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ZEbe Cbatbam TRccorfr. RATES OF ADVERTISING; One Square, one Insertion $1. One Square two Insertions.... One Square, one month........ A H. A- LONDON EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: St .50 Per Year STRICTLY IN ADVANCE For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made. VOL. XXXI. PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6. 1509. NO. 21. f1 kiwir tow 0 Most Destructive In the Present Gen eration Visits Italy WHOLE CITIES DESTROYED Earthquake Followed By Tidal Wave, Destroys City After Ciy in South Italy and Sicily and Obliterated Smaller Towns and Villages With out Number. One of (he most disastrious earth quakes in the world's history occur red on Monday in the lower portion ft" Italy including the island" of Sicily. The news of the appalling disaster was not adequately conceiv ed when the cables first brought the message. Xo tongue or pen can de pict the horrors of the awful calamity that has fallen upon that region. Later details covering more fully teh horrible occurrence are given in the following dispatches, and show that the first news of the disaster ian:e r.owhere near giving the full ex tent of the devastation wrought. The immensity of the disaster in Fo.uhern Italy and Sicily can only be measured by the fact that it is now estimated that 110,000 people perish ed in Messina and Reggio alone. A store of other towns have been de vastated and thousands of victims in these places must be added to the roil. In the face of this awful total til Ttalv stands appalled. Nor has the full death-list yet for we are dying of hunger. A num beeu reached. Ship )oads of fugi-jber of the survivors are leaving for tires have arrived at Naples and i ania." Receive them with love other ports and the vast majority of ' and fraternity. It is the duty of these are sorely injured. Other 'every family in Catania to shelter a thousands; remain near the ruins of family from Messina." their homes or wander half-starved, I Only two members of the munici- rr.t-naked over the land. The iorces : that on Monday overwhelmed the cities also destroyed the means of subsistence. Telc-graphie communi cation has been established with Mis sina. the apparatus having been in- siaiieu m a railway van, inougn iney 1 have been meagre in detail, show! that hope is gone. Nothing remains of the citv but a mass of ruins that have been swept by fire. A mere handful of survivors are being cared for by the rescuing forces, but their distress is great and it has been in creased by the violent icy wind that followed the deluge of rain. Desti tution is everywhere and appalling. There is little food and less water. Of Messina's 90.000 population it is believed that fully 70,000 persons perished, Forty thousand people died in Recrgic. j Despatches state that the citv of,lS3. Pa''ni contains 1,500 dead and twice as many injured. Two-thirds of the town was laid waste. All the vil lages adjacent sufferied as severely. The commander of the battleship Admiral Makharoff, confirms the re port of the death of the American ' consul at Messina, Arthur S. Chancy j and his wife, who were buried in the ; ruins of the consulate. The British consul at Messina is! reported injured and his wife ' and children dead. ! This disaster has resulted in a greater loss of life than anv of our ! ware for independence. Indeed the 1 situation is much worse, as, while war is rlwavs preceded by a period , of preparation, this has . happened j withoin fortv seconds. While war ( only affects the voung and strong j among the people, the present calam ity has mowed down women and chil- dren. eld merr-and youths. While in Chile ruined by earthquake August war the armies are followed by the ( 16, 1906, and 2,000 killed. " most complete camp hospitals, the i Kingston, Jamaica, partially de rmmberless wounded in Calabria and , stroyed Monday, January 14, 1906; eastern Sicily have been left in many J 800 killed. 100 Miners Entombed. Mabury, W. Va., Special. More than 100 miners are believed to be hopelessly imprisoned In a local mine of the Lick Branch Colliery Company as a result of a terrifL explosion. All night long rescurers worked tireless ly'. Up to an early hour 42 men had been removed from the mine, 12 of them dead. Only the main part of the mine has been explored. King and Queen on Scene. Catania, Special King Victor Em manuel and Queen Helena arrived at Messina on board the battleship Vic-toria-Emmanuele. They disembark ed and made their way into the ruin ed city. As soon as it was known that the King and Queen had dome crowds of the terror-stricken popu lace swarmed around the royal party, prostrateing themselves in the mud and crying aloud for pity. This re ception was too much for the Queen who almost fainted. Again at the Breaking Point. London, By Cable. Bulgaria and Turkey are again at the breaking point. Incensed at what he considers the unreasonable indemnity demands of Turkey and the "Insult offered to Czar Ferdinand ia the Sultan's speech at the opening of Parliment,"- Bul garia has sent a note to all European Chancellors warning ihem that unless they use their influence to curb Tur key's defiant attitude, a, serious breach may occur. ' cases 43 hours without assistance. Even when rescued, it is impossible to house them, everything available having been filled by the dead. Lack of care and starvation will complete the work that the forces of nature have left undone. The King and Queen of Italy has tened to the scene and disregarding the dangers proceeded to brln cuing trose injured beneath the ruins. An aged man who hud beu abandoned under a beam that appar ently had crushed out his life, reviv ed for a moment at the shouts of greeting to the royal pair. He stretch ed out his hand and raised his head long enough to call out: "Now I can die happy. Long life to the King." He then fell back and expired. It was learned that General Colli lost his life at Massina. The troops and sailors have been obliged to shoot down robbers who persisted in looting. The rescuers at Messina are rapid ly becoming exhausted. The fires have not yet been put out and there is no water with which to combat the flames. Many of the people still re fuse to leave the ruins of their houses. A dispatch received here from Deputy Felice at Messina says: "Organize a sq'iadron of volun teers for rescue work. Send us food" Pa council 01 iviessina survived ine disaster. Great Earthquakes in History. Guatemala, Central America, found ed in 1524, dest roved by earthquake and volcanic eruption in 1556; the ecuuu uuait-iuai, csiauuoutu cai the site of the first, almost destroyed by earthquake in 1773, succeeded by the construction of the present town. Lisbon, Portugal, almost destroyed byr quake and accompanying ' tidal wave, November 1, 1775, with the loss of 60,000 lives. Caracas, capital of Venezuela, de stroyed by earthquake shock in 1812. Aleppo, destroyed in 1S22. Naples, severely shaken,' with ac companying eruption of Vesuvius, 1S57. , Many buildings in Quito, capital of Ecuador, shaken to -pieces, 1S59. Manila, severely shocked, 1S63 and Valpariso, Chile, badly damaged in 18S0. Earthquake at Colchester and east ern counties of England, 18S4. Charleston, S. C, visited August jrl, 1S86, by a severe earthquake, that shook down many buildings and caus- ed loss of life and property damage ; disturbance felt over entire eastern section of the cuntry. St. Pierre and other tovns of the Island of Martinique, destroyed by eruption of Merit Pelee May 8, 1902; earthquake skoeks through the West Indies and more than 30,000 lives lost San Francisco and neighboring towns shaken Wednesday, April 18, 1906, fire swept the ruined districts of the city and the property loss ran into the hundreds of millions, with hundreds killed Valparaiso and other towns in British Steamer Taken by Chinese. Hong Kong, By Cable. The British steamer Tai On was captured by two Chinese cruisers, near Kum Chuk. The reason for the capture is be lieved to lie in the fact that the steamer several months ago. ran down a junk and drowned a theatrical com pany which was on board. Further developments from the capture are expected. Labor to Suspend Unfair Catalogue, New York, Special. Notwithstand ing the unanimous protest against the jail sentences imposed on Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, the Central Federated Un ion here received from Mr. Gompers a letter in which he notified the unions that he had discontinued on the advice of counsel, the "We Don't Patronize " list in the future issues of The Federationist, the labor organ. Upon- hearing this, the Central Fed eration union, also decided upon the advice of the chairman to suspend its unfair list for a while, No. 35 Wrecked. Washington, D. C, Special. A mis placed switch caused the derailment of mail and passenger train No. 35 on the Southern Railway at Stokesland, Va., six miles south of . Danville Tuesday at 8:15. Engineer Satter field was killed and Fireman Davis, colored, and three postal clerks were injured.' No passengers, as far as is known, were jnjured. Engineer Satterfield was from Spencer, N. C. CARING FOR THE VICTIMS Rations, Clothing, Tents and Other Supplies Are Pouring in and the Hungry and Injured Are Being Cared Tor. Rome, By Cable. What chiehy concerns the government and thepeo pie is the progress that is being made towards the relief of those who have suffered by the dreadful earth quake in southern Italy and Sicily. Considerable advance in this respect has been made at Messina, where, ac cording to reports received here, the supply service is beginning to work satisfactorily. The different regions on the coast have been allotted to various warships and other ships as centres from which torpedo boats and launches convey ana distribute rations and water to the different villages. The Minister of Justice has wired from Messina to Premier Giolitti that large bodies of troops have ar rived and are now occupying all parts of the town. . The appalling extent of the diaster renders anTthing like a systematic search of the ruins is impossible, but persons are being dragged out all day long and are quickly transported to the relief ships as soon as their wounds have receiv ed attention. The appalling message came on New Year Day that the Ripari Is lands which lie just north of Sieily had gone down with its 28,000 inhab itants, but a .messenger boat sent to learn the facts has returned with the news that the islands are but little in jured. Only the cracking of build ings make any real damage. Estimates of Death List. Rome, By Cable. Estimates of the death roll of the earthquake now cease to concern the Italian people. It is enough to knoAv that the catas trophe is overwhelming figures would add nothing to the grief of the stricken nation, nor move to greater efforts those upon whom the work of relief and rescue has fallen. Every -channel open to the govern ment has been utlized to this end, and other nations have been quick to come to its assistance, even before the cry foraid went up. Shiploads of fugitives have been carried out of the stricken zone to Naples, Palermo. Catania and other ports, and accord- mg to the Minister of Marine, rescue vessels to the number of 36 are now centered in the - Strait of Messina, and 5,000 soldiers are being landed on the two coasts. Most important of all noAV is the question of the living. Thousands of those who escaped the falling walls and the sweep of the tide are starv ing and without clothes or shelter. They can scarcely longer survive their sufferings. The first thought has been to carry food and covering for these helpless people, and it has now been decided by the government to send a fleet of emigrant steamers to transport them to other places. Professor Ricco, director of the ob servatory at Mount Etna, states that his instruments have recorded 42 dis tinct shocks after the first, but that during the last 14 hours they have been almost motionless. Etna and Stromboll are now quiet and he is certain that the earthquake ivas not of volcanic but of geographical orig in, similar to that of 1875. The horror of the situation at Mes sina and Reggio grows with every fresh dispatch. One of the correspon dents places the death roll through out the entire territory as - high as 300,000, but this appears to ; be ex treme. Others make their estimate 200,000, but the official estimate as made by the Minister of Marine still holds to 115,000. The tidal wave lasted much longer than the earthquake. During all the time vessels shivered intermittently, as though shaken by some huge ma rine monster. -A naval observer of the destruc tion of Messina says there were four tidal waves, ranging in height from 12 to 36 feet. Thirty minutes elaps ed between the rolling in of the first and the destructive onslaught of the last wave. Thousands of half nude individuals of both sexes have gathered along the muddy beaches on either side of the ruins of Messina seeking food or trying to get away by sea. Many children have "died from exposure and the cases of madness are increas ing. - - During the night the warships in Messina harbor throw their search lights on the ruins to enable the res cuers on shore to continue their work. The work of succor is going on fe verishly but the forces are still woe fully inadequate. The stench from decomposing bodies, is becoming over- powering. ; A frightful scene, occurred here Thursday amid the ruins of the cus toms house. Bands of famished in dividuals were groping among the debris in the hope of discovering food. The first of the searchers who were sueessful were attacked by others with revolvers and knives and were obliged to defend their finds literally with 'their lives. The strug gle was fierce. The famished men threw themselves upon each other like wolves aifd several fell disem boweled" in defending a handful of dry beans or a few ounces of flour. One of the unfortunates was pinned to a plank by a knife, while clinging to his hand was his little ehild, for whom he had sought food. The United States ' supply ship Celtic will go to Messina, after a brief stop at Gibralta to give a mil lion and a half of navy rations to the earthquake sufferers. New York on Thursday made up a fund of nearly $100,000 as a relief fund.,- Chicago's contribution fund aggregate $30,000. The American Red Cross is co-operating with 'the Italian Red Cross for the relief of the suffering. ' STROMBOLLVIOLENT Eruptions Attended by Earthquake Citi2sns in Panic But Little In jury Done Rescue Work in the Stricken Regions as Ssen On Week Later. Rome, By Cable. A violent earth shock running 'north-southwesf and east-northeast, lasting three seconds. Sunday and during which the Stroni boli volcano began eruption, occurred in Stromboli island Sunday. The phenomenon was accompanied by prolonged dull rumblings. The houses on the island were badly dam aged and the populace fled to the streets in panic, but no one was hurt. The weather is intensely cold on Stromboli island. The system of rescue work in Messina has been greatly augmented by the arrival of troops, who are to be seenall over the ruined city in squads of twenty and thirty, pat rolling day and night. Bodies of them also are working in the ruins by day and until well into the night. The movement of refugees from the" villages is daily increasing in volume. Of the victims buried under the ruins few have been rescued alive. It is noAV clear that the enormous nuirber of casualties in Messina was due to the suddenness with which the first shock caae, giving but little time to the people to escape from their homes. The tidal wave was not so high as was at first reported, and would have done little damage, had it not been preceded by the earthquake. The damage done by fire was com paratively insignificant. The first earth shock last Monday moniing literally threw down the city and almost - every street was completely buried under the, walls that had fallen, furniture and other debris, practically cutting off every lvenue of escape. Then came the tidal wave to in undate the city and the living and lying were caught like rats and drowned or had their brains dashed out by being thrown by the rushing waters against piles of masonry and rubbish. Far greater havoc was wrought in Messina than was believed when the Associated Press correspondent first passed around the outskirts with Frank Perret, of Brooklyn, N. 1., assistant director of the observatory n Mount Vesuvius. During this tour ' a most critical examination was made of the American consulate. It is a complete ruin nothing but a heap of crumbling and crushed stones without semblance of its original shape. It is most doubtful if the res cuers will be able to recover the bodies buried beneath the debris for a few da3Ts, but every effort to d.6 so will be made. The French and Turkish consulates also were razed completely, and it seems almost im possible that any of their inmates "ould have escaped. Officials in Messina say that the original estimate of the fatalities in he city probably was not exaggerat ed. The lower part of the ,city is practically totally destroyed. A Washington special says: "Pres "dent Roosevelt has sent two supply ships with $300,000 worth of supplies to Italy, that he will ask Congress ?or additional. aid and that he has of fered the use of the battleship fleet to Italy. Big Fleet at Suez. Suez, By Cable The United States Atlantic battleship fleet, completing two days ahead of its schedule "the next to the longest run o of its world girdling cruise, arrived here Sunday morning from Colombo, a distance of 3,440 knots, from which place the fleet sailed on December 20th. The loss of a seaman from the battleship Illinois, who fell overboard and was the" only accident to mar the voyage from Colombo. Fire Still Burning in Hold of Steamer Texas. - Savannah, Ga., Special. The fire in the hold of the steamer Texas, that put into the Savannah river Friday morning, leaving her course from Norfolk to Havanna, is still burning i in ine vessel coigu. it uun parent that the vessel will be saved thousrh'she is already badly damaged bv the fire. Most olthe cargo in her after hold is a dead loss. Alabama Girl Dies of Hydrophobia Moulton, Ala., Special. Miss Ruby Green, daughter of a well-known far mer living near Newburgh, died Sun day afternoon from hydrpphobia con tracted in an unusual manner. A mad dog recently .bifea horse owned by Mr. D. Green, father of the young woman. The horse later went mad and was shot. Miss Green had slight abrasion on her left wrist and in some manner- this, became infected whiie she was around the horse. INLAND WATERWAYS Enthusiastic Meeting at Elizabeth - City Address by John H. Small, J. Hampton Moore and Others' Elizabeth City, -Special. Congress man John H. Smaill, accompanied by a party of inland waterway enthus iasts, engineers, newspaper men, etc., arrived here Wednesday afternoon on a government yacht from Beaufort and other points further South. They were met and escorted to the South ern Hotel for dinner. Wednesday iiight at 8 o'clock a most interesting and masterly address was made by Congressman J. Hamp ton Moore, of -Philadelphia, who is president of the Atlantic Deep Water way Association of America. He re viewed the history of the movement and dwelt at length upon what bene fits are to be derived, not only to this section, but including his own and other, from the great project. .Others following with talks were Maj. Joseph E. Kuhn, corps of engi neers, U. S. A., in charge of Norfolk district; Capt. Earl S. Brown, corps of engineers, U. S. A., in charge of Washington district; A. Addison Burke, secretary Atlantic Deep Waterway Association; Edgar C Snyder, Washington correspondent and representative Associated Press; Cod. Fred A. Olds, veteran newspaper man, and last but not least, Congress man John H. Small, who always warms up on : the inland . Avaterway subject. He fully 'sustained his repu tation on facts and figures to support his argument. Much enthusiasm and interest has been manifested throughout the trip, although the trip was made solely for inspection and to gain further in formation to present before Congress, in session. After the Moonshiners. Greensboro, Special. Deputy Col lectors J. H. C. Norman, E. A. Aiken and W. W. Harkins have just return ed from a raiding expedition in Sur ry county, where they-'aptured three large blockade . distillery outfits in the region of Round Peak Mountain, in Surry county. Not having any deputy marshal along, none of the blockaders were arrested, but war rants will be issued for them. At one big still of 120 gallons capacity the revenuers had to . pass a sawmill about a mile from the place. they .were bound for. This mill, as soon as they were out of sight, gave several blasts from its steam whistle;- clearly noti fying the owners of the blockade out- fit that the revenuers wrere coming. The officers were much amused at this and may die. Stone went to the wo-old-fashioned sign language,and, of I man's house to avow his intention of course, found the operators of the I leavine here. It is said she coaxed still absent, but the worm was such a big one it had been impossible for the moonshiners to "tote" it off; so it was destroyed and a large quantity of "beer" poured on the ground. That Date May Not Conflict. Raleigh, Special Secretary Joseph E. Pogue, of the North Carolina State Fair, announced Friday that there will be held at an early date at some central point a meeting of the secre taries of big fairs in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia for the purpose of organizing a grand circuit of fairs, such as has never been attempted in the South before. 'One of the special results expected is that there will be no conflicts of dates for big fairs that would make inroads on either attendance at gen eral attractions that would follow fair circuits. It is expected that at least three or four of the larger North Carolina fairs will be includedir af fording them advantages never before enjoyed. To Make Wood Pulp. " Williamston, Special. The Mel- i-c TVTi 1 1 1 -i o T TnYr W7VrI Pnm- pany, recently incorporated, proposes ture wooa puip ana lumoeiv ine company lias already closed contracts i -1 1 1 t i mi.. and it is announced that the plant is 1 to start off with a daily capacity of 150 cords of pulpwood and 25,000 feet of lumber. Mr. M. L. Rosenwald is the president and general manager of the company. Govenor's New Year Sentiment;. Raleigh, Special. Being asked for a New Yer sentiment Gov. Glenn said: "Let the New Year resolve of every good citizen in the State be to make the State better, richer and more progressive, because he lives in it, and to encourage all" things that look toward the material, educationl and moral up-building of the State,, and decry all things that tend to make it worse." . Killed by Wounded Deer. - Raleigh, Special. That F. R. Swin dell was killed by a wounded deer was the verdict of the" coroner's jury at the close of the investigation into the death of a prominent citizen of "RAsmtVvrt: ronntv. whose body, was f found Friday in about three feet of water m a creek near the spot where he suddenly disappeared from a par ty of hunters Wednesday near Broad Creek. Hundreds of men Had searen- ed two -days for the missing man, whose body was located by blood hounds in a mill pond, a large buck deer being found near him, wounded. A number of cuts and bruises, on the body and head of the man were found. 1 Five hundred and fifty dollars, has been paid for a single specimen ol the An timacus, butterfly. , NORTH STATE HAPPENBNGS Occurrences of Interest Gleamed From All Sectious of tke Bvsy Tar Heel State NEW SCHOOL INSPECTED. Trustees of Eastern Carolina Teach ers' Training School Surprised Find Such Magnificent Buildings and Beautiful Grounds. , Greenville, Special. The trustees of the Eastern Carolina Teachers' Training SchooJ and the State board of education met here Thursday to inspect the buildings being erected for the school. Nearly all of the State officers, as well as several ''other distinguished visitors, were here. These were met with carriages at the depot by committees from the cham ber of commerce and the . Carolina Club, and driven to the school "site, where they thoroughly viewed the buildings and grounds. It was a- sur prise to the visitors to find such mag nificent .. buildings ' and beautiful grounds for the school. After the inspection the trustees held a meeting to receive a report from the executive committee and the architects of the work so far done. The forty-seven acres of land and four buildings now nearing com pletion cost $115,000, of which the State appropriated $15,000 and Pitt county and Greenville $50,000 each. All were agreed that the school plant here is the best investment the State has made, and they could hardly see how such splendid buildings could be erected for the amount expended. The Building and Lumber Company, of Greenville, is the contractor. After the meeting of the irustees all the visitors, about fifty in number, were given a banquet at the Carolina Club, where after-dinner speeches were made by Governor Glenn, State Superintendent Joyner, Auditor Dix on, ex-Governor Jarvis, Editor Jose nhus Daniels, Treasurer Lacy, Editor E. J. -'Haley 'Insurance Commissioner Young, County Superintendent Rags dale, State "Senator Armond and J. 0. Carr, of Wilmington, all of whom referred to the magnanimity of Greenville and Pitt county and the wisdom of the school being located hera. Shot to Death by a Woman. - Washington, Special. John Emer son Stone, aged 22, highly connected in Boston and New York, was shot and killed early Tuesday by May I Woolard, who then shot herself twice him into the house and when he re fused to remain drew a revolver and shot Stone in the right temple. When he fell she fired again the ball lodg ing in the base of his brain. Then she shot herself twice in the fore head and temple. The doctors at the hospital say that the woman has a fighting chance for her life. To Be Guests of Ex-Governor Jarvi3. Raleigh, Special. Preparations ire being made for the North Caro lina State officers to go to Greenville Thursday as the guests of ex-Governor T. J. Jarvis for the special pur pose of personally inspecting the grounds and buildings in process of erection for the Eastern Carolina Teachers' Training School, Mr. Jar vis being a member of the board of directors and giving his personal at tention to the work. Dentist to Meet in Asheville. Raleigh, Special. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the North Carolina ' State Dental Association was held in this city Tuesday nisrht for the purpose of selecting a time and nlace for . holding the next an- nual meeting of the Association decided to bold the meeting in Asheville, June 23rd-26th. Fearful Blow. High Point, Special. West Smith, colored, Monday night knocked in the head, with a piece of iron another ne gro after a row near the depot. The wound inflicted was quite a serious one, and the negro receiving it will always remember the blow. Smith's trial took place Tuesday and he was bound over to court. Asbestos in Iredell. Saisbury, Special. An asbestos mine is being developed in Iredell county by Mr. Charles Lambert, of Pittsburg, who has recently spent considerable time on the property, re turning last week to Pennsylvania. The product is said to abound on the surfaee of the ground at a point near Statesville, where 50 acres or more have been purchased for the develop ment of the mine- The quality'is said to be excellent and the yield is over 90 per cent pure asbestos. Charter Granted. A charter was granted Monday to The Woodworking company, of Mur phy, which is to manufacture and deal in lumber; its authorized capital stock being $10,000. This company will begin business with $5,000. The pricipal incorporators are: Messrs. S. W- Lovingood A. A. Fain and J. W. Fcrd. . . White Man Runs Amuck. ' Raleigh, Special. Scott Shadrach, a white man, if the charges made against him are true, had a case of running amuck a few days ago at Neuse, and having been arrested is to stand trial en Saturday at noon be fore Justice Roberts. Shadrach, so the reports and char ges are, first made an assault on Mr. J. D. Lee at his store, in Neuse, driv ing the proprietor out and taking gen eral charge of affairs. Next he is said to have broken into the house of Mrs. Frank Videll and to have made an assault on her, the warrant in thi3 case being for assault and battery. Having gotten-the best of two adults, Shadrach is said to have next turned his attentions to the rising generation. Will Shorter, a boy, was the victim this time and the warrant charges that Shadrach kicked him. Shadrach kept in hiding for a time, but was at last caught by the officers and landed in jail here. On Saturday the wit nesses will tell what they know about the doings of Scott Shadrach. Department of Insurance Enlarging. Raleigh, Special. State Commis sioner of Insurance James R. Young says the receipts of the deportment at this time show an increase of $7, 000 over the receipts at this time last year, the fiscal year ending April 1st. The receipts of the department have increased steadily from $6.000to $10, 000 each year since the Department of Insurance was created. The com-' missioner is up against the necessity of asking this Legislature for an ad ditional clerk for the department, there being six at this time. The re ceceipts of the department for the year will be upwards of $225,000. Shipping Cotton, to Belgium. Wilmington, Special. From the compresses of Messrs. Alexander Sprunt & Son Wednesday there was cleared the British steamer Holmlea, Captain Airey, with 5,700 bales ofj cotton, valued at $285,000, and con-, signed to Ghent, Belgium, this being 4he first cargo of the staple from Wilmington to Ghent this season. The receipts at the local port "con tinue very satisfactory incidento to the holidays. Tuesday 1,931 bales were received, of which number 42 were from the upper Cape Fear by he steamer City of Fayctteville. Robinson's New Court House. Lumberton, Special. Tfce board of county commissioners of Robeson county met ' at Lumberton Tuesday and accepted the new court house, which is practically completed, and will be ready for occupancy shortly after January 1st. The court houso is one of the handsomest and most complete in the State, and is a source of pride to the citizens of the county. H. L. Lazenby, who was employed to supervise the work on the building, left Friday for his home in States ville. 12-Year-Old Boy Crushed by Cars. Raleigh, Special. Miles Goodwin, the 12-year-old son of Mrs. Miles Goodwin, a widow, fell under the Raleigh and Southport train' Monday morning near the union station and narrowly escaped a norrioie aeaini.. Both feet were crushed in such a way that he will be crippled for liffc. Game Warden Appointed. Raleigh, Specia. II. M. Ballance is appointed by Governor Glenn a bird and game warden for Currituck county, and J. Z. Stroup for the Hen dersonville section, the appointment being at the request of the president of the Audubon Society of the State- Forged Sisters Name. - Greensboro, Special. Clyde Morris better known as "Kid" Morris has worked a slick game here, by which he secured $260 in cash. He forged the name of his sister; Mrs. Geo. R. Blackwell, to a check of $C60, and left $400 to clear up another, trans action. It was a most cleverly ex ecuted piece of forgery and deceiv--ed two lawyers, to their sorrow. Mansion for Kitchen. Raleigh, Special. Governor Glenn ; j. 11 ji lit. is speiiumg L wu uj. imcei uaja tvuu his mother,Mrs. Chalmers Glenn, in Greensboro. In his absence Private Secretary A. H. Arrington has moved his desk into the executive office, while a handsome new carpet is being put down in the general office of the ex ecutive departments, replacing a car pet that has seen very much service. Other work of renovation and over hauling is in progress preparatory to turning the executive department over to Governor-elect W. W. Kitchin and Private Secretary Alex. J. Fields. Preparing For Dissolution. Raleigh, Special. Five whiskey . 1 ir JJ corporations in csausDury on juenuay filed with the Secretary of State no tices of dissolution preparatory for the State prohibition law to go into effect January 1st. They are: The Bailey Distilling Company, North Carolina Distilling Company, J. M. Summers Company, the Summcrson Distilling Company ana the R. L. Summerson Company. ,