackson Evans, and received early edu- cation in public schools of Washington. - - I860 Appointed to United States naval academy from Utah, September 20th, and graduated in 1863, with rank of ensign. v 1S65 -Participated in both attacks of Federal "forces on Fort Fisher, and in a land at- tack received four severe rifle , shot wounds, which rendered him lame for life. ' 1866 Promoted to rank of lieutenant, July 25th, and ' to rankN of lieutenant commander on March 12th, 1868. 1871 Married Charlotte Tay- lor, daughter of Frank Taylor, of Washington. 1878 Promoted to rank of commander and later assumed charge of several vessels. 1891 Commanded the York- town at Valpariso during period of strained relations between United States and Chile and thee earned the popular name of "Fighting Bob." 1893 Promoted to the rank of captain, on June 23d. " ' 1898 Commanded v battleship Iowa of Sampson's fleet during war with Spain and took active part in battle with Cervera's fleet off Santiago, July 3d. 1901 Promoted to rank of ' rear admiral, February 11th. 1902 Appointed commander- in-chief of Atlantic station. 1907 Sailed from Hampton Roads, December 16th, in com- mand of the Atlantic fleet of six teen battleships, beginning fam- ous trip to San Francisco. 1908 Retired from command of Atlantic fleet and was placed on retired list of United States navy, by operation of age limit, August 18th. , Washington, Special. Father Time Tuesday descended upon the naval headquarters arid with renlentle.JB hand effaced from the rolls of Am erica's great sea fighters the name of . the greatest of them all Rear -Admiral Robley Dunglinson Evans "Fighting Bob." For Tuesday is "Fighting Bob's" sixty-second birth day, and by law and rule the career of the great warrior as an active com mander of conquering fleets on the high seas is over and done. In the memory of patriotic Americans, the feat of Rear Admiral Evans in safely conducting the Atlantic fleet to the Pacific will remain as the climax of the life of one of the doughtiest com manders that ever strode the quarter deck of a man-o '-war. Few com manders have ever been so well loved by the men, and there is deep sorrow in the hearts of all of Uncle Sam's tars. " ' "Fighting Bob" described Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans to a dot. He won the right to this title in hrs first "naval engagement." He was sailing a boat in a public school yard in Washington when a bigger boy smashed it with a rock. Evans Bmashed the boy with another. Tb big boy was carried home on a door. Although the engagement resulted in a victory for Evans, it marked the close of bis public sehool career. He has been fighting ever sinoe, and. Whenever there was nothing more warlike on the horizon he tackled the general naval board. Admiral Evans was easily the best liked and most popular commander of the navy and many anecdotes are told going to show his bravery and his fighting qualifies. California Town Shaken. Eureka, Cal., Special. Three sharp earthquake shocks which knocked down more than a hundred chimnej's, 1 shattered about forty plate glass win dows in the business portion of Eu reka, broke much crockery in ths houses and sent many people scurry ing from their beds into the street occurred here early Tuesday. The damage reported so far is estimated at between $2,000 and $3,000. Dwelling Bums!, rive Lives Lost. 'Marshall,. N. C, Special. A phone message from Laurel, this' county, fifteen miles from Marshall, says that during Moncav night the home of Wolfe Tweed was burned and in the fire Mrs. Tweed, her three children and a neighboring woman all lost their lives. Mr.. Twcd was in Mar shall attending court. As yet no further details can be learned.