North Carolina Newspapers

vine virmirmm irvtciu- H. A. LONDON EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: STSO Per Year STRICTLY IN ADVANCE NORTH.. ' STATE HAPPENINGS Occurrences cf Interest Gleaned From All Sectious 0 the Busy Tar Heel State NORTH CAROLINA COTTON -CROP Reports from Various Points as Puh listed in The New York Jours! of Commerca. Unusually fair weather has en abled farmers to proceed rapidly with picking and save .most of their ercp frcm injuiy. It is rushed to ths gin and sold, but thero is a strong tendency to hold a portion of their yield for higher prices. Correspond ents estimate the amounts pieked as about 70 per cent., against 62 per rent, last year and 57 per cent, in 1006. Rains set in on the 21st, but this can do little else than lower the grade. Condition shows a few points deterioration, but quality of the sta ple is generally excellent. Frost can do but very little harm now. Scotland Neck. No top crop; weather conditions perfect for pick ing and marketing; staple white and fleecy; frost can do no harm except on bottom lauds or river territory; yield in county about same as last year; in this community a little bat- Four Oaks. Our cotton crop is about all picked and 75 per cent, ginned; weather conditions ideal; marketing slowly; no damage can come from frost ; will not make over 60 per cent, of full crop. Tarboro. The splendid fall weath er has enabled farmers to save most of their crop in good condition, and while the ginning has been heavy there is a good deal that is picked and not ginned ; rains set in Wednesday and put a stop to pic-king; don't think it will damage crops any, ex cept lower the grade st.mewhat which up to this time has been very good. Mcrrisville. Cotton seems to yield a little more than was expected a month ago; the fine weathsr has caused it to open up better and is of better grade than was expected a month ago: not much being sold yet. Dunn. Weather has been favor able for maturing; crop is made and mostly Gathered; no top crop; hence frost will do no damage; quality of staple is good; production about 25 per cent, below last year; last year was a record-breaker here. Elizabeth City. Weather has been good an-1 crop picked more rapidly than usual; no unusual holding; crop in this county probably -larger than last year, but not as large as was ex pected; scarcely any lop crop and frost would do little damage. Wilson. Marketing slowly; staple good; chance for frost damage very small. Red Springs. Drouth principal cause of decline ; ercp two weeks ear ly; p." eking made very good progress; ginneis row up and will run only certain days in week to gin; yield will be about as last crop ; hot much change, possibly slight increase in favor of this season; rush cow over; ercp clD3clv marketed this season. Wake Forest. Unprecendentcdly good weather for picking has con tinued all this fall, without any in terruption; frost would not at this late date at all reduce the crop. Havelock, Top crop half pieked; marketing fast as picked; staple good; weather conditions jjood up to 21 fit j rain 21st and 22nd; crop nearly all pieked; frost can do no damage; po inscets. Medora. The unusually fins weath er has caused the closest picking I ever saw at this time; but little late cotton to be damaged by frost; mar keting has been liberal; I think the county will fall 3,000 bales short of last year; qualitv good. Raleigh. We do not consider the increased receipts an indication of a verv large ercp, it being rather the result of an eailv crop, under the most favorable season for picking, ideal weal-pr and abundant labor. North State News. Mr. W. A. Brame, of North Wilkes boro, came very near having a se rious accident a few days ago. While returning to his" home from States ville he attempted to ford Hunting creek, which was swollen. He was swept down the 'stream but managed to cut the horses loose from the bug gy and escaped, but with the loss of the buggy and baggage, which have never been found. R. W. Bishop, patent attorney, Washington, D. C, reports the issue of the following patents on the 27th instance to residents of North Car olina: Wheel, R. K. Gregory, Greens boro; fertilizer distributor, R. G. Wilson, Madison. The nineteenth district convention of Odd Fellows is in session at Black Mountain and is well attended. Mr. J. A. Forsyth is presiding. There are eighteen lodges represented. Blue Ridge Lodge, No. 205, furnished the team to give the first degree. The next meeting of the convention will be held at Biltmore. No Falling off ia Tobacco Sales at Durham. Durham, Special. The tobacco breaks here have never been such as they are now. Since' Monday there have been sold 400,000 pounds, which ia rotmd figures will total $50,000. Durham has sold more tobacco to date than she has done in many years before. Last month her sale3 ran to 1.155,442 and this month they will greatly exceed that fisrare. VOL. XXXI. Weldon. Weather has been fine and cotton saved up to now is beau tiful. - - - Whitakers. During the Ion g dry spell cotton has improved. Chapanoke. Shipping fast; little trouble with insects; little cotton held back; crop very short; staple only fair; yield about the same as last year. Louisburg. Weather has been fa vorable for picking and cotton has opened nicely. Matthews. Top crop will be o lit tle consequence; farmers marketing slowly, in fact selling but very lit tle; quality of staple excellent; weather conditions also excellent; no insects; crop in this section anol county 15 per cent less than last year. Teacheys. Top rop is very light; the crop is being marketed somewhat slowly; quality of staple is good; weather conditions are good; the crop is about 2o per cent less than last year. Davistown. Cotton in some sec tions of the county has slightly im proved, in other sections no improve ment. Clayton. Fine weather for pick ing; crop nearly gathered; frost would not damage. Trenton. High water did great damage to crops. Farmville. The crop has opened fast and has been picked fast, owing to fine weather for housing; no top crop in this section; heavy rain in late summer stopped growth. Lilly- The farmers are selling as fast as it is picked; the top crop will not be much; the storm the last of August cut it off badly; qualify of staple good; good weather and cotton onpening fast. Stantonsburg. Top crop maturing fast; good staple; weather good; the frost will damage 5 per cent; 40 per cent of crop sold. Dudley. The cotton crop is about all picked and sold; not more thau a half crop this year; wet weather caused cotton to take rust and not make any top crop. Weldon. Good weather for pasi four weeks has materially helped cotton en stiff and improved stwls. where it is still making; no frost as yet. Rutherfordton. No top crop pros pects; marketing crop slowly, "two thirds of what has been picked is hell back; staple good and cotton white; weather favorable for opening and picking; no insects; no frost damage, but liable to come any time; ercp probably one-fourth short ef last year. Norwood. Conditions very favor able until 22nd; since then the rains have done damage. Greensboro. Crop has done well for past two months. Pine Level. The cotton is short 25 per cent from last year; nearly all picked and ginned; most people are selling fast. Stony Point. No top crop; have had some heavy rains; which dam aged the open cotton; farmers are holding some; no damage yet by frost, but crop not nearly as good as last year. Salisbury. Top crop about all open, marketed fast; good weatberj no insects; no frost yet to injur, crop. Shelby. Our crop will be about 25 per cent less than last year. Cberryville. Not having more then 50 per cent of cotton ginned, and marketing about one-half that ginned; all the crop will open in this section. Laurinburg. Cotton &S per cent open; selling as fast as ginned. West End. Weather favorable ; top crop prospects none; marketed c T iT7 1 1 r State New in Brief. The Bank of Huntersville will open for business about December 1st. The stockholders have elected the follow ing directors C. F. Cline, J. L. Choat, J. McHolbrock, W. J. Ransom, J. T, Mayberry, J. W. Montieth and J, J. McRaven. The officers are: Presi dent, J. T. Choat; vice president, W. J. Ransom; cashier, C. F. Cline. The capital stock of the bank is $1CQ00. The Civic Improvement League of High Point has set its plans high and will stop nothing short of making that city one of the most beautiful as well as cleanest in the State. Many of the ladies of the town are enlist ing in the cause and all are taking an active interest in the work. It is quite probable that prizes will later be offered for the most beautiful lawn rose garden and the like. The Giant Lumber Company, of North Wilkesboro, expects soon to have its flume connected with its sidetrack, when the lumber will be floated direct from the forest to the railroad cars. Capt. William H. Day, who is well known all over the State, is critically ill at his home in Raleigh, having suffered a second stroke of the 'dis ease which so nearly carried him off a few years ago. Mr. John M. Brower, who repre sented the fifth district in Congress a number of years ago, is visiting bis former home at Mount Airy. Mr. Brower has resided in Boswell, Okla., for the past two years. He is en gaged in the lumber business. or wf V I J f I II IV I t Q PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C. WEDNESDAY . NOVEMBER 4. 1908 NO. 13. GOOD WORK SPREADING Efforts Being Made to Secure Demon stration Work By Many Coun ties,; Greensboro, Speecial. Mr. C. R. Hudson, State Agent for County de monstration work, Avho has his head quarters at the Iredell county State Experiment farm near Statesville, is busy just now establishing new coun ty demonstration work. Monday he was in Greenville, Pitt county, con sulting with leading farmers there about . the introduction of the de monstration work there, and the se lection of a man to superintend it. The department does this work only upon application, and only then when 100 farmers agree to engage in any one county to aid and follow the di rections of the county demonstrator in the particular crops selected for the special demonstration of soil, seed, and cultivation. There are now about twenty coun ties of the State having these demon stration farms. Mr. Hudson is get ting now every day reports from these counties as to results of this year's work. Of course the actual results cannot yet be given since cot ton and corn are not yet capable of accurate reports, but in every in stance where reports have been made, the results have been wonderful. The grain crops planted and cultivated under the demonstrator's guidance, in every instance have showed at least double the yield of wheat and oats, as under the old system. Every report so far from corn and cotton crops in every county, indicates an increase of nearly seventy-five per cent in the corn crop and fifty per cent .in cotton. This demonstration farm work lias so far been confined almost evclusive- ly to the Piedmont counties. The progressive county of Guilford . has not yet organized to get the benefit of this excellent and practical method I of getting by actual test the benefit of modern scientific methods of farm ing without cost. Guilford county has a large number of splendid farm ers and there is undoubtedly rapid improvement in farming methods j here by reason of fine market and good roads conditions, and yet the county needs this demonstration work for the benefit of all farmers, as well as for those who are feeling their way along up the slope of improve ment. Guilford county farmers are today making fifty and a hundred bushels of com per acre on lands that made fifteen and twenty bushels five years ago, and for this very reason demonstration work would be of great benefit, because it would at once appeal to the encouragement and active support of this class of intelligent progressive fanners along other lines. The Rocky Mount Tobacco Market. Rocky Mount, Special. The re ceipts of leaf tobacco were full last week. The total being nearly 700, 000 pounds for the week. The qual ity of the offerings have been about equally divided between good and bad. Much inferior stock has shown up, of an undesireable nature, and has not been attractive to buyers, on the other hand a great many fine bright wrappers have appeared and have sold at fancy prices, one load averaging about $40 around, some lots selling as high as $70 and fSQ per hundred, Fatal Shooting of Negro In Hocking' ham, Hamlet,. Special. Will . McNeal shot and instantly killed Mose Leak here last week. Both are negroes. The shooting was over a woman that MeNeal .claims is his wife. McNeal says that he did not intend to shoot Mose Leak but thought he was anoth er, negro by the name of Tom Mc Call. Leak was a young negro about 21 years old and was generally liked : by the white people, as well as ne groes. McNeal was immediately . placed under arrest and will be taken j to Rockingham jail to await trial. AHegei Accessories in Murder Ar- I rested. I Durham, Special. The police ar rested the brother of Van Ray, the alleged murderess of Reva Harris last week. Lizzie Mangum is also held as accessory. The ( Mangum girl is charged with furnishing the razor and the Ray boy with stabbing the dead woman. The murderess is still at large. An 'Unloaded" Gun. Fatality. Newbern, Special. Kinly Cox, a colored boy 13 years old, living near the city water and light plant, was playing with an t( unloaded" 22-cali- bre rifle Thursday and 111 some man ner the gun was fired, the ball strik ing him in the abdomen. He was la- ken to the Stewart Sanatorium but died from internal hemorrhage be fore -anything could be done for him. North State Items. The Postal Telegraph Campany will shortly open an office in Statesville, Manager W. C- Gaffney, of the Char lotte office, having made the arrange ments there last week. Charters are granted the Lewis Lumber Company, of Wilmington, capital stock $50,000, L. Lewis and others stockholders, and the Ideal Candy Store, incorporated, at Greens-, boro. A movement is on foot to build a new tobacco warehouse at Dunn. This season a good deal of the time one warehouse eould. not accommo dates the sales. RAMPANT RUSSIANS Object to Abiding By Decision of the Powers OFFICIAL POSITION DIFFERENT Parliamentary Leaden Say that the Idea of an International Congress WiU Be Abandoned Foreign Of fice Says . Negotiations Are in Progress. St. Petersburg, By CableInterest in the Balkan situation is centered in the positive statement of several parliamentary leaders that Russia has determined to drop the idea of the proposed international congress and will refuse to recognize the an nexation by Austro-Hungary of Bos nia and Herzegovina. This information, although pur porting to be from official sources is not entirely exact. Russia has finally committed herself to the principle that the question of the annexation of the provinces may be discussed in a conference of the powers, and Austria will permit the status of Herzegovina to be included in the programme, but only on condition that the delegates will refrain from questioning her action, and content themselves with registering the abro gation of the article referring to this matter in the Berlin treaty. The Foreign Office states that the negotiations between Russia, Austria Hungary and other powers on this question are still in progress and con siders that an acceptable formula for submission to - the congress may ultimately be found. It is difficulty, however, to foresee how a satisfactory agreement may be reached without one side or the other withdrawing its contention. Great Religious Parade. Boston, Special. What was prob ably the greatest parade of a reli gious character in the history of New England brought to a close Sunday the centennary celebration of the founding of the Roman Catholic Dio cese of Boston which was begun on Wednesday last. It is estimated that fully 40,000 men representing the Holy Name Societies of the Roman Catholic churches in the five counties which constitute the Diocese, with over 150 priests, participated, march ing to the music of 100 bands. Thous ands of spectators filled every point of vantage along the line of march. Passing before the arch-Episcopal residence on Bay State road, the parade was reviewed by Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop William H. O'Connell, together with a number of visiting prelates, from a reviewing stand. The day was begun with a solemn pontifical mass at the Cathe dral of the Holy Cross, with Arch bishop O'Connell as celebrant, and Cardinal Gibbons occupying the pon tificial throne within the sanctuary. At night in the same edifice a te deum service was held. Fire Destroys a Florida Phosphate Plant. Mulberry, Fla., Speeial.Fire de stroyed a large portion of the Mul berry plant of the Prairie Pebble Phosphate Company. The fire was dis covered at 8:30 a.fci. and the em ployes of the company battled with the fire for several hours before the flames could be extinguished. The en tire drying plant, dry bin and general offices of the company, together with a boarding house, hotel and two pri vate residences were burned to the ground. The loss is estimated at $100, 000. Tragedy in Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala., Special. W. B. Sullivan, whose home is in Dallas, Tex., was shot and perhaps fatally injured on the south side, and A. J. Cooley is under arrest charged with the crime. Sullivan is not in condi tion to talk and Cooley refuses to dis cuss the affair, so that it is not known how the shooting occurred. Virginia Fanner Shot to Death. Roanoke, Va., Special. Edward Gorman, a young farmer, was shot to death in his yard in this county Saturday night, Sydney Britts, an other young farmer who lives near the Gorman place, is missing and it is alleged that he killed Gorman. It is said that a brother of Britts brought the latter to Roanoke after the shoot ing and that Sydney .Britts boarded a train here for unknown parts. The two men had been enemies. Japanese Troops Withdrawn From Korea. Seoul, Special. The; thirteenth di vision of the Japanese army after hAvingbeen on duty - here since the outbreak of .hostilities with the Koreans is embarking for Japan. This action is taken as significant of the termination of the trouble, al though a number of irreconcilabies continue to create disturbances in various parts of the country. LEPER MAY GO TO N. G. North Carolina May Yet Have to Receive and Care for Him. Washington, Special. John Early, the leper, may yet be sent back to North Carolina. Attorney General Bonaparte holds that the District of Columbia cannot expel him on the ground of being a public charge, but that it can do so. if it is shown that he might spread infection. The Ma rine Hospital authorities may take no action for several days, but in simi lar cases have held that leprosy is a contagious disease. It is held that it Early were born in North Carolina that Commonwealth will have to re ceive and provide for. him in the event that the District expels him. . x ; i Bermuda to Celebrate Ter-Centenary. Hamilton, Bermuda, By Cable. An influential committee of leading citizens has been elected for the pur pose of celebrating the ter-centenary of Bermuda. The proposed program, which will occupy six days, com mences .April 12th next. Among the distinguished guests it is proposed to. invite are the Prince of Wales, Pres ident Roosevelt, Earl Grey, the Gov ernor General of Canada; Admiral Sir John Fisher, Sir Archibald Alli son, at cne time Colonial Secretary of Bermuda; Lieut. Gen. Sir Henry Geary, of the British army; Claude A. Swanscn, the Governor of Vir ginia, who is a descendant of Sir George" Somers, the Governor of Jamaica; the Commissioner of Turks island, Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), James Gordon Bennett, H'; H. Rogers end St. George Tucker. Cr.shier Butt Short a Half-Million. Norfolk, Va. ,Special. The report of Receiver Sifiin, of the Peoples Bank at Portsmouth, shows a short age in the accounts of Cashier Alex B. Butt of 549,SS4. Butt is now serving a sentence of three years in the penitertiary under a plea of euilty of misapplying the bank's funds. Body of Little Jackson Boy ia Found in Ashes of His Father's Earn. Jackson, Tenn., Special. Robert Edgar Cobb, the little 5-year-old son of R. E. Cobb, met a horrible death here last week. He was burned to death in his father's barn. The building and contents were burned and the child was missed. His body was found in the ashes. It is sup posed the child was plying in the barn and in some way set it on fire, and was unable to escape. West Tennessee Town has Big Blaze. Dresden, Tenn., Special. A dis astrous fire at Greenfield, twelve miles south of Dresden, consumed the 31. E. church, South, the Metho-; dist parsonage and two other resi dences. The fire originated frcm a defective flue in the' house of Sam D. Baker, and rapidly spread to others. Loss. $12,000, insurance, $5,000. The sparks set fire to a spoke fac tory, stave 'mill and other dwellings which, owing to tho extremely dry weather, were with difficulty saved. Pennsylvania Lad Sills His Brother Acidentally. . Harrisburg, Pa., Special. -Albert Bell, a 12-year-old schoolboy, was shot and instantly killed by his 18-year-old brother, Raymond, while hunting in Wildwood Park late Sat urday afternoon. With the brothers on a hunting expendition were thi'ee other boys, one of whom without say ing anything to any one, slipped a cartridge into the rifle, which was the only weapon they had. Later , on Raymond playfully pointed the rifle at his brother and pulled the trigger. The youth sank to the ground with a bullet in his brain. Prohibition in Ohio. Columbus, O., Special. The wave of'prohibiticn sweeping over Ohio has already rendered 7 out of 83 counties dry, according to a state ment by the Anti-Saloon League. A Total of 1,843 saloons have been put out of business. Trumbull, Greene and Williams counties voted. 4t dry" last week. Forest Fires Do Great Damage in West Virginia. Charleston, W. Va., Special. For est fire around Turkey Knob near here threatened death to miners em ployed in the mine of the Turkey Knob Coal Company. The fire reach ed the fan house of the coal com pany, destroying it, then burned the drift mouth and set the mine afire. Fortunately there was no explosion and the men in the mine escaped. Two men were overcome by smoke but will recover. The fire was brought under control. Pass Rulings Announced. Washington, Special.--Free passes may be issued to bona fide ex-employees of a railroad swho are travel ing to re-enter 'the railroad's gervice. Passes cannot be extended to the families of employees who died a natural death while in'-the sejrvice of common carriers, though that privilege is accorded to the families of employees killed" in the service. J4L Ay THE OUTLOOK BRIGHTENS Charlotte Cotton Mills Resume Oper ations. Charlotte, N. C Special. The Con. tinental Mills, after several, months' shut-down, have just started up; the Fidelity Mills are again in operai tion; the Atherton are also on full time. Not a cotton mill in the city will be idle. There is a general tendency to wards the manufacture of the higher grades of yarns and the higher num. bers according to a well posted mill man who was discussing the question Years ago there was little market for any but the coarse yarn, say 20 's, but now the average of the demand has risen fifteen to twenty numbers, so that the present average may be said to be close to number 40 's. This means that the average grade of goods being manufactured is fnier than it was when the cotton mill in dustry was just beginning to be a leading industry in the South. The entire trend of the textile trade now is towards the higher numbers and the finer grades of cloth. - - . China Ready With a Welconme Fox Second Squadron Battleship Fleet. Amoy, By Cable. When the Chin ese government selected Amoy as the port to receive the second squadron of the American battlesTiip fleet, it made a wise choice. The broad well- protected harbor, the climate (from October to April) Unsurpassed and the scenic beauty of the surround ing country all unite in justifying the selectio a. The second squadron consists of the battleships Louisana, Virginia. Ohio, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois Kentucky and Kersarge, under com mand of Rear Admiral William H. Emory. The Chinese government has set aside the sum of 400,000 Taels (U. S. gold $280,000) to meet the expenses of entertaining the battleship squard- ron during its visit. The committee in charge of the arrangements has stated that the Peking govenment has signified its willingness to make additional appropriation should the original appropriation prove inade quate. Cotton Crop Short. New Orleans, La., Special. The Picajmne says in its crop report: Ma terial progress was made during the last week in gathering the last rem nants of an apparently short crop of cotton throughout Louisiana and the Southern half of Mississippi. Most of the reports from these sections concede that first estimates were tco high, and that sudden deterioration resulted from the ravages of the boll weevil. In the weevil-ridden sections of Louisiana there is a well-defined movement to either reduce the cot ton acreage nest year or abandon the growth of the staple altogether because of the uncertain conditions. Planters naturally turn to sugar eane. Frost prevailed in many seetiom of Louisana, and the cooler weather is entirely favorable for the matured eane crop. The cane is being rapidly harvested and transported to the sugar houses. Grinding has already begun in some of the houses, but the great majority will not begin before the next six or seven days. Major Graham, of Raleigh, N. C. State commissioner of agriculture, estimates the cotton crop in North Carolina to be sixteen per cent short of last year's crop. No State, re ported a crop equal to last J yearV. except Texas. Prosperity Note; New York, Special, As a sign of returning prosperity, the Union Bank of Brooklyn, formerly the Mechanics' and Traders' has just paid its ceo ond referred disbursement of 15 per cent to depositors, this dividend be ing anticipated rix weeks ago. -The bank has been able to realize from its resources more than was expect ed. Since the resumption of busi ness, hundreds of new accounts have been opened and deposits 'have in creased $500,000. Boy Kills Stepfather in Duel Covington, La., Special. Follow ing a quarrel here between - John Blakeiy, about 40 years old, and his stepson, James Erwin, a mere youth, both secured weapons and fought a pitched battle. The boy used a shot gun with sueh deadly effect that his stepfather fell mortally wounded and died shortly afterwards. Young Er win was acquitted by a coroner 's jury. . Cotton Mills Start Up. Augusta, Ga., Special. Nine of the eleven cotton mills, located here start ed operations for the first time since the freshet of August 26. The cana! repairs are practically complete and there is a full head of water . The weekly pay roll of these manufac tories is $25,000. Zhe Cbatbam Rccort); -Jj RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Square, one Insertion One Square, two Insertions.... 1.5 One Square, one month.. ...... s.09 For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Con tracts will be made, '' TI 1WS1 BRI Items of IpXerest Gathered By Wire and Ceble GLEANINGS FRCM DAY TO DAY Lira Items Covering Eyits cf Mora or ueza inierar at jjqsj aaa Abroad. - National Affairs. Col. George W. Goethals was com pletely exonerated after an investi gation of charges of favoritism in Panama canal contracts. Fourteen-inch guns, it is said, will be used on future battleships as a resul tof the Newport conference. The Congressional committee inves tigating the pulo wood suddIv ex amined several large lumber opera tors in Minnesota. Foreign Affairs. Bulgaria bas agreed to the prin ciple of compensation for Turkey and Austra has adopted a coucilatory policy. All records for target practice were broken by the cruiser and gunboat squadron at Manila. Cardinal Salvador Cassaiias y Pages, of Spain, is dead. . ' Prince Henry of Prussia took a trip in the Zeppelin airship with the Count. The Emperor of Japan replied to the President's thanks for the recep tion of the battleship fleet. Miscellaneous. William Montgomery, former cash ier of the Allegheny National Bank, was again convicted in Pittsburg. At Russellvillefi Ala., James Thorn, a farmer, while attempting to run a mule cut of a yard pieked tip a small stone and threw it at the ani mal. He missed the mule and hit his two-ycnr-old son, killing him in stantly. At Montgomery, Ala., Dr. Shirley Bragg, State jail inspector, and a nephew of Gen. Bragg, shot and kill ed himseK. It is not known if the shooting was accidental. He was 55 years old. W. W. Hunter, a well known civil engineer, is in Augusta, running flood and water levels, having been employ ed bv the citv council flood commis sion, appointed to devise ways and means of protecting the city in fu ture from a recurrence of the recent disaster. Temporary insanity will bo the de fense of Captain Peter C. Hains, Jr., U. S. A., who killed William E. An nis at the Bayside Yacht Club land ing in August. The baseball season just closed broke the record for death and seri ous injuries. There were fully 250 persons seriously injured Avhile -playing the game, begides scveenteen deaths that are known to have been directly caused by accidents on tho field. Pittsburg had the largest amount of deaths of the big cities, Its records show six persons to hays been killed. While sitting in a rear room of her home at Pooler, ten miles from Savannah, Mrs. W, E. Torrenee, wife of an engineer, was fired upon and; instantly killed by Solomon Riley, a negro boy. The boy was arrested, The special grand jury to investi gate the Reel Foot Lake Night Rid? outrage w chosen in Tennessee, A receiver has been appointed for the Battle Creek Breakfast Food Company, manufacturers of Egg-O-See. Testimony in the suit of Hugh Crabbe, former manager of the Leiter estate, showed that Lady Curzon was pursued to the grave by poverty and that Joe Leiter lost $9,000,000 in his famous attempt to corner wheat. Jdward English, a wealthy resi dent of Mount Vernor, Wash., was kidnapped and held for $3,009 ran som, but managed to get away. "Tid" Burton in court confessed his share in the Reel Foot Lako Night Rider crime and implicated 4Q other men. The first man convicted of "whito slave" traffic at Chicago was senten ced to two years in the penitentiary and a fine cf $2,500. One hundred summer cottages at Salisbury Beach, Mass., were burned, and arson is suspected. Daniel J. Hennessv, an -enlisted man in the navy, killed his wife and himself in Norfolk. A Western syndicate has laid claim to the heart of the business section of -Aurora, 111., valued at $2,500,000. " T. G. Jones was mysteriously shot down at his gate at Holland, and dy ing, declared he was killed "for Ihe truth." Judge C. J. Campbell was acquit ted of the contempt charge by Judge McDowell in the United States Court at Lynchbarg. ' Georgia State Fair. Maccn, Ga., Special. A State Fair was opened here under the auspices of the Georgia State Agricultural Society, and $15,000 in prizes wilt be distributed among the exhibitors. A special prize, cf $1,000 has b&en of fered for the best and most complete county agricultural display, and-has provoked much rivalry amonj the dif ferent c&unty organizations,