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IURSDA.Y AFTERNOON. DECEMBER 22. 1*11. \ | NO. 122
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!R PUBLISHED IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
PRODUCT*. THB
YM> UUIUDINGS or
(X>MJ* A N V ARB SWEPT
AT LM8T BOO OUT O*
Thorn aar Ilia. Dec. Jl.?This after
noon at 6:10 pr.\waa dlecoTered la
lift machine room ot the Cramer
Furniture Company.
The alarm was qoliklr glren and
?rrcrjr possible effort waa used to ear*
th<, plant but the wind waa blowing
a gala and the flames eoon engulf
ed the entire bnlldlng. destroying
two dry Mini also filled with lumbor.
nearly >00,000 feet ol lumber la
rough and In ooaree of manufacture
in the yard* tad In the plant. From
the main building the flnlablng room
; nearly 3*0 feet long
? Wilding n
caught fire.
ball ding waa half brick and
btff wood and a?ery part Waa filled
with finished chain rAdy for ??!?
meat; the wooden' part with coataata
waa deetroyad bat the brlct pan waa
eared. '
The flames spread to faat aad sur
rounded aad baraed the hydrant
bouaea thai cutting off completely
the water mppty and ererythlag waa
left at the mercy of the fiamea and;
everything waa reduced to aahee In
Nearly 1108,000 worth of proper
ty la destroyed and 500 employee are
thrown out of employment. The 4r
HTn of the fire la unknown. The
plant had only cloeed down for the
day lees than an hour before fiamea
were dlscoveraCH
The property waa not hair cover-l
ed by Inaurance. making a total loa(|
of approximately (100.000. ?
plaat la owned by Staart W. Crai
Charlotte; J. T. Cramer, John R.I
Hyera, Thomaanile and the Whltln
Company, Wlaton, Maes It Waa 1"
fc- Boat dlaaatroua lire in the history
Thomaarllle and will take peers to
?atatheMe.;__ Hi
The plaut's weekly pay roU
about l*.000. The
wks two atorlea, four hundred
atatty feet Iff rise, aad waa By far
1 largeat plant here.
1 CTHRIHTMLAH nfifymaimura '
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DBOO RATIONS
HAKDY'H DRUG
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jrrOHM.
thl Cottoa aeed. per ton, 10.00
LUt Cotton, ??.??:
OHR1. Seed cotton, (.??.
In
ursh will be open tomorrow
rnooB and night for the purpose
of recoiving any sifts tor the benefit
of tho poor of that congregation.
Tho Present* and gifts will be di?
Saturday. Thts Is
and the net of
?oT Is to be cob
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Already a large number 'if gifts
hare been promised for attribution.
ATT having something for this pur
pose are requested to carry them to
the Christian church either tomor
row afternoon or tpOaortow night. . I
CHRHtMAft CAWDY
HABOm MCll STORK.
o) 01 th* Firm
I church will hare their
t entertainment at
Brown's opera-house 09 Friday even
ing of this Wook. At! the students of
tho sefcoof are looking forward to ths
occasion with much pleasure.
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CHRISTMAS CANDY Jg , '
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To Attend Marriage
Miss Ulllan Baker of WlnterriUe,
N. 0., is in tfie city the guest of Mrs.
Gooj-ge Elliott on Main street. 8be
her# t6 attend the Baker-Stoke* mar
riage on December S7.
CHRISTMAS QOODS
I Y~&r. HARDY'S URVfi STORK.
M. R. RMertaiament.
Tho Methodist Bondnr vhool *!U
have their regular annual Cbrlntmaa
entertainment some night next week.
The exact time will be announced
through theee columns later on dur
ing the week.
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CHRISTMAS GOODS
RARDVH 1)11VG STORK.
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Dance at Vi
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Several of our clUaetu lett today
for Vanceboro to attend a dance
glren there this eteniag.
1 KILLED
El PuOt Toiu, Dec: jj.?Svr.-W at
tho practical deetmcrton of tlie en
tire Mexican regular fore, lighting
the revolutionists In CMhuahu* who
received -her* from the capital of
that state today. . :
The report ??l<i that General Na
varro's enUr? command had b*en
wfped oat at p?deraales and that \r
000 regnlara bad been killed.
The last report received before thla
?a? that Navarro * force* vera coop
ed up In the Mexican town of Pedrr
nalea and the Oeneral hlmeelf Was a
priaoaer.
CHRISTMAS CANDY
BULL GIVEN
H HURQRH
There to to be a coronation ball
given In tho town of Airort'at
Tbompeon Hall on December 27.
Quite a number will attend (rqm thla
city. .The following Invitation ha*
been toned:
"You are cordially Invited to at
tend the Coronation Ball at Thornp
son's Ball, December"27, ltlO, Auro
ra. N. C. Hours: 9 p. m. to 1 a. m.
Committee: H. \V. Hudnell. C. B.
\7> itehurst. p T. Guilford, F. C.
Hooker and T Utcbfleld.
CHRISTMAS DKCO RATIONS
HARPY'S DRUG STORK.
Closed' on Vntnday.
The ^urtrington Public *chools
closed an yesterday for a two weeks
holiday. Several In te rooting and "ni
Que enlartaUuuenU were given In"the
different grade*? That of the kinder
garten was more than Interesting.
Quite a number of visitor* were pres
ent and enjoyed the occasion im
mensely.
The schools will open again for
the spring session on Thursday Jan
uary 6.
Several of the teachers expect to
leave for different parts Of the e^ate
to spend their vacation.
CHRISTMAS GOODS ?
HARDY'S DRUG STORK.
Washington's - Greatest - Department - Store j
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COMPLETE YOUR CHRISTMAS mm
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B^WCIT HERE and let m help yw. we km jutly ?tt*ine4 .* JffeMgM** fcy
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i to aerre oar patron* fat Vi
7aftkm conUoed wH|i Qoifity *hoqld brteg yoo to oar store to complete
Only 2 More Buying Days Then Chri$tm?3?
MUD
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Dec 21.
-With two of h#r?rew driven mad
by hanger and thirst. her command
Lflb mm
baapitale.
My from
and told
MjBfnl i
The MhooiMr I
cola for Ballse,
weeks ago had
R was feared
tte* gale #0^
lasted until
The cruiser Taeoma nfeamerd forth
in the midst of fale to look for
mlaatng vessels 0*4 came upon the
schooner drifting bflj^M?lr and with |
her craw unable to lftova hand
>ot.
When the Tacomd neared the
| schooner It was seenViat the decks
1 were piled with wreckage of the
I deck load which had bi>?*n of him
er.
No answer came' from the hall
Iseht from the Tacoma, but officers on
1 the cruiser thought could dls
Icorn the figures of so^ie men on
1 board. .? *
At the rtafc of beta# swamped a
I life boat waa launched from the crn
iser manned by eight men and an
| officer and after, battling with the
i for half an hoar managed to set
Whan they climbed on board they
'found ten of the ere# lying on the
1 decks too weak to stand on_their
The wtTM that had broken over
the ship had soaked all the stores
and ruined the fresh water supply.
Fer nearly three days' the men had
been without food and drink and
were in a pltable condition. The
Ufe boat was pot back to the crui
ser and auppllss put on board. The
Tacoma's aurgeon also visited the
schooner and gsre-tbe stricken men
all the aid he could.
When the st nn first broke. Cap
tain Aievson. commander of the
schooner, was struck by a big ware
while be stood at the wheel. ? Tll^l
water poured orer the vessel carry
In* away ome of her masts and knock
In* th? captain into the sea. One of
the sailors tried to throw him a life
line but ^e aaak eut of sight before
the rope reached him. t. - '.
Then f ollowed two days and a^hta
of tort ore as the net, who were suf
fering greatly from exposure, and ben
Then followed two days and nignta
of torturo aa the men, who were suf
fering greatly from exposure, and be
gan' to buffer from hunger and
thirst. a
Yestefday the ship bore In sight
of this -port-tot the men were- too
weak to trtm sail so no frogreoe
could bo made. - Finally, twr of the
ssdlors went not of their ssiada and
leaped Into tbhr-ooa. Two others
worn about to, commit |uielde in the
same w?y -when the Tacornn feseuoi
waye found to ,b? rtelentty
. aid may > not ryottr their
cn*itmtAB dbookahons
ONLY TWO MORS DAYS 8HOP
CTWfl BHFORK CHHRMTHA8
The time for yoar chrlatmss shop
plac to abort. Better do It aow. ftat
ardtr will be k mighty busy day
with the merchants of Washington
without haTiag to wait oa you Watot
the Dally Newa advertising cd.Tain.
for bargalna and then trade In the
storea where yon know before hand
what you are expected to see. The
columns of this paper are Interesting
these Christmas times, i Tit-?: v
MANY HIRERS T>
I ARE ENTOMBED
THE HPRBAI) OF FLAMKH MAKES I
WORK OP UKSCTK WWICIUH
C'KOWIM THRONO ADOIT THE
PIT BEGGIXQ TO BE ALLOWED
TO %AKE PART IN >v6rK.
Bolton. Eng.. Doc. 21.?Tho worat
disaster In the history. of English
mining in tho last decade occurred
today when the Hulton colliery, near
here, when a terrUlc explosion trap
ped the entire force within the shaft,
700 loet below the surface. More
than 250 of th? miners were killed
and probably more than 300 are dead
There were gS7 men In the colliery
at the time of the explosion and 8
hours later only 16 survivors had
boon takea out. At that time throe
of the dead had alao been removed
from the mine.
Fire broke out In the. mine, fol
lowing the explosion &a4 prevented
resuce work, raat volumes of smoke
mingling with the fatdl. fire damp.
Great billows of Ore spirted from
pit hundreds of feet in the air and
pockets of gas exploded from time
to time with tremendous detonations
Within a few minutes sfter the first
Mast occurred the mouth of the mine
was surrounded with relatives and
friends of th? miners. When these
learned that the mine officials were
considering sealing, the mouth or the
pit rioting broke out.
The mine officials were attacked
by the Infuriated mobs and a oe
tachment of soldiers was summonea
to protect the rcpresentstlva* of the
owners to prevent the men. In the
crowds from rushing to their doom
In the shaft In the futile hope of res
cuing some of the Imprisoned min
ers.
The local authorities were power
less to restore order.
The municipal anthorltleH depu
tised armed guards to patrol the
m?he company's property.
Members of the early rescue par
tin' Which were able to penetrate a
short distance Into th* shaft before
the flre paaaed beyond control, de
clared that more than 3G0 miners
were undoubtedly desd, as they were
working la a section of the mine
completely cut off by falls of state
and a seething furnace of flamos. Ev
en If U)ey escaped death from the
raging holocaust the rescuers de
clared that the polaonous fumes and
lack of fresh air would kill them.
The machinery connecting the shaft
with the fans was disconnected by
the force of the explosion.
CHRIHTMA8 CANDY
HARDrs Dlil'ft STORK.
Ii the City.
Hon. J. C. Meeklns. 8r.. of Co
lumbia, N. C., ltt In the city. Mr.
Meeklna Is one of Tyrell county's
larsest farmer* and moat Influential
ritlaena. " He la the fatbQt of Hon.
Im*c M. Moeklna, aaaiatut United
Btatea District Attorney ofyltabeth
City sad aleo the aon of ?r. Nat
Meekins a rising young member of
the bar of Colombia. He U here to
ipeod Cbrl^mua with relative* aid
fr*""*-- ? ;??:#
Three
days to^Xmas
Dec. 22
Now
Have You
Forgotten
Anybody?
Washington's - Greatest ? Store
Ail persons paying on accounts on Saturday,
L/ecember 24th, will be entitled to Votes on the
Automobile for who evrr they with. The last
bit chance to win out. " '- ?!
J. K. H OYT
GUI EXTENDED
ID MB. HOPE
Hope, paster of tile
Christian ^Ujr* hBa re~
ceivcJ a cal to ; :or of
the North Birmingham hristlan
church, Birmingham, Ala. He now
has the call under consideration.
He has been pastor of the Christ
ian church here for the past tw?
years and no minister has ever filled
the pastorship enjdylng u wider ctiN
ele of friends not only among his
own parishioners but the entire city.
As to whether or not he will accept
is not known.
He is required to give an answer
within the next few weeks.
The church extending the call is a
growing church in that rising South
ern city. If he decides to accept the
call It will be received with univer
sal regret here.
He has done a fine work for the
Christian church in Washington and
his going to another field will b?
deplored.
It is to be hoped that he .wm see
his way clear to remain in Washing
ton.
Mr..Hope is one of that denomina
tion's rlBlng ministers.
CHHIHTMAH l>BCO RATIONS
H.IBDV8 DRUG STORK.
Is Convalofurnt.
The many friends of Mr.. C.Wles
Fleming, collector of tho Bank of
Washington, will be pleased to lern
that he Is rapidly recovering from
his recent attack of fever. Unless
somethiug unforseen happens he
will be able to resume his duties at
the hank now very shortly.
JCHRI stem's CIOODS
' HARDY'S DIlKi ST<>KK.
Million Dollar Fire.
? Cincinnati ' Dec. 21.?Two men
dead, 17 injured, and a loss estimat
ed at from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000
are the results of a Are that swept
through a number of business struc
tures in this city early today, raging
for more than fire hours.
The fire broke out in the great
ahoe manufacturing plant of the
Krlppendorf-O'Neill Company and be
fore it could be checked had spread
into the adjoining structures.
A biting cold .wind which benumb
ed the hands of the firemen helped its
spread. A; swiftly as the water was
dashed against the adjoining build
ings It froseinto vastlcles.
The firo was discovered about 2
o'clock. The glare lighted up the
city and drove the panic-stricken
guests from the Cincinnati hotel in
8ycamore street near-by
The tongues of flame licked their
way into the building Of the Union
States Leather Company, adjoining
the shoes plant and'before the fire
men could fully concentrate their
efforts upon It; it was'doomed.
The fiermon worked, gallantly to
stem the rush of the flames, which
ate their way ffreedflj' towards the
business district , a sh^rt distance
away.. . .. J
The entire ffre-flghtiofc fore? of the
ctty was summoned. wht}e residents
of the threatened district _ - in
ttmrottmth. - ?
MAYOR'S COURT 1
THIS MORNING
Cbarlcs Eueon was Indicted before
the mayor this morning for entering
the near-beer saloon of Mr. William
Dudley on Water iftreet night before
last, an account of which was pub
lished In the Dally News jresteraay.
The evidence showed that * Charles
was seen by one of the witnesses.
While he did an entrance
in the saloon hlmspUhe was aided
In getting In gy a pOKcm the Inside.
After hearing?*lr<??e evidence In the -
case the ma>?r bound the defendmafc
orer to the.pex^^rjn of the superior
court and In dafault of giving ball
he was committed to jail.
Bessie Jones, a whit* woman, was
charged with being a vagrant. She
was convicted of the charge and up
on paying the cost and leaving town
at once she was discharged. 8he
took the Norfolk Southern 10:40
train, presumably for Petersburg,
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The other cases for trial were post
poned until tomorrow morning.
CHRISTMAS GOODS
HARDY'S DRUG STORE.
St'PKRIOR COURT ENDS; CASES
DISPOSED OP YESTERDAY
State vs. Wayner Floyd, disorder
ly conduct; nol pros.
State vb. Alonzo Bonner, house
breaking, nol pros.
State vh. Mart Manning, larceny,
tried, guilty, four monthrs on county
roads.
State vs. Catherine Windley, larce
ny. tried, not guilty.
State vs. Jodie Williams, bigamy,
judgment 8uspendcd upon payment
Df costs.
State vs. Wayner Floyd and W. H.
Dunbar, affray, tried. Wayner Floyd
guilty. Dunbar not guilty. Where
upon it was adjudged by the court
that the prayer for judgment in this*
;ase be continued until the last day
>f the next term of this court, when
the solicitor is in attendance, and It
s recommended by the judge hold
ng this court to the judge holding
that court that if at that time the
lefendant Wayner Floyd and all the
nembers of hlr^iather'a fayilly. In
cluding the father himself, have en
tirely quit the business of dealing in
my kind of intoxicants or any sub
itance known as near beer or anoth
er like substance, and shall be able
to satisfy the court that no member
if said family has any connection
vlth or any Interest In any business
jf the kind above described, secret
?r otherwise in the state of North
Carolina, that judgment shall then
tie suspended upon payment of the
sosts.
The defendant is required to enter
Into bond in the aum of (300.00 for
Ilia appearance at the next term of
this court. ' ? '
This action waa first recommended
?y the solicitor and aftofwnrd con
tented to by the defendant
.The News thinks this action
ras commendable on the part o
10th -the solicitor and the defendant,
t wllj probably win, (km ?.tamlng
X>lnt in. his csree; and should such
k, the etbe. the end* of loetleothcvs
Men fnH* met.
isv^t. ftom a lllii uf Wuilg|M*#u sad
(PObeMe flrtsse. ? ^ :
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WE ARE OFFERING ; r
our entire stock of Ladies' Tailored Salts, S3S.M
to $35.00 nlMt, for the next three pg
All Furs Greatly Reduced
BOWERS-LEWIS CO.,
Watch Tomorrow'* A* Hlnfit, Ik- ' Uo^lM Mrrt.
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Our Thwitrp li sr ? .
of delight*?our'change of bill ena
bles you (o a*4 the latest and best la
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