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M. Witte Will Act in Strict Accordance With
Instructions Frosn the Home Government
DOESN'T FAVOR GREAT CONCESSION
The Senior Russian Peace Plenipoten
tiary Declare3 That Russia !s Not
Willing t0 Make Peace at Any Price,
and That the Ultimate Decision Re
mains with the Emperor The Mis
sion cf the Plenipotentiaries Is To
Ascertain Whether It Is Possible To
Conclude a Treaty of Peace Russia
Is Noi Crushed, and the Russian
People Would Be Willing To Con
tinue the Var Indefinitely If Nec
essary. St. Petersburg, By Cable. M. Witte.
the senior Russian peace plenipoten
tiary, received the correspondent of the
Associated Press at his villa on Yela
gm Island. M. Witte snoke in Fmu-U.
.iter greetings, which were cordial, th
conversation eravitptoi ,-,. 1,1,- i ,h.- i
high mission with which the Russian ! s,clf- The Echo de Paris' report says
Etatemq-i ; rk . , I ,lK consist of five pages, whereas
t'on n iV. 7 ' !ho fact is that th cver over twen-
ot tne foreign press to interpret : ty pages. The paper says the instruc
ts appointment as an indication that ; 'i!,,is are very vague, while on the con
Russia has decided to make peace at ' trary they are very detailed. On one
any price. I I'uint onlv, according to the Echo de
."v., ' . , , i I'aris, are they absolutely specific,
... . io, said he, straightening tip j namely, as to the leveling of the forti--n
his chair and speaking slowly and i Scat ions of Vladivostok; but I can
iliDtim-tly, as if weighing the value of j ,to J'ou that tnere are many oth
pp.i h word. "in the first nlare I have er" "
Teen designated by the Emperor as his 1 . M' Hartwig also Pronounces the sto
ambnssador extraordinary for pour nar- rloa ' Muravieft s displacement
l.;rs with the Japanese plenipotentia-1 lsXho result of intrigues by Foreign
nes to ascertain whether it is pos-! Ml!liste Lamsilorf to be pure lnven-
My personal
. a. utaiy 01 peafp. 1
views are of secondary i
impoitance, hut my ideas are in entire
i: 1 ijl! W I i into nf ..-.-IT 3 rt
l.r.msdorff. In sorrin. t- i
cir J iltcml, CUIUU
--- ... uij CUiptlUl 1
nave received precise instructions from i
ms tnp.jcsty and shall follow them. I
"The ultimate decision remains in '
me nanus of the Emperor and it is i
'. 11 to decide the destinies of Rus
sia. The Emperor is a friend of peace
and desires peace, but I very much
tear that the Japanese terms will be
such that we will be unable to reach an
accord.
"Secondly, the world should disabuse
its mind of the idea that Russia wants
peace at any price. There are two
panics 1:1 aussia. One favors the ,-nn
. " tavuio uit- ran- ir is eviueuL hum cue uiuiuuco mci
tinuanon of the war a outrance this ' dent that Europe wants peace in order
r,ri 1 1"'luc"U'i pari. 1 ne ,
citne,. to whom I belong, favors peace, i
1 avow it tranklv her-miso toiling ti,
truth has always been my rule inpoli- i
Tics. I wad for peace before hostilities :
hrot.'O f:;:r 1 t ..
.. - . ". mo war oegan. tne
situat ion ( hanged Even thrv-rh thorc I
are tne?io lc:i n-i ..i to imp nA.
..... - - f .
aoilltv cf rndinp thp war in thp nroc.
nt circumstances, both would be unit
ed if these Japanese demands wounded
tne amour pronre of the Russian peo-
yj-
pie or jeapordized our future as a na-
tion. I am sure that if I report that
tne conditions or Jannn cannot ht n-i
the conditions of Japan cannot be ac
cepted, Russia will accept the verdict
and the Russian people will be ready
to continue the war for years if neces
sary. "Thirdly, Russia is not crushed, as
the foreign press has led the world to
believe. The interior situation is very
serious, I do net deny, but in Europe
and America the true significance of
what is happening is not understood.
Correspondents come here and talk
with a few hundred people in St. Pe
tersburg and Moscow, misinterpret
what is happening ami fin the world
with false impressions as to Russia's
future. Russia is not on the verge of
dissolution as a iri -at power and is not
obliged to accept any conditions offer
ed in spite of the military reverses she
has sustained.
"We are rasshsc thronp-h an internal
crisis, which hps been marked by many
grave events, and which mav have
- " "'' iiaic 1 jmic, iuvcicu me moiiiitainous ins-
others still in store, but the crisis will , tance in a little less than eleven hours
pass, and in a few years Russia will j Four relays were used by him in mak
again take her place as a preponderant , ing the trip, ranchmen along the route
power in the European concert." supplying the horses.
Eody To Be Exhumed.
New York. Spc-ial The body of Mrs.
Mary Gorman Carlion, the second wife
cf Frederif k E. Carltcn, of Brooklyn,
to die .of lockjaw, is to be exhumed
r.nd subjected to n-imue examination
for traces of poison. An order To
this effect was signed by Supreme
Court J 11 .-:!. S-well, in Brooklyn, up
on request of instrict Attorney Clark,
of King".-: "muiy. Carlton is now in
Erjmond su-cu jail, bold on a techni
cal charge of grand larceny.
Charges Against a Woman.
Washington. Special. Secretary Wil
son, of the Department of Agriculture,
has begun ;m investigation of a report
that a certain female employe of his
Department has sold questions to be
asked in civil service examinations
prior to the holding of such examina
tions. A corn plaint has been made that
this women for several years has been
aiding applicants for positions in this
manner, and that in a number of cases
the appiicnnis have paid liberally for
the service. The examinations alleged
to have been thus manipulated were
for positions requiring technical knowl
edge and the questions were prepared
in the Department.
Private Soldier Killed.
Baltimore, Md., Special. Private
Patrick Cunimings, of Company K
United States Engineer Corps, was
murdered by Hayes Donaldson, of this
city, at a small landing place on Cur
tis Creek, about 10 miles from this
city, Sunday. The murderer escaped,
though he had been left on the wharf
for dead by Cummings' companions.
Donaldson started the disturbance by
criticising the army.
Two Killed in Wreck.
Roanoke, Va., Special. Two men
were killed and four more injured in
a head-on collision between two freight
trains Sunday one mile north of Mid
vale, Va., on the Shenandoah division
of the Norfolk and Western Railway.
The di.ad are:
10. S. Hite, of Vesuvius, Va., a brake
man. Jr:in Dent, of Roanoke, fireman.
It is not thought that the Moroccan
question win be taken up by the spe
rial commission until tne
Hi8 Instructions Are Full.
St. Petersburg, By Cable. M. Witte
spent an hour with Mr. Meyer, the
American ambassador, at the Kleon
michel Palace, discussing the forth
coming peace conference. Before
leaving for Paris next Wednesday, M
!ltet'illJlave 8tiU another audience
with the Emperor, m the meantime
he must pay a round of official visits
to all the imperial ministers M
ltte is expected to be the bearer of
a pesonal message from the Emperor
to President Roosevelt.
The press is authorized by Mr Hart
wig, director of the first department
of the Foreign Office, to deny in the
most categorical fashion, the report
of the alleged contents of the instruc
tions to M. Witte, published in Paris
by The Echo de Paris and elsewhere
abroad.
"Reports pretending to reveal the
character of the instructions to the
Russian plenipotentiaries are mere
cuess work," said M. Hartwig. "These
instructions have been seen by only
Miir persons, tne Emperor, M. Witte,
Foreign Minister Lamsrior'f n'r.,i mw.
". . .. , ,.
1110 -NOVOSU says it Deueves tnat tne
. 1 ucsnc.-s ui cue auu-uunuau coalition.
which Great Britain is trying to engin-
pit
to restore Russia as a threat
-
against German aggression, should be
a powerful diplomatic weapon in the
hands of the Russian plenipotentiaries.
"Europe wants to end the war,
says the paper, "as Russia's preoccu
pation in the Far East destroys the
equilibrium. Austria is in danger
from Germany, which seeks a thor
oughfare to the Asiatic, in exchange
for the compensation in the Balkan
peninsula. Germany has pretensions
now which she would not have dream
ed of before the Russo-Japanese war.
that Russia may sateguard her against
German aggression."
Grand Army Commander Dead.
. , . . , -rr
tsoise, laano, special. uen. vv. v.
Blackmar, commander-in-chief of t'ie
r. - 1 : . 1 . . 1 ,
v. j. n.., uit;u B'juuav 01 iuiesuua.1 u-
-nV.;;,.
nhritis
His wife was with him during his
illness. The bodv will be embalmed
auu icmeu 10 uie nome or tne tamiiy in
! Boston. General Blackmar arrived here
on July 10 on an inspection tour of
nranri a,,, ;i 1 4.
and taken to the home of the family in
vjiuaxu .niui JUSl LIll UllfeUUllL IU
Northwest. He was ill when he ar
rived, and gradually failed. Th'e se
riousness of his condition was kept
from the public at the request of his
wife.
General Blackmar was born July 25,
1841, at Bristol, Pa. He enlisted in the
Fifteenth Pennsylvania Calvary and
subsequently joined the First West
Virginia Cavalry. He served with dis
tinction throughout the war and at
Five Forks was promoted on the field
by General Custer to the rank of cap
tain. Splendid Horseback Feat.
Meeteese, Wyoming, Special. Three
men were killed and four were injured
here by an explosion in the Kirwin
gold mine. There was no doctor near
er than Thermopolis. 100 miles to the
southeast, but Dr. Richards, at that
Prisoners Reach Birmingham.
Birmingham, Ala., Special. Sheriff
William Chandler, of Etowah county,
accompanied by deputies, arrived in
Birmingham Monday night with Vance
Garner, Bunk Richardson and Will
Johnson, three of the negross charged
with the murder and criminal assault
of Mrs. S. K. Smith, near Gadsden
Saturday night. The prisoners were
placed in the Jefferson countv jail for
safekeeping.
Jap Victory on Sakholin.
Tokio, By Cable. it is officially an
nounced that the Russian center hold
ing Darline and vicinity, was attack
ed July 11 and offered stubborn re
sistance. The attack was renewed at
dawn of July 12, when the Japanese
dislodged the Russians, driving them
in the direction of Mauka. This vic
tory assures the complete occupation
of South Sakhalin by the Japanese.
Eighty prisoners were taken bv the
Japanese, among whom was Lieutenant
Maximta. Four field pieces, one ma
chine gun and the ammunition ware
houses were captured. The Japanese
loss was about seventy men killed and
wounded. The Russians lost about
160 men.
Jerome Gets Copy of Testimony.
New York, Special. An official cony
ot the testimony taken by Superin
tendent of Insurance Hendricks in his
inquiry into the affairs of the Eauit
able Life Assurance Society, which Dis
trict Attorney Jerome made unsuccess
ful attempts to secure last week, has
been received at the district attorney's
office. Mr. Jerome has announced that
he will make a careful examination of
the testimony and that if conditions
seem to warrant, criminal action will
be begun.
Liquor Dealers in Trouble.
Columbus, Ga., Special. Involun
tary bankruptcy proceedings have
been instituted against Moritz L. Buh
ler, a prominent iiauor and tobacco
lealer of this city, the liabilities being
stated to be about $40,000, and assets
$24,000. Receivers have been appoint
ed to take charge of the business. Fol
lowing his arrest on a warrant grow-ii-g
out of business transactions with
Frieborg & Workum, .cf Cincinnati,
tho complainants, Buhler today was
bound over to the Superior Court by
JutUce K&rcett
NORTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN
Weather Conditions Given Out by the
Department Observer.
Cloudy threatening weather with
showers nearly every day prevailing
over the entire State during the week
ending Monday, July 17th, until Sun
day, July 16th. Conditions were gen
erally detrimental to crops and caused
a complete suspension of all farm work.
While mostly in the form of light show
ers, heavy downpours occurred at many
places on the 12th, 13th and 14th, which
caused a rapid rise in the rivers, with
flooding of low lands. This was the case
especially in the west, where all
streams were out of their banks, and
the French Broad was very high;
thousands of acres of lowlands were
under water, and the crops growing
thereon were badly damaged. Hillsides
were badly washed in places, and gen
erally the ground is soggy that work
in the fields is quite impossible. The
average rainfall for the week for twen
ty selected stations was 3.00 or more
than double the normal amount. Very
little, hail, however, was reported. The
temperature conditions were not unfa-
voiaDie; tne mean was slightly above
normal, but without extremes; no max
imum above 90 degrees occurred until
the close of the week. The sultry, damp
weather caused rapid and rank growth
of many crops, as well as of grass arid
weeds, which are again becoming very
troublesome in many fields. More sun
shine is needed, and opportunity to fin
ish laying by crops.
Cotton is reported quite generally to
be making rank growth, and in the central-eastern
portion is not fruiting
well; considerable damage by shedding
of forms and young bolls has also oc
curred; some rust is reported; in the
western portion of the State the crops
is fruiting well. While cotton at pres
ent appears to have been considerably
damaged, the crop was generally in
SUCh good Condition as rpsnrrls tillnrp
just before the rains began that pro'b-
iuij a iew days dry weather will show
less injury than anticipated. Upland
corn was benefitted by rain, except
where poHen was washed off from
plants just in bloom, but young lowland
corn was damaged nearly everywhere;
the true extent of the damage, however,
cannot yet be ascertained. Tobacco did
fairly well on well drained land, but
suffered a little on low ground, where
some is taking on second growth ; cut
ting and curing are now well under
way in a number of counties, but condi
tions were not favorable for making
good cures during the past week. Some
wheat and oats still in shock in the
west were damaged by sprouting, and
some uncut oats were lodged. Peanuts
and sweet potatoes were slightly in
jured more for want of work than oth
erwise. Field peas grown for hay are
very thrifty, and many mors will be
sown. Melons have suffered from ex
cessive moisture and are poor in qual
ity. The wet weather has favored the
rapid development of those fungus
ffrmvttic! whirOi nmica a fl&nvs' of frnit
and much rotting of peaches, apples and
grapes is reported, ii-arly grapes are
ripening.
Rains reported: Goldsboro. O.S0:
Luiubei ton. 1.22; Newbern, 1.4S;. Wel
don. 2.06; Wilmington, 1.30; Hatteras
0.G0: Davis L. 1.50; Nashville. 3.7 i:
Southpcrt, 3.61; Greensboro, 3.P6; Ral
eigh, 2.23; Moncure. 3.24; Lexington,
1.89; Pomona, 5.30: Ansier, 2.25; Char
lotte, 2.10; Asheville, 4.20; Henderson
ville, 8.50 and Morgantcn, 8.76.
North State News.
Insurance Commissioner Younj is
issuing a warning against the Interna
tional Registry Company, cf New
York, saying that some time ago he
gave warning against it, and now finds
that it is trying to do an underground
business, and is now endeavoring to
issue policies of the United Casualty
and Surety Company, of St. Louis,
though the latter has not been doing
business since January 1. 1'J04. The
method cf the International Company
seems to be to food North Carolina
with offers to agents, proposes to pay
them heavy commissions for securing
business. It seems that a good many
men are inclined to jumn at. the effer
the company makes. Not only will
they be swindled if they take tliis
course, but they will also be prose
cuted by the commissioner for unlaw
fully doic business for a blacklisted
company.
Fayetteville, Special. Mr. and Mrs.
R. B. King and little son, Ralph, re
siding on Maymount, were taken vio
lently ill after dinner Sunday, and a
physician was hurriedly called, who
pronounced tyrotoxicin poisoning frnv.t
eating ice cream. The whole f in.iiy
had a close call, but they are now all
out cf danger.
A charter is granted tTm Citizens'
Bank of Creedmorc. Granville county,
to do a commercial and savings busi
ness, capital stock ? 25.00". P-. Krgcrs
and others being the stockholders.
Wilmington, Special. The local po
lice have arrested Sampson Cooper, r.
negro wanted in Sumter, S. C, slncg
September, 1SS8, for highway robber
ana for an assault with intent to kill.
Sheriff Gilliard came, identified the
prisoner, and returned with him to
Sumter, where he will answer for Vaq
offense named.
Greensboro, Special. A meeting of
the board of aldermen will bo lici t
Wednesday night to consider the ques
tion of requiring the telegraph com
panies here to put their vi-e-. under
ground in the business part of the city.
An ordinance has already been passed
requiring telephone companies to place
their wires underground in fho business
streets of the city.
Bynum Gets 15 Years.
Releigh, Special. In the Superior
Court Monday Judge Allen heard the
evidence in the case of the State vs.
R. D. Bynum, for the murder of J. H.
Alford, there being no jury in the case,
the purpose being to ascertain what
would be the amount of punishment.
After carefully hearing the evidence,
Judge Allen sentenced Bynum to 15
years at hard labor in the penitentiary.
His age is 40 years.
Work of Incendiary.
Pittsboro, N. C, Special. The store
house and stock of goods belonging to
James Sears, nine miles west of Pitts
boro, wero burned Saturday night. The
fire is supposed to have been of in
cendiary origin. The owner was "away
at the time and it is not known wheth
er tho house was robbed before being
set on fire. It is reported that there
was no insurance on the building or
the stock of goods. -
ASHEBORO. N. C ', T1IUKS1M Y, JULY 20, 11)05.
TOBACCO STATISTICS
The Government Will Withhold Them
Pending Investigation
TRUST AGENTS IN DEPARTMENTS
Numerous Charges From Southern
Sources Lead Secretary Wilson to
Begin an Investigation in Deference
to the Sentiment That the Depart
ment's Figures Were Wholly Incor
rect Special Agents Sent to Ken
tucky and Tennessee Statistics
Partly Held Up Pending the Inquiry.
Washington, Special. Through the
receipt of numerous communications
from the South and statements in the
press at various times that the statis
tics of the Department of Agriculture
on tobacco were being manipulated in
the interest of the so-called tobacco
trust, Secretary Wilson has begun an
inquiry into the subject. Pending the
investigation, the publication of the
tobacco statistics of the several dis
tricts will be held up, although the
regular monthly figures by States will
be given out Monday next.
It was stated at the Department that
special agents have been sent to the
dark tobacco districts of Tennessee
and Kentucky for the purpose of veri
fying or correcting the Department's
figures. This action Mr. Hyde, the
chief statistian, said, was in deference
to the sentiment which had been en
gendered that the Department's figures
were wholly incorrect. Mr. Hyde has
been given direct charge of the investi
gation, which, it is expected, will be
concluded within two or three weeks.
1
New Directors.
New York, Special. Twelve new di
rectors were chosen, and the resigna
tions of two old directors and one re
cently elected were accepted ' by the
board of directors of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society. The directors
who resigned were: General Louis
Fitzgerald, former president of the
Mercantile Trust Company; Horace C.
Deming, who is now president of that
institution, and Frederick G. Bourne,
who was chosen at the last meeting of
the board. The Mercantile Trust Com
pany is controlled by the Equitable So
ciety. The full list of the newly-elected
directors follows:
To fill vacancies in the term expir
ing December 31, 1905. Wallace L.
Pierce, of Boston; Daniel A. Tompkins,
of Charlotte; Thomas S. Spratt, of Og
densburg, N. Y.; Louis Stern, of New
York; Frank S. Witherbee, of New
York; James MoMahon, of New York.
For term to expire December 31, 1906;
Williard F. McCook, of Philadelphia;
Congressman Charles E. Littlefield, ol
Rockland, Me. For term to expire De
cember 31, 1907: Nevada N. Stranahan,
collector of the port of New York;
D. Cady Herrick ,of Albany. For the
term to expire December 31, 1908:
Nicholas Murray Butler, president ot
Columbia University; Charles H. Zehn
der, of Philadelphia.
No Grudge Against Wilson.
New York, Special. President Wal
ter C. Hubbard, of the New York Cot
ton Exchange sent the following com
munication to the Associated Press:
"Permit me to ask you very kindly
to correct a misapprehension of the
press in regard to my letter to Presi
dent Roosevelt concerning the disclo
sures in the Departemnt of Agricul
ture. "I have never written to Secretary
Wilson and my letter was not the se
quel of any correspondence with him
conducted by my brother, Samuel T.
Hubbard, when president of the NeT
York Cotton Exchange.
"My note was prompted simply by
the recent revelations and had for its
purpose solely to make a clear state
ment of the attitude of our exchange,"
Will Aid Investigation.
Washington, Special. Richard
Cheatham, secretary of the Southern
Cotton Association, was in lengthy
conference with District Attorney
Beach and Mr. Moran, acting chief ot
tho secret service division, regarding
the recent cotton investigation. Mr.
Cheatham proposes to remain here
for some time, and will assist in the
preparation of evidence upon which
possible criminal prosecutions will be
ba'sed.
Telegraphic Briefs.
M. Sergius Witte has been appointed
chief peace plenipotentiary for Rus
sia. It is stated a German Swedish alli
ance is probable.
In the House of Commons Premier
Balfour stated no further negotiations
had been had regarding President
Roosevelt's' call for a second peace con
ference at The Hague.
Twenty-four leaders of the Odessa
riots were hanged.
A violent scene occurred in the
French Chamber of Deputies during a
debate on the Amnesty bill, which wa-
killed.
Premier Balfour stated in the House
of Commons that conscription would
not succeed in the British Army.
District Attorney Jerome, of New
York, has fomally asked for a copy of
Superintendent of Insurance Hendricks'
report on the Equitable Life Assurance
Society investigation.
Edwin S. Holmes, the dismissed Gov
ernment statistician, is said to have left
Washington.
Statistics of manufacture in Mary
land were made public by the Census
Bureau.
Former Assistant Attorney-General
Jas. B. Beck upheld modern industrial
ism in an address before the New York
State Bankers' Association.
The battleship division of the North
Atlantic squadron, under Rear Admiral
Evans, had a race at sea, the Missouri
being first and the Maine last.
The Peary polar expedition is delayed
by the lack of a surgeon, the one en
gaged having withdrawn.
Carroll D. Wright addressed the
American Institute of Instructors on
"The College of the Future." predicting
radical changes,
IN NORTH CAROLINA
1
Many Newsy Items Gathered From
all Sections.
Charlotte Cotton Market.
These figures represent prices paid to
Wagons:
Strict good middling 10
Good middling 10 5-16
Strict middling 10U
Middling 10
Tinges 5 to 9,
Stains 7 to 9.00
General Cotton Market.
Galveston, steady 10
New Orleans, steady lO1
Mobile, easy 10
Savannah, dull 10
Norfolk, quiet 10
Baltimore, nominal 11.00
New York, quiet 10.80
Boston, quiet 11.36
Philadelphia, quiet H-05
Houston, easy 11.00
Augusta, quiet 10
Memphis, quiet 10 13-10
St. Louis, quiet 10 13-16
Louisville, firm 10
SOLICITOR ATTACKED.
Mob Composed of Men Under Indict
ment For Operating Blind Tigers
Attacked Room at Hotel Occupied
By Solicitor Ward Also Attack
Mayor's House With Rifles and Pis
tols No One Hurt Several Arrests
Made.
Elizabeth City, Special. Meagre de
tails of an assault committed at Col
umbia, the county seat of Tyrrel coun
ty, when a crowd of illicit whiskey
distillers, operating blind tigers in that
section, made an attack on a room in
the hotel occupied by Solicitor Ward
and William Bond, reached here, the
news being brought by a party which
has just arrived at Edenton from Co
lumbia. They state that the mob also
attacked the residence of Mayor
Woodley about 2 o'clock, rifles and
pistols being used in both instances.
A number of window light were brok
en out, but fortunately, no one was
injured. It is commonly reported that
the attack was made by some whiskey
men W'ho were bent on wreaking ven
geance for something they claimed
Solicitor Ward and Mayor WWoodley
had done against them. It is very
probable that the crowd was composed
of some men recently run down and
prosecuted by the solicitor, for operat
ing blind tigers, and who are now out
on bond. Seven or eight of them, some
white men and some negroes, have
been arrested, but it is impossible to
obtain their names at this time.
Rogers and SorreM Conv'cted.
Raleigh, Special. In the Superior
Court Thursday ex-Sheriff Rowan Rog
ers and J. P. Sorrell were arraigned
on the charge of embracery. Two bills
had been sent in to the grand jury,
one of which was returned yesterday
and another, a more complete one,
this morning. Both defendants plead
ed not guilty.
It has been expected that there
would be a fight in the embracery
case against Rogers and Sorrell, but
really 110 defense was made. After the
men had pleaded not guilty, the jury
was eropannelled and then the State
introduced its evidence, among the
witnesses being Marcom and King,
who were on the jury in the Gattis
Kilgo case. Some other witnesses
were examined, and then counsel for
Rogers and Sorrell told the judge
they had no objection to his instruct
ing the jury to return a verdict of
guilty. The jury was then charged
by the judge that, if it believed the
evidence it had nothing to do but to
return a verdict of guilty, and this the
jury did, after having retired for a
few minutes. The cases against the
two men were taken separately.
The judge suspended sentence for
the time being at the request of coun
sel for the defendant, who said they
desired to be heard upon a motion.
This will probably be a motion in ar
rest of judgment. Judge Allen called
in the grand jury and said it had is
sued subpoenas for all the grand ju
rors except Marcom and King, who
had already been summoned,
Judge Allen, in response to pleas
for mercy for Rogers and Sorrell, im
posed a sentence of six months in jail.
Their attorneys made a fresh appeal
for reduction of their sentence, and
the judge said he would take this un
der advisement.
Market House For Tsrboro.
Tarbcro, Special. The question of
a market house, so. long agitated,
seems now practically settled and its
establishment is assured. The town
commissioners have purchased a
handsome two story brick buliding,
situated in the heart of the town, and
will expend ?1,000 or more if necessary
to convert what is now a carriage fac
tory into an up-to-date market house.
North State News.
The State charters the Swannano
Chemical Company, of Marion, capital
stock 10.000, to make all sorts of
fruit extracts; the charter grants a
remarkably wide variety of other
powers. Another charter is granted
tho Durham Photograph Supply Com
pany, capital stock $10,000.
Two car loads of equipage for the
encampment of the Second and Third
Regiments of the National Guard at
Wrightsville have been shipped from
the a;-senal here, including 390 com
mon tents, 90 wall, 7 hospital and 20
conical; 1,200 blankets and 32 camp
stoves.
The State charters the Coddle Creek
Manufacturing Company, of Cabarrus
county, to make cotton goods, furnish
electric lights and power, capital stock
?1 00,000, part preferred, R. M. Miller,
Jr., of Charlotte, and others being the
stockholders. Another charter was
granted the Kelly Mercantile Company
of Flag Hill, Harnett county, capital
stock 550,000, C. B. Kelley and others
stockholders, to deal in timber lands,
manufacture lumber, etc.
Insist on Higher Prices.
Fall River, Mass., Special. Sales in
the print cloth market for the week
are estimated at 125,000 pieces. The
general tone of the finished goods
market continues firm. Prices have
advanced to a basis of 3 3-16 cents
for regulars, and manufacturers are
still refusing to trade at those figures
on account of the relatives positions
of cotton and cloth. It is claimed that
a basis of 3 1-4 must be had if the
mills are to get out even at present
prices being asked for cotton.
ilEXIilt NEWS OF IISI
Cotton Mill Notes.
A Record man asked a prominent eot
ton manufacturer if there were many
new cotton mills under way in North
Carolina at present. He said there were
not and probably would be put few for
some years to come. The trouble with
the cotton mill business is two-fold.
One trouble is the speculation in cotton,
which keeps the price in such an unset
tled condition that the manufacturer
can hardly tell what his goods cost him
and can maintain no standard of values
for them, 'and another reason is that
labor is getting so scarce in North
Carolina that the mills that are now
running are practically all short of
help. In England there is an aboun
dance of skilled cotton mill labor. Why
cannot some effort be made to get some
of it to this country where there is an
ever increasing demand for workers?
The South is the natural centre of the
cotton mill industry and should be
more the actual one. Greensboro
Record.
The American Cotton Company, of
Greensboro, has been chartered to deal
in municipal bonds and all other kinds
of securities, in seed cotton and to gin
and othherwise prepare the latter; to
build ginning and cleaning machinery;
to build cotton mills, export cotton, etc.
the capital stock being $250,000. The
stockholders are Solomon N. Cone, Ju-i
lius W. Cone, David Dreyfus, Thomas
Crabtree and Neil Ellington.
Mr. Mike Brown, of Barnwell, S. C,
is said to be the cross-tie king. He fur
nishes ties to many railways and han
dles them in very large quantities. He
is ready to buy ties at all times and in
any part of the country, and equally
ready to sell ties at all times and in
any part of the country.
A big plant to make cast iron pipe
is being erected at Sheffield, Ala. The
cost will be $500,000.
TEXTILE NOTES.
The ginners of Texas will meet at
College Station July 25.
T-ha AhhPvillo. fS. C.) Cotton Mills
has declared a dividend of 3 per cent.
The PalmUto Cotton Mills of Colum
bia, S. C, expects to install a cloth
press and a lathe.
The Eagle & Phenix Mills, Colum
bus, Ga., has declared a semi-annual
dividend of 3 per cent.
The American Cotton Manufactur
ers' Association will hold its next an
nual meeting in May, 1906, at Ashe
ville. N. C.
The Yazoo Yarn Mills, reported last
week as incorporated with capital
stock of $S0,000, is for the purpose of
v,i,viT,i ttin Yaznn Cotton Mills at Ya
zoo City, Miss. The company will ef
fect permanent organization about
July 15.
Tho American Net & Twine Co., H.
F. Williamson, agent, Anniston, Ala.,
states that there is no truth in the re
cent reports that the company will
build an addition to its plant, inis
i-ivmTwTiv manufactures nets, seines,
lines, and twines, having mills at An
niston and at East camDriage, mass.
The plant formerly operated at
rjropn hnm N. C bv the Van Deven-
ter Carpet Co. has recently passed to
the ownership of the Marshall Mills.
This company was referred to last
wppIt. Tt. is manufacturing stair and
art squares, and is composed of the
following: Watson Whittieysey, pres
ident, East Orange, N. J.; Foster M.
Voorhees, secretary, Elizabeth, N. J.;
and Franklin P. Marshall, treasurer,
Greensboro, N. C.
Reference was made recently to the
purchase cf the Eastman Cotton Mills,
Eastman, Ga., by W. H. cotter and as
Rneiates. and to their intention of pro
vidinor im movements to the plant.
The company has awarded contract
for new machinery to tno joweu ma
chine Shops of Lowell, Mass., and to
thA Draner Comnanv of Honedale.
Mass. This equipment is beginning to
arrive, ana win oe in position Dy me
end or August.
R. H. Wright of the Russell Woolen
Mill Co., Morristown, Tenn., will take
charge of the Cumberland Gap Woolen
Mills at Cumberland Gap, Tenn., and
add six knitting machines. The mill
will then operate an equipment of 4S0
spindles, 24 looms, two sets of 40-inch
cards, besides the knitting machinery.
Yarns, jeans, cassimere, flannel blank
ets and woolen and cotton hosiery will
be manufactured. Mr. Wright will lo
cate in Cumberland Gap by September
1.
The Highland Park Manufacturing
lo., Charlotte, N. C, I3 completing the
installation of electrio power, super
seding steam in its plant. The wiring
has been finished, tho transformers are
in position, and the six motors are
ready for installing. There will be two
75-horse-power motors in the carding
and spinning room, also a 30 and a 40-horse-power
motor, and in the weaving
room there will be a 130-horse-powcr
motor and a 75-horse-power motor.
Plans are progressing for (he estab
lishment of the knitting mill referred
to last week as proposed at Reck wood
Tenn. The company will have a capi
tal stock of $40,000, which is said to
tave been subscribed, aul en applica
tion for incorporation -'d b-3 lilod
Work of Incendiary.
Pittsboro, N. C, Special. The store
house and stock of goods belonging to
James Sears, nine miles west of Pitts
boro, wero burned Saturday night. The
fire is supposed to have been of in
cendiary origin. Tho owner was away
at the time and it is not known wheth
er the house was robbed before being
set on fire. It is reported that' there
was no insurance on the building or
the stock of goods.
Bulgurial V.rnts Protection.
Sofia, Bulgaria, By Cable. The Bul
garian government has sent a circular
note to the representatives of the pow
ers in which the powers are asked to
intervene for the protection, of the Bu'
garian population in the vilayet cf
Adriancple, European Turkey, against
systematic Turkish persecution, which
forces the Bulgarians to abandon i.-eir
homes, to seek "efuge in the forests
and to become active rebels. The note
suggests that the valaye$ be subjected
to European control.
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SOUTHERN FARM tOTES.
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANTER, STOCKMAN AN 0 TRUCK GROWER,
Cowpeaa and Corn For Slllaire.
t j. e., Berwyn, writes: I have been
reading a bulletin on the use of cow
peas with corn and sorghum for silage
purposes, but do not find any state
ment as to whether or not the yield is
increased by growing the peas with
the other crops. I would like some
information along this line.
Answer: After several attempts to
grow cowpeas with corn and sorghum
for silage purposes, it is my opinion
that the practice is not likely to prove
very satisfactory. Corn or sorghum
must be planted m rows aDOUt iour
feet apart with the stalks about eight
een inches in the drill row to insure
a very large growth of peas. In a
favorable season a large growth of
cowpeas may be obtained, but as a
rule tbisr.will not be the case. Thus,
the greater distance apart of planting
necessitated to insure a good growth
of peas cuts down the yield of corn or
sorghum, which for silage purposes
should be planted in rows three to
three and a half feet apart .in the
drill row. Then, the cowpeas flo not
often climb on the stalks as well as is
desirable. We have tried a good many
varieties, and of all of them the Whip-
porwill and Lady were the best, but
unless the plants get started properly
many of them spread over the ground
and can be gathered by the corn har
vester. Of course, hogs could be
turned on the field so they would not
be lost.
We have tried sowing the peas with
the corn and sorghum after the crop
had made considerable growth. It is
much better to seed the Deas and corn
or sorghum together than to attempt
to plant later. The work can thus be
done at one operation and saving in
time and labor effected. It is a mis
take to let the corn or sorghum get
the start of the peas, for unless they
grow up vigorously in the beginning
the ranker growing crops shade them
so that they do not grow well. In
several years' experience the largest
percentage of peas obtained in the corn
or sorghum crop intended for silage
was ten per cent. This was .not
enough to have any appreciable ef
fect on the feeding value of the crop
and it little more than paid foi the
seed and the extra labor involved in
planting. It would be much better, in
my judgment, to sow the cowpeas in
drills twenty-four inches apart and cut
and cure as hay and feed with the corn
or sorghum silage rather than attempt
to balance up the food by growing
them in the drill row unless some
means can be devised by which a much
larger yield is obtained than follows
in the average year. Many persons
will be inclined to doubt this state
ment, but they have' never taken the
trouble to separate the peas and esti
mate the relative percentage of peas
In the crop. The peas climb vigorously
and spread over the corn and sorghum
plants very often until they almost
cover them up, and one is ready to
believe that there Is a very large per
centage of peas present, but actual
test has failed to demonstrate this to
be a fact. Knoxville Journal and
Tribune. "
Sweet Potatoes at Ten Cent a Badiej
As the time for sweet potatoes is at
hand, I will give the plan I have adopt
ed, which has succeeded very well in
our section.
With ground flat, broke and made
fine, I run rows three feet apart, put
ting a fertilizer of three per cent, am
monia, six or seven per cent potash
and eight per cent, phosphoric acid. I
then throw two furrows with turn
plow, making a flat list; drag or level
off top of this list and we are ready
for setting.
If the weather is dry, make a rich
mud paste and put roots of potato
plants in it for a short time; then
stick them out with a thin stick that
' leaves a very small hole. Press the
foot firmly on one side of the sprout
on top of the ridge, and with the stick
knock the dirt solid against the sprout.
They will live almost any time with
out watering if thus firmly pressed, in
to the soil.
After a few days I run the cultivator
in the middles, and about ten or twelve
days after setting I side them up, very
much as I would corn or cotton, being
sure not to let them get grassy. I can
easily weed an acre in a day when
properly plowed; and if neglected, I
have seen some of my neighbors take
four hands a day to clean an acre.
Plow as often as they need it till
vines have met in middles; then throw
into light furrows with turn plow
up to the potatoes and the work is
done unless some heavy rain falls
soon after they are laid by. Then it
pays to go over with a pitchfork and
lift the vines lightly from the dirt to
prevent their rooting in the middle.
This plan generally insures a good
crop with a very small outlay of time
and money. A few bushels of cotton
seed to the acre, if kitted, will take
the place of ammonia.
I have raised a number of crops of
Jets and Flashes.
No harvest is reaped without hard
ness. Rome rich thieves are called finan
cie.s. Dishonest grocers seldom resort to
legal measures.
A girl seldom refuses to eat corn
from the cob unless she has store
teeth.
When some men have no better oc
cupation they hunt up some thing for
their wives to do.
There are some people who think
that Heaven will reward them for giv
ing the church a dime for a dollar en
tertainment. The strange thing is that a man who
is satisfied with so little in himself de-
j mands so much in others.
j Many men are trying to straighten
the universe with fingers that have
done nothing else but get things into a
tangle.
President Roosevelt, in an address
to Long Island doctors, condemned
Panama talebearers and, praised Gen
era Wood.
NO. 8.
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potatoes after this plan that 'cost less
than ten cents a bushel from first
work till potatoes were in piles for
banking. Of course, we must get a
good yield to get them at such figures.
We couut 300 bushels to the acre a
good crop, but often under favorable
circumstances, especially after a good
pea crop, we get even more than this.
I have seen some articles in The Pro
gressive Farmer about housing pota
toes, and in a later article will give
my plan; however, I will state here
that I seldom put up potatoes grown
from the sprout for late winter use,
as vines keep much better and are bet
ter to' eat. D. Lane, Craven County,
N. C, in the Progressive Farmer,
Graving Celery.
A Northern man who has come South
to live makes this report on raising of
celery:
My method of growing celery since
I have been in Virginia is as follows:
Sow seed in early spring when there is
plenty of moisture in the ground, as it
takes the seed from three to six weeks
to come up. These are the dates I
have sown since I have been in Vir
ginia: February G, 1002; March 13,
1003; April 1, 1004.
I sow in good, rich, mellow soil, and
it is a good plan to burn the ground
a few days before sowing, the same as
for a tobacco bed. When the young
plants come up, I work very shallow to
kill all weed and grass and to keep
the young plants growing until time to
set in the field. For the young plants,
I select a piece of low, moist land,
plow well and deep, about six to nin
inches, and thoroughly work it over
six to twelve times, and then open my
rows from four to six feet apart, very
shallow, and set the plants from eight
to sixteen inches in the row.
These are the dates I have set out
in the last three years: June 26 to Julj
4, 1902; June 20 to July 6, 1903; July
1, 1904. If one chooses, a row of snap
beans may be planted between the
celery rows.
I work just as I would any other crop
by running the fine-tooth cultivato
through the rows once a week to retain
moisture, but do not expect much
growth until the cool nights set in.
Just as soon as the celery commences
to grow rapidly, I brinsr the dirt to It,
about August 23. I take the celery out
of the field about November 10, and
use one of my old frames. I throw
the dirt all out and then pack my cel
ery as close as I can get it by putting
a little dirt on the root. When this is
done, I get pine straw or some fine
hay and cover it entirely up, and then
put the glass over it and stretch a
sheet over the glass to keep the sun
and light from it.
I leave it this way about two weeks
until it is thoroughly bleached. Then
it is ready to sell. If ther weather should
get too cold and threaten frost, it is
a good plan to put fresh manure over
the glass. I have? grown white plume
ever since I came here that measured
over two feet. Rice journal.
Sow l'eas.
Let farmers who have set aside
twelve to fifteen acres to the horse for
cotton, just figure a little. In this sec
tion it will cost five cents a pound to
make the cotton. Let these cotton
men take about four or five acres of
their cotton land, although prepared
and ready to plant, and sow a bushel
of clay or Unknown peas to the acre.
If the land would make ZOO pounds of
seed cotton to the acre, it would make a
ton and a half of pea vinehay. Ateight
cents a pound the cotton and seed would
bring $20.90. Pea vine hay sells from
the wagon at ninety cents a hundred.
The ton and a half of hay would bring
$27 and the cost would not be half as
much as making the cotton crop. The
landi would be ready for early seeding
to wheat or oats. That is the only
way to reduce the cotton acreage, so as
to make a more profitable crop and im
prove the land at the same time.
Then when forage, corn, wheat and
oats were abundant the fowls, hogs
and cattle would soon be added and
farmers would be able "to live at
home and board at the same place."
Chas. Petty, Spartanburg County,
S. C. .
Better Grass For Fastnrei.
That "all flesh is grass" may not be
literally true, but it is true that all
flesh profitable to its producer is made
of grass, and that grass in its most
profitable sense is the best flesh food
known. Not enough importance is at
tached to grass on the farm, for too
many farmers grow the wrong kind
of grass and in the wrong place. They
seem to be contented to grow wild
grass in the corn field rather than
that kind of grass that contains well
balanced proportions of protein, car
bohydrates, fat, salts and "water,
which has been ordained as the best
food for domestic animals. The "hog
lot" is fast giving way to the hog pas
ture, while pastures and meadows are
playing an important part in modem
agriculture. Progressive Farmer.
News of the Day.
The President explained his Chinese
immigration order in an interview
with Samuel Gompers.
A railroad dectective atid an cutlaw
were killed and a second outlaw will
die as a result of fighting following a
Kansas hold-up.
The Elks decided to hold their re
union next year in Denver.
Commander Peary got an amount of
money large enough to insure the suc
cess of his North Pole expeditioa-
The railroads in Missouri obtained
a temporary injunction in Kansas City
to prevent the enforcement of the max
imum rate law.
. Muravieff has resigned as head of
the Russian peace plenipotentiaries,
and it is regarded as certain that M.
Witte will succeed him.
It is reported that General Stossel
has been arrested and that Admiral
Kruger will leave the service.
M. Delcasse has outlined his views
on France's foreign relations, saying
he regards Great Britain as the best
ally cf the Republic.
Five hundred Ch
j fey th? collapse ot a mat shed,