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; IIIHIIIIIIIIII 1 1 ; 2R. F. A.. HEJVLEy. DENTIST OFFICE: Front Room Over Bank. ! WORK GUARANTEED. ASHEBORO, N. c. ' ; ; 1 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 ; BULLET S BANK OF RAPDOLrti, t Ashebcro, J$. C. ? WE SOLICIT YOUR BUSINESS. VOL. I. ASHEBORO. N. C , THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1905. NO. 9. THE RANDOLPH IN ll HI 1 D Frightful Loss of Life Results From Bursting of a Defective Boiler on Board, NEARLY 109 HURT, MANY FATALLY There Were Mere Than 250 Men Aboard the Vessel at the Time, and of These 15 Sailors Are Missing The Accident Occurred in the San Diego, Cal., Harbor Just Before the Vessel Was Scheduled to Leave. lo tr. w'.ii '. i Diego, Cal., Special. Twenty members of the crew of the i Stales gunboat Benning v. ere killed and four-score :s were injured, 24 seriously, at 'clock Thursday forenoon by a : explosion that disabled the ves ; San Diego harbor. Fifteen sail ! missing. There were more -' men aboard the warship i ilie accident occurred, and many v,-l re hurled or forced to jump in- ' sea by the teriSic explosion, 'iiic-d part cf the deck and com ilie beaching of the ship. The !icun, at the time of the acci was lying in the stream just commercial wharf at H street. . p had received orders from i.tvy Department at Washington 1 thU morning for Fori Ilar'.ford . t the monitor Wyoming and : the monitor to Mare Island i. Sau Francisco. !xri.os:ox terrific. ; -vas up and everything was for the departure of the ' i when the starboard for . exploded with a terrific i : explosion was terrific - r U' uling on shore saw a huge . f : u am rise above the Ben .i. V.acias of water were i Irr-U into the air. A dozen ot i.icu were blown overboard by ' : e of the terrific explosion. Wen: worth, who was looking at ;..'n:.:nj:on when the disaster oc says he saw human bodies d c'V a hundred feet upward. ' :r v.-as clouded with smeko which ; V- . a '.; ship. When the haze away. o:i!y a few could be t :. T' il.'ci--s, v.-hile a number r.j.,::.!i rins; in the -water. A wi.; 1 from the vessel's f-.r.d ruo.n i.f the men in the water l'.it ked up end taken on board. :-.i th Bennington were pre sented t -mid.' -.. ones. The force of the cxpic.-.i,:n hr.4 i.rn a great hole in The starhr.ard sido of the ship, ant' the vessel vas already coiJmani; to list. A sect i.. a cf the 'tipper deck was carried a way from stem to stern. Blood and wreckage was distributed over the entire space, the after cabin and that part of the ship adjacent to the exploded beiler resembling a charncl house. The shock of the ex plosion penetrated every section of the shin, blood and asdics being found as far "as the stern cf the captain's cabin. Great damage was done in all parts cf the ves.-;el. The boiler which exploded, it is said, was regarded as unsafe. Commander Young stated that during a recent return from Hon olulu the steam presnire was kept re duced in that particular one. List cf the Dead. San Diego, Cal.. Special Saturday night's nummary of casualties aboard the eunboat Bennington, in San Diego Bay, gives a total t.-f m dead and 50 in jured, six probably fatally. A number of nie'i. are still aiS.-vins. some of these may be dead, and p:o;c.Uy a dozen of the" injured will di of their wounds. Following is an 3fc!al list of known dead, with acr.-. c ;';.ation and place of birth or e:;'.;:n:MiT: Ensign Xe .va n K. Perry, 26, Colum- Dia, fc. v.. . Wesley M. lanta, Ga. Bert A. H" ville, Ark. in r-. 1! P. ;" f!i "d nir.'-fori-, iii'u . the f i.: the 1 The r t-liVl ! ib-n sot :: were boat side ; were On :jr. 23, seaman, At 19. seaman, Clarks- Andrew Kamerer, 25, fireman, Lon donville, O. Joseph Newcomb, 27, seaman, Bos ton. Harry Mosher, 25, fireman, Newark, X. J. Wilbur W. Wright, 32, steward, home unknown. Michael G. Quinn, 31, fireman, Kil kenny, Ireland. Clyde Haggbloom, 25, Leadville, Cel. Kirley F. Morris, 24, fireman, Owens boro, Ky. Warren Paris, 36, coal passer, Lan sing, Mich. Wm. C. Wilson, 19, seaman, German town, Cal. Stephen W. Pollock, 24, coal passer, Honesdale, Pa. Emil Dresch, 24, seaman, Newark, N. J. Wm. Staub, 21, fireman, Bridgewatcr, S. D. John L. Burns, 20, seaman, Chi cago. Glen Brownlee, 24, seaman, Galves ton. Texas. Wm. I. Cherry, 24, blacksmith, Salem, Mont. Walter G. Grant, 23, coal passer, Chi cago. John Goika, IS, seaman, Milwau kee. John McKone, 23, fireman, Leadville, Col. Edwin B. Robinson, 23, seaman, San Francisco. Charies O McKeen, 25, coal passer, Pueblo. Col. Charles J. Kuntz, 20, seaman, St. Louis. Harry F. Saunders, 19 seaman, Springfield. Mo. Jodie W. Kempton, 13, seaman, Loveland, Col. Robert B. Carr, IS, seaman, Den ver. Harry F. Smith, 23, seaman, Harri sonviiie, Mo. Preston Carpenter, 20, seaman, Ara pahoe, Neb. Robert L. Savage, 23, seaman, Waco, Texas Lerc y B. Archer, 20, seaman, Fowlsr, Col. Don C. Archer, 19, seaman, San Franci iCO. Richard T. House, 21, seaman, Colo rado Springs, Col. Albert H. Schoregge. 21, seaman, New L'lm. Minn. John C. Barchus, 22, seaman, Clarin da. Iowa. L. J. Guthries, 25, seaman, New York. Matthew G. Chambers, 23, seaman, I.ewiston, Idaho. Frederick M. Brown, 26, maehiist, San Francisco. Josiah Ezell, 27, seaman, Waco, Texas. Frederick J. Geiss, 29, coal passer, Cin innati. Claueie H. Stevenson, 23, sfca&an, San Francisco. Emile C. Hoffman, 25, blacksmith, San Antonio, Texas. Joseph Hilscher, 24, fireman, Seattle, Wash. Edward B. Ferguson. 36, chief ma chinist, San Francisco. Elmer U. Brunson, 20, seaman, Chi cago. Four unidentified men of the new draft, who joined the Bennington at San Diego. Seven men, names uncertain, known to be in flooded compartments of the vessel. Thomas Burke, machinist. Joseph Hunt, oiler. George L. Clarke, chief machinist. C. W. Brockman, gunner. Unidentified number of men still missing. San Diego, Cal., Special. Forty-seven of the gunboat Bennington's dead were buried Sunday in a common grave in the little military cemetery on the crest of the promotory of Loma, high above the waters of San Diego Bay on the one side, and within sound of the booming surf cf the Pacific on the oth er. Without the crash of drum or sound of brass, without pomp or pa rade, yet with simple impressiveness, all honor was paid to the nation's dead. May Hi Paris, By cruise in t! Emperor much mnmc. newspaper-; German Km, Russian K:.. niatteis ;:::; out of ti ; others ar. ' William v.'.ii from Fn:', -. Jer Peace Progress. '... Emperor Nicholas' .f of Finland to meet lUin: is the subject of !;t in the press. Certain ; .f -:-- the fear that the vf.r will influence the over Far Eastern v ill hinder the carrying o. programme, while ':.- o.-.iniou that Emperor s: ek to estrange Russia Mine 3i Erisif Big Sto: noon iv cast of and fao erinter.' Mr. Hai clan - short , rowdy : refused, misary on he :-. times i; ami' ii. i from 1! prebend . a. id.- j.' tci-dont Shot by Drunken r.'an. . Special. A special from ,, Va., nays: "This aftcr iaie, about five miles : ,ce, Jasper Abshire shot iv v.er.nded A. M. Hall, sup '. of Kei'v and Irvines mines i nr ill living, but the physi !:': tannot live hut a : -. Abshire was drunk and ; i .' ::, asked to leave. He iiuil lead him to the com-.i.-r iMi.l let him go, whereup et S.i)erintendent Hall three the breast. Abshire was dis i. ii f arrested. A posse went s v'ni'-c this evening to ap- re.' Telegraphic Briefs. Having been acquainted with the recklessness of certain chaffaurs, an owner of a residence at the corner of two streets in England has pasted upon the outside cf his house this placard: "Motor car drivers are re quested to leave this house where it is." President Roosevelt has ordered a full investigation of the affairs of the entire Department of Agriculture. I I I Frank L. Kelley Missing. Riehiw.-n:!. Special. The four broth ers of Frank L. Kelley, who has been j missing since Sunday, are endeavoring, j by 1 he" aid or his dog, to find some: trac- of the man. whom they fear has take,-- his own life. Soon after his Fireman's Slory of the Acc'dent. Fireman E. G. Hopp makes the first statement as to the cause of the acci dent. He says that shortly before the explosion one of the boilers was found to be leaking badly, and the boiler maker was sent for to repair the dam age. Before the latter came the explo sion occurred. Hopp saw men all about him killed outright and he him self was stunned for a moment. The dead were given a military burial Sun day afternoon at the military reserra tion at Point Loma. Services were held at 2 o'clock on the Point, and launches will convey across the bay the living officers and men able to attend. KLtJ , own lite, soon unci dcnr-iiuro ,.;.. vif0 found a bundle on the i-no.; of the back door containing her h: s'.pn IV watch and purse, as well as a noro, which bade farewell to her nn.l i In-:,. ;.--, ,.V,iI,l and Said: 1 am crazy where I am i:.iiL t.iin-J, sometimes I don't kduw Sharp Rise in Wheat. Chicaao, Suecial. Alleged confirma .... . . ... fiplds nop n; iilae!; rust in tne wn-- o! the North wf st sent the price of Sep-ternb-r wheat whirling up to 88 here. The advance was 3 '.4 cents a busnei. comnm-ei vvsth xnursaay ;i C hange of ftlanagemsr.t. Raleigh, Special. R. I. Cheatham, assistant general freight agent of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, with headquarters in Atlanta, will leave that road shortly to take charge of the Cape Fear and Northern Railway, to extend from Durham to Dunn, N. C, with headquarters in Durham. The Cape Fear and Northern is owned by the Dukes, of the American Tobacco Company. J. A. Pride, cf Columbia, S. C, commercial agent of the Sea board, will succeed Mr. Cheatham. moIe: ions. . The bulse was accoi..F------ of riuch ercitemcnt m u '.v'-at pit, shorts frsntirally 3-st,!n each oU er in attenr,;?s to seetue the covet,-. err.i,, Te'e?.rarr.s from M:nae arK.iir arl Duluth detailing dame t the v.:-.f?t -rop in South Dakota by i:f-a-it l biisht v.s:3 the cause of tne i i'?menf. The Disease Yellow Fever. New Orleans, Special. The official autopsy on a patient, an Italian, who died of what has been called suspi cious fever, has disclosed that the dis ease was yellow fever. President Souchon, of the State board of health, has notified Governor Blanchard and the health officers of Mississippi, Tex as and Alabama. Arrangements have been made for a detention hospital to treat the remaining cases. Application cf the sar.iR methods which were pur sue J at Havana is to be made and tne authorities are hopeful that the dis ease can be stamped out. NORTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN Conditions For Past Week as Given Out by the Department. The North Carolina section of the climate and crop sevice of the depart ment of agriculture, issues the foilow inging official bulletin for the past week : From July 17th to 20th. inclusive. the weather was generally dry and very warm. The mean temperature for the State at large was 81 degrees, or nearly 4 degrees daily above the nor mal maximum temperatures above 90 degrees, and reashine as hieh as 96 to 98 degrees occurred at most stations during the middle of the week. This period was quite favorable for farm work and for the progress of crops, al- vnougn, coming so soon after heavy rains, it tended to fire or scald some crops Oh thin, sandy uplands. On the 21st showers occurred nearly every where, which were heavy in only a few places with minor damage to crops. The remainder of the week was show ery. Too much rain continues to be received in a few counties, chiefly in the extreme west. On the whole the weather was favorable, and caused considerable improvement in crops, besides giving farmers an opportunity to finish laying by, which is about com pleted everywhere, except as regards late cotton and some young com. The soil is In good condition, except low lands which are too wet. Cotton continues to do fairly well and looks thrifty, especially on dark lands; plants are making too much weed, which will make the crop late; it continues to bloom, but is not fruit ing well in the east, though plants seem to be well loaded with young bolls in western counties; damage to cotton by shedding, rust, boll verm and lice is reported by comparatively few correspondents. Generally corn is doing well, though the yield will be be low the average; a little old corn on sandy land was fired: young com is thrifty, except that injured ill bottoms by flooding. In some western counties, on account of excessive moisture, corn is tall and thin, but seems to be earing well; much grass is in the crop in places, especially in the west. Some fodder on old corn is ready for pulling. Tobacco is generally in fair condition, except that portions were injured by rains which caused weedy growl ii; dry weather caused considerable improve ment in the growing crop, and made curing easier; cutting and curing will be general within a week. Peanuts, sweet potatoes, field peas and gar dens were benefitted by fhe period cf dry weather. Some turnip and rutaba ga seeds have been sown and are com ing up nicely. Oat harvest is nearly over i nthe exereme west, in whirti sec tion oats and wheat were considerably damaged in shock by wet weather; threshing wheat continues with good yields in only a few counties. Some hay was cut and cured early in the week, but the season has not generally been favorable for this work, though very favorable for the growth of the crop. Apples and peaches are ripening rapidly, but there is much complaint of fruit rotting and falling from the trees. Rains reported: Nashville 0.30, Goldsboro 1.12, Lumberton 0.S2, Now Bern 1.10, Weldon 1.60, Hatteras 0.2a, Wilmington 2.00, Pomona 1.C0, Mortf cure 1.08, Angier 2.00, Raleigh 3.35, Greensboro 2.34, Asheville O.oO ana Charlotte 0.80. Rogers Out on Bond. Raleigh, Special Monday afternoon the case of the State vs. Policeman Isaac W. Rogers for shooting Deputy United States Marshal John C. Doc.k ery came up before Justice Separk, many persons being present. The first motion was made by J. C. L. Harris, of council for Rogers, that he be ad mitted to bail. The second motion was by S. G. Ryan for the State that the warrant under which Rogers had been comitted be amended so as to show se cret assault, which is a graver offense than that with which he would have been charged on account of Dockery's condition being improved. As to the first motion counsel for the State held that a preliminary trial should be gone into in order that the court would know at what amount the bail should fixed. W. B. Jones, representing the State, argued that bail should be ?10, 000, as that could show that it was a secret assault and laying in wait. S. G. Ryan, representing the Dockery fami ly, assisting the State, said that these motions were a surprise to him; that he thought the case would merely be continued and that the State was net ready to go into a preliminary hearing because of the absence of their most material witness, James H. Pou. He asked for a postponement of the hear ing. Harris said that the preliminary hearing was not asjied for; only bail was wanted, and that they could have the preliminary hearing at any time they cared for it. He added that he had seen Dockery twice and he seem ed to be out of danger. The only wit ness introduced was Dr. Herbert A. Royster, who said that Dockery was sitting up two-thirds of the day and that his temperature and pulse were normal; that one bullet had been locat ed over the shoulder blade and that his condition was good; and I consider him, as far the bullet wounds were concerned, as out of danger, and that what he said was without consultation with other physicians. At this point counsel for the State and Attorney Ryan called the counsel for defendant aside for consultation. Justice Separk announced that he would allow the warrant to be amend ed to charge secret assault, and ue then fixed the bail at $5,000. He set the time for the preliminary hearing Tuesday, August 15, at 11 o'clock. Rog ers quickly gave bond, signed by him self and C B. Ray, Henry E. Litch ford, E. V. Denton,N. B. Broughton and O. B. Edwards. North State News. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. King, and small son, Ralph, were taken violently iK Tuesday after dinner and were pro nounced poisoned by ice cream by tne physician called in. Wednesday night the board of alder men of Greensboro entertained a ques tion of requiring the telegraph compa nies to place their wires under ground in the business section of the city. A similar ordinance .already exists in re gard to the wires of the telephone com pany." The business men of Pittsboro have rlnb for the betterment of the commercial life ot town. Their purpose primam i iu tflp-prf of that place . 1UI III 111V u u.m.0 - , v.cinat(! onH rtrfrnnizpd Way. UlUS 1 11 tit U UOIUV-OO hum v - inducing the opening of new indus- tries. A 'arrant has hfien SWOttl OUt against J. Lee Armstrong, former postmaster at Spencer, for an alleged deficit in his accounts. Ed. Lewis, a white man of Tarboro, KEL iron re WQ ft ,1 rowed in the Tar river, which he was attempting to swim. He is supposed to UCCJ stricken with the cramp or heart failure. the set in COMMITTEE IS HEARD The Matter of Cotton Statistics Gone Over Carefully CONFERS WITH SECRETARY WILSON Representatives of American Cotton Manufacturers' Association Hold Conference With Secretary Wilson and Assistant Secretary Hays, Rala tive to Issuance cf New Juns Crop Report; MANY FIRBMEN IN BIG PARADE Washington, Special. The commit tee of the American Cotton Manufac turers Association had an hour's con ference with Secretary Wilson and As sistant Secretary Hays Monday after noon. After the mill men had taken their departure from the Department, a statement was issued, announcing that the question of issuing a new 1'6 port on acreage was to be taken under consideration by the statistical board and that a final decision will be reach ed Wednesday. The statement follows: "The Department of Agriculture has determined that the statistical board shall meet Wednesday, July 26, to con sider whether revision of the June cot ton acreage should be made from ex isting data or from a new inspection, and to make public their findings or estimate at 12 o'clock on that date or the earliest convenient date hereaf ter:" In addilion to President Miller, the other members of the committee of manufacturers present at the confer ence were: T. A. Blythe. president Lin coln Manufacturers' Association. Phil adelphia; Gc-o. B. Hiss, president Rhod hlss Mills, Charlotte; J. W. Cannon, president Cannon Manufacturing Com pany, Concord; S. 15. Tanner, president Henrietta Mills, Henrietta, and C. B. Bryant, secretary Manufacturers' Asso ciation. Mr. T. J. Hickman, of the Grant Mills Manufacturing Company, of Augusta, Ga., telegraphed both Sec retary Wilson arid President Miller that he was unable to attend .Very im portant was the suggestion, advanced by the visiting committee, that the De partment issue a weekly, in place of the monthly, report. The committee is unanimous in the opinion that the weekly report would tend to prevent violent fiustrations in the price of cot ton and would result in a steadier mar ket. It was pointed out that cotton rose 1 cent in 5 minutes on the strength of the last report, resulting in a situation demoralizing to large pur chasers otfSecjpotton. Just howfdjetary Wilson "and Mr. Hays acceptTTthis suggestion for the abolition of the monthly reports is not known. Chairman Miller declined to discuss what took place at the confer ence, and referred the many newspaper men who calrgd hint over the 'chone .ft. his hotel to Assistant Secretary Hajfs. ine committee agreed, before leaving the Department, that Mr. Hays should make public what took place. Evident ly Mr. Hays was not impressed wdth this assignment as -mouth-piece of the conference. He talked rather vaguely about the conference and only in gen eralities. There is good reason for be lieving that several matters of much importance to growers and manufac turers of cotton alike were considered and that a statement reciting in detail these subjects may be made public la ter. All of the members of the com mittee had their lips sealed, and would not even discuss this phase of the sit uation. The members felt that the task of making public such matters as should be given the public having been left to Secretary Hays, it would be dis courteous for them to discuss what took place. Assistant Secretary Hays said, in speaking of the conference: "As I un derstand, the committee came here to ascertain the facts with reference to the cotton situation and that the de sires of the manufacturers are for making the government reports as sta ble as possible. The attitude of the committee with reference to the issu ance of a new report on acreage was neutral: I believe lrany of the manu facturers are owners of cotton and they are also buyers. They did not take sides. They presented no facts bearing on the scandal, and that subject was not considered. "The committee's object is to secure an accurate report and one that will establish confidence. I have no hesi tancy in saying this is what they will get.' Prior to the conference Mr. Miller and the members of the committee had an interview with Richard Cheatham, secretary of the Southern Cotton Grow ers' Association. They discussed the cotton situation at some length. Telegraphic Briefs. .The world's largest dynamite explo sion was set off Saturday afternoon at Portsmouth, N. H., and was fired by the daughter of the superintendent in charge of the work of removing the most dangerous menace to river navi gation on the New England coast. Forty-five tons of dynamite were used in the explosion. It is rumored that the Czar has sent word to General Linevitch that he will furnish him any amount of men and ammunition he may deem necessary for attaining an ultimate victory. This action indicates that Russia is not sincere in her expres sions of a desire for peace. One hundred and seventy Italian la borers arrived at Sewalls Point ready to do the first work on the Jamestown Exposition. Alton Parker Hall, grandson of Judge Alton B. Parker, came near losing his life Saturday while swimming in the Hudson river with his grandfather. The little fellow was on the hack of his grandfather when he suddenly became frightened and began choking his grandparent. He lost his hold and fell into the water. He was rescued and brought to shore safely. Cincinnati Enquirer: Noah Minnich accidentally shot his daughter Flossie, 18 years old, at his home in Westville, Saturday. Mr. MinnTch was shooting sparrows and a bullet hit a nail on a wire fence and glanced and was im bedded in the leg of his daughter, who was on a step-ladder picking cherries. Her condition is serious. Chairman Paul Morten has appoint ed William A. Day as comptroller of the Equitable in the stead of T. D. Jordan, whom he summarily remove!, because he refused to furnish some fasts which were needed in the inves tigation now in progress into the ma chinery of the vorporat.jcn. Great Parade an Event of the Gather ing at Winston-Salem: Winston-Sjalem, Speciai.Th fire--men's parade which was witnessed by" thousands, was a magnifiecent display of the fire-fighting forces of the Old North State. The parade formed on Trade street and, when it began mov ing about 10 o'clock the streets in that section were blocked with hu manity. The line of Inarch wag &9 follows: tfp Fifth to Summit, Sum mit, to Fourth, down Fourth to Main, down Main to Salem Square, and back up Main street to the court house, where it disbanded. First came three mounted policemen, followed by Chief Marshal A. S. Hanes with his aides; Winston Cornet Band, Forsyth Riflemen, automobiles, in which were officers of the associa tion, mayors and other visitors; dele gates in carriages; Danville band. Then came the companies in alphabet ical order, headed by Asheville. Winston-Salem bringing up the rear. The fire companies marched in the follow ing order: Asheville Department The chief's wagon and hook and ladder truck. Charlotte Department Chief's auto mobile and engine. Concord Department Hose wagon and hose reel. Durham Department- Hose wagon. Elizabeth City Department Engine and hose wagom Fayetteville Department Hose wa gon and hose reel. Goldsboro Department Two hose wagons. Henderson Department Hose wag cib High Point Departments-One hose wagon and two companies'. Kinston Department Hose wagon. Newbern Department Engine, hose wagen, hose reel and rag-time band. Raleigh Department Chief's buggy, two hose wagons, hook and ladder truck. Rocky Mount Department Hose wagon, engine and hacks. Salisbury Department Hose wagon. Tarboro Department One hose reel. Salem Boys' Band. Salem Eagle Hoso Company No. 4. Winston Company No. 1; two en gines anci one hose wagon. Winston Hook and Ladder Company Salem Rough and Ready Company, two engines, one hose wagon and one hose reel. Winston Company No. 2, one engine and one hoso wagon. All the visiting companies showed up well, as did the local departments, which brought up the rear. The pa rade was a mile or more in length and was one of the best ever seen in the city. TAR HEEL AFFAIRS SUMMARY OF LATE NEWS Many Newsy Hems Gathered all Sections. From Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Strict good middling 10 Good middling 10 Strict middling , w .... 10 Middling 10 Tinges 8 to 10.10 Stains 7 to 8 General Cotton Market. Galveston, quiet 10Ta New Orleans, quiet 10 Mobile, dull 10 Savannah, quiet ........10 Charleston, quiet 10 Norfolk, steady 1073 Baltimore, nominal 11 New York, quiet 11 Boston, quiet 11 Philadelphia, quiet 11.23 Houston, easy .10 11-16 Augusta, steady 10 Memphis, steady 10 St. Louis, quiet 10 Louisville, firm 10 DAN TEACHV HANGED. The Murderer of Robert Rivenbark Hanged at Kenansville He Pro tested His Innocence to the Last. Kenansviiie, Special, Dan Teachy was executed here Thursday morning in the presence of about thirty per sons, including, officers, guards, wit nesses, physicians, ministers of the gospel and newspaper men, for the murder of Robert Rivenbark. At 9:30 the death warrant was read to him, to which he listened unmoved, although his sister, who sat by his side, was greatly agitated. He was then baptizes and received into the Presbyterian church by the pastor and session of the Kenansville church. Prayers were offered by request by Rev. V. A. Royal, a Methodist minister, and Postmaster Jones. Governor Glenn was intercepted by telephone at Warsaw on his way to Wrightsville, but refused to interfere. The prisoner was apprised of the fact and was earnestly requested to make a statement. The only thing he would say was: 'T am not guilty, but was convicted because people swore lies on me." Drowned in Tar River. Tarboro, Special. Ed. Lewis, c white man 6a years of age, was drowned in Tar river, just above the county bridge. Mr. Lewis, who had been work ing on k raft of wood, attempted to swim across the river and is supopsed to have been seized with cramp or stricken with heart failure when within a few feet of the opposite bank. The body was not recovered until the after neon. Tar Heel Topics. A suit has been instituted against the local camp of the Morganton Woodmen of the World for alleged damage to the health of a son of Mr W. P. Mabe when he was recently being initiated into the mysteries or the order. An operation became nec essary, it seems, on account of inju ries sustained on that occasion and he is just now beginning to walk about after an indisposition lasting over two months. In an attempt to save the life of a friend who was drowning in the surf at Morehead Sunday afternoon, six men came near forfeiting their lives. A line cf 25 men was formed from the shore in order to rescue the man, but the line broke, leaving the six men to the mercy of the waves. After a hard struggle one reached the shoal and showed the others the way in safely. Governor Glenn was in the grand stand at Winston-Salem when It was struck by lightning and two negroes se riously stunned. He was not shocked in the least. Governor Glenn will be tendered an informal reception and elaborate ban quet upon occasion of his intended visit to Wilmington the latter part of this week where he goes to review the en campment of State Guards. Time and efforts are being expended freely for the success of the elegant entertain ment. A horse attached to the buggy of Mrs. Alice Fowler, a rural mail carrier from Burlington, became frightened at a passing train and ran away, hurling the occupant of the buggy to the ground with a violent force. The woman was painfully injured. Mr. Plummer Wiggins, of Shelby, has purchased the entire outfit of The Scot tish Chief, a paper hitherto published by Mr. M. G. McKenzie, at Maxton, and wm in thfl future assume the man agement of the paper. The purchaser is a newspaper man ot wiae experi ence and ability. The new boilers provided for the State hospital by an appropriation ot the last Legislature have arrived and are being installed. Prof. A. Currie, Of the preparators department of Davidson College, has been granted a faculty scholarship in Columbia University, which carries with it a money valuation of $150. Mr. Currie is an honored graduate of Da vidson and a teacher of experience. Ed. Colley, who resides near Whit tier, demonstrated his eating ability the other day, when he ate 28 bananas in 15 minutes. He had only a few mo ments before consumed four in a bet ting contest, thus making 32 eaten in less than 20 minutes. A woman of questionable character has escaped from a hospital in Wil mington, where she was being treat ed for an overdose of laudanum taken with the evident intent of self-destruction. Street car companies have issued orders to their motormen to run their cars with especial care for a time, as the women has threatened to throw herself across the tracks at some op portune time in order to kill herself. Morehead city is forging to the front as a summer resort. Correspondence from that city states that last Sunday there were a total of 1,290 registered at the Atlantic Hotel, which brokft all pre vious records, STORY OF THE CRIME. On the night of Wednesday, March 4. 1903. near the village of Wallace, Robert Rivenbark left the home oi his father about 8:30 o'clock and went to the home of one Easter Williams, col ored, about one mile away, to secure her services as a laborer on his straw berry farm the next day. At this house were two negro women, one negro man and child. The evidence is that Ri venbark made a contract with the two women and the man to ome to his place to work for -him the following day, and started away in search of other hands. As soon as the door was closed and he had proceeded eight or ten steps from the house and there was no light visible except the moon, which was shining brightly, the ne groes heard the quick, sharp report of a pistol, and almost immediately Ri venbark pushed the door open and fell inside the room saying he was shot He was followed almost immediately by Teachey, who sprang upon him and beat and kicked him unmercifully. When he had finished with Rivenbark he turned to the negro woman, Easter Williams, and began beating her over the head- with the pistol, which was still smoking in his right hand, and a stick in his left. While this was going on Rivenbark, having to some extent regained consciousness, got out of the doer and started home. He proceeded about 150 vards clown the road, when he fell exhausted, and began calling at the top of his voice for help. He-was heard by Mr. Jim Dixon, a farmer near there, who came to his relief. He told Dixon that he had been shot by Dan Teachey without cause, and knowing he could live but a very short time, he wished to make a statement concerning the affair to some one while he was still in his right mind. Dixon then called Mr. Harvey Booth, who came to the road, and together with him heard the story of the killing from the lips of Rivenbark, who said that when he left the house he met Dan Teachey, who said: "By - , what are you do ing here?" Rivenbark replied: "I am here to get these people to help me work my strawberries." Teachey then said: "G d you, they can get their living without work and I am going to kill you," and fired, with the result above mentioned. The ball took effect in the right side of the abdomen, caus ing death two days later, about 6:00 o'clock Friday afternoon. March 6th. The case was hard fought through aH the courts, but his conviction was at last secured, followed by his execution. Minor Happenings of 'the Week Home and Abroad. Down in Dixie. Twd trainmen were killed and others badly Injured in a collision of "double headtr" freight trains at Madvale, Va. Harrison Field was found dead near the rervoir, Richmond, with a bullet wound In his breast. Tha Baltimore and Ohio Duquesne Limited train was derailed at Morgans Tllle, W. Va., but the passagers were not iajured. Robert Grim, who left Barkley a month ago to join his wife and child in Charleston, W. Va., has mysteriously disappeared and no trace of him can be found. His wife is still in Charles ton and relatives here are greatly alarmed. An excursion train composed of eight well filled cars and containing about 400 people, was wrecked near Prospect, Va., resulting in a slight injury to sev eral of the passengers. The escape of all the excursionists is considered al most miraculous in view of the dan gers to which they were subjected. Workmen on the track had jacked up one of the rails, and this is given aa the cause oi the wreck. At the National Capital. The War Department made public a long list of the soldiers to whom cer tificates of merit have been awarded for acts of notable bravery. Major Carson has enlapged the scope and made other improvements in the daily consular reports. James J. Hill, in an interview, de clares there are too many political theories for the good of business in this country. Ex-Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives D. B. Henderson is said to be suffering with paresis. Through the North. The Roosevelt, with the Peary North Pole expedition on board, left New York on her long journey. The heat waves still spread over the cities in the North. Chicago, New York and Philadelphia for the past few days have sweltered under the burning grasp of a deadly heat Many deaths and scores of prostrations have occur red already and there is no indication for sneedy relief. While rowing on a lake in Michigan a young lady struck and killed with her oar a large blue snake which had wrig gled under her boat, and threatened to capsize it. The reptile measured fifteen feet in length and sixteen and a half inches in circumference. State Superintendent of Insurance Hendricks issued a statement replying to the criticism made concerning the Equitable Life Assurance Society re port. Gen. W. W. Blackmar, Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Re public, died at Boise, Idaho. Jack Welch, of San Francisco, has been named to referee the Britt-Sulli-van contest at Woodward's pavilion next Friday night. Tsr Heel Topics. Raleigh Post: Prof. Vernon Howell, of Chapel Hill, is here and has given a contract for rescuing his automobile Wednesday afternccn he took Mr. James F. Royster out for a ride and in Pullen Park, near the pool, the ma chine, weighing 1,600 pounds, plunged down a five foot embankment. A con tract has been given to Prof. Chas. Park, of the A. & M. College, to ex tricate it. Neither of the occupants were hurt. Judge Allen has reduced the sen tence of Raymond D. Bynum from 15 years' imprisonment to 12 years, this action having been taken yesterday after earnest efforts on the part cf the counsel for the defendant. A charter is granted to the Winston Salem Power Company, capital stock $125,000, II. E. Fries, C. B. Yatscn, and Clement Manly hein. the stock holders. The purpose cf the company is to develop and furnish electric and steam power, heat and light. Mr. George Lindsay, a prominent at torney of Snow Hill, has been taken into custody on the ground that he is mentally affected. He is subject to at tacks cf lunacy, and but for these is known as an able lawyer around Goldsboro. Foreign Affairs. The Japanese now completely occupy the southern part of the island of Sakhalin. Bulgaria has appealed to the powers to intervene in alleged Turkish perse cutions at Adrianople. -A revolting scene was witnessed in side the French submarine boat Far- fadet, which sank recently with 14 men. The ceiling of a hospital chapel at Fermo, Italy, fell, killing 16 women and injuring 32. Life saving runs in the family of J. Parsons, a young lighterman of the Hollows, Brentford, England, whi, on his twenty-third birthday, received the Royal Humane Society's certificate for rescuing two boys from drowning. His father saved forty-eight persons from drowning and the son now has a total of twenty-three lives to his credit. At the moment when the body of Admiral Paul Jones is crossing the ocean on its way to America an inter esting discovery has just been made at Paris in connection with Jones, namely, that of his Siary in a quarto volume bound in red Morocco, with the arms of. Louis XVI engraved on it, present ed to him by that monarch. With the baseball which he last pitched on the. college diamond in his right hand, Edward Heim, the Prince ton athlete, who was drowned at Coney Island, was buried Wednesday. Princeton students acted as pall-bearers. Admirers of the late Secretary Hay are planning for the erection of a suit able monument for the perpetuation of his memory. It will likely stand in Lakeview Cemetery, or in a new build ing at the Western Reserve University, named after the, mueh lamented states man. Dispatches received Wednesday Indi cate a movement among the leaders of the Russian people to issue a proc lamation favoring the deposition of Emperor Nicholas from the throne of the Empire. Daniel Maloney was killed while op erating the aeroplane . of Professor Montgomery, in San Jose, Cal. He fell a distance of 3,000 feet, as 2,000 people stood watching him while making tb ascent. TEXTILE NEWS Of INTEREST Notes About Cotton Mills and Other Southern Industries. The Columbia State says: Mr. J. A. Clarkson, of Hopkins, brought to the city some speciments of cotton which appear to have been withered by light ning or to have been scalded by the sun. But the cause of this blight is the presence of myriads of small white moths which in a week destroyed a patch of five acres belonging to a negro. The moths were first noticed on a pokeberry bush which they soon de storyed, and from there they spread over the cotton field. Another patch of one acre has also been ruined. Mr. Clarkson, being the magistrate of that place, was appealed to, and he brought specimens of the ruined cotton to the city. Mr. J. W. Bauer, section director, upon seeing the cotton stalks, states that the matter should be referred to Dr. Charles E. Chambliss, of Clemson College, the State entomologist. Mr. Clarkson will meet at the station any representative of the government or of Clemson College who will make an ex amination. The stockholders of the Lumberton Cotton Mills, of Lumberton, N. C, held their annual meeting last week. They found the reports of -the management satisfactory, and a 2 per cent, quarter ly dividend was declared. The Com pany is now preparing the site and building materials for its addition, to be erected. As previously stated, this addition will be one story high, 78x267 feet, to contain 6240 spindles, and its cost will be about $100,000. Contracts for the machinery have been placed with the leading New England machinery builders. A cotton waste mill is the largest industry planned for Spartanburg and Is the outcome of the visit of Messrs. Corr, Ayers and Hoffman, well known Boston and Philadelphia capitalists and mill factors to that city. The party inspected several available sites tor the proposed factory and expressed themselves as being highly pleased with the place. The building of the mill will likely be the result of their visit. The plant will be something new in the cotton mill industry for this section and the estimated cost is $200,000. Its products are rope, twine and various other articles that can be made from cotton waste. The Dixie Cotton Mills, Ga., held its annual meeting of direc tors and stockholders last week. The report of the management for the year's business ending June 30 was found to be satisfactory. Besides charging a large part of the earnings to the purchase of machinery installed during- the year, an amount was set aside to pay the 3 per cent, semiannual dividend on October 1, and $10,000 was added to the surplus fund. At the annual meeting at Ware Shoals of the stockholders of the Ware Shoals Manufacturing Company, of Laurens, S. C, the following directors were elected: J. O. C. Fleming, N. B. Dial, of Laurens, J. T. Johnson, Spar tanburg, Benjamin B. Riegel, John S. Riegel, George E. Riegel, Howard Riegel, B. W. Sparks, New York. Sub sequently the board re-elected Mr. Dial president and Benjamin B. Rie gel treasurer. A charter has been granted the Po mona Manufacturing Company, of Greensboro, capital stock, $250,000, to make yarns, cotton goods, etc., among the stockholders being J. E. Serice, J. E. Southerland and W. P. Southerland, of Green vllle S. C: A. T. Wing, of Palmer, Miss.; Lee H. Battle, Greensboro, and several others from that town. North Carolina Delegates. The delegates to the National Fire men's Convention to be held at Kansas City August 29, 30 and 31, were ap pointed by President McNeill and arc as follows: Capt. A. F. Galer.. chief of Winston Fire Department; Chief H A. Day, cf Tarboro: Chief J. F. Mad dry, cf Durham; Chief L. H. Lumsdon, of Raleigh; Capt. Lyon O. Wier. of Goldsboro; Chief W. S. Orr, cf Char lotte; Chief S. E. Barnard, of Ashe ville; Chief R. D. Douglass, of Greens boro, and Chief C, h, Jones, of Fayetteville. Hope to Check Boycott. Washington, Special. It is expected that within a few days announcement will be made of some plan by which it is hoped that the Chinese boycott on American gcods, which is now In fulJ force in five Chinese -cities, will be modified, if not checked! It is believed that the boycott will not be success ful, yet American traders have given the administration to understand that they are not willing to run any risk with the harm that might be done their trade in Canton and Shanghai, the two most important cities. Wm. A. Day Becomes Comptroller. New York, Special. Chairman Paul Morton, of the Equitable Life Assur ance Society, summarily removed as comptroller T. D. Jordan and appointed in his stead William A. Day, Assistant Attorney General of the Unite States. Chairman Morton gave out a statement, in which he said: "The reason for Mr. Jordan's removal was his refusal to fur nish me Information regarding import ant transactions of the ggeiety which I am investigating" TEXTILE NOTES. (From the Manufacturers' Record.) Tre Hamer (S. c.) Cotton Mils has declared an annual dividend of 3 per cent, Tre Clover (S. C.) Cotton Manufac turing Co. has declared its usual an nual dividend of 10 per cent. It is reported that the Chinnabee Cotton Mills of Talladega, Ala., will double its present equipment of 3468 ring spindles. It is reported that Messrs. William H. Kilgour, Charles T. Miller and A. F. Keizer, of Dallas, Texas, will es tablish a silk mill to employ about 100 persons. Their intention is said to be to erect a three-story building 60x150 feet in size, to accommodate the nec essary silk-throwing machinery. The Board of Trade. Pine Bluff, Ark., is corresponding with several Northern capitalists who contemplate building a cotton factory in Pine Bluff. The Malee (N. C.) Knitting Mills was destroyed by fire during the past week. The company has not decided whether it will or will not rebuild the plant. According to reports the loss was $10,000. Several business men of Annison, Ala., have acquired control of the Blue Springs Mill at Oxford, Ala., and this week they put the plant in operation. It is equipped with 2500 ring spindles and 80 looms. L. J. Cochran is super intendent. It is stated that the Fountain Inn Manufacturing Co., of Fountain Inn, S. C, will add 4500 spindles to its present equipment of 5500 spindles, in creasing the total spindles to 10,000. The company will also add 60 72-inch looms. Contracts for the machinery are said to have been awarded. Professor Andrew Fox, who recently startled the country with a telegram to John D. Rockefeller, begging for some of his "tainted money" for the Chicago Theological Seminary, has been dis missed from the faculty of that insti tution. The National League of the Building and Loan Associations Is composed of twenty-one States, North Carolina be ing one of the most progressive. The annual meeting of the league will be held in New York on the 26tn and 27th of this month and the Charlotte rep resentatives who will attend are the following well known men: Messrs S. Wittkowsky, R, H, Jordan and D. Tompkins,