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ASHEBORO. N. C , THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 11)05.
VOL. I.
TEXTILE liS Of INTEREST
STATE FARMERS' INSTITUTE
A HORRIBLE DEATH
NORTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN
NORTH STATE NEWS
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The Authorities At New Orleans Taxed to Their
Utmost to Check Contagion
MANY NEW CASES DEVELOP DAILY
All of Those Who Succumbed to the
Disease Eore" Italian Names Anoth
er New Case Discovered Outside the
cty That of an Italian at Morgan
City.
New Orleans, Special. Following
Mondays yellow fever report:
New
cases up to 6 p. m., 21.
Cases to date, 301.
Deaths to C p. m.. 5.
Total deaths to date. C2.
New foci, 5.
Total foci, 46.
Oi the five deaths reported above,
three occurred in the Emergency Hos
pital au l an flVe bore ltaiian nancs.
Another new eass was discovered
outside of the city, being that of an
Italian who left here a week aso with
several ethers and took up his lesi
dence in Morgan City. On their arrival
theie they were quarantined and one
o, them was tnken sick four davs ag.
.Monday D: Tarlton. president "of the
fc. -Iary parish board of health; Dr.
Goldberg, of the Marine Hospital ser
vice, and two Morgan City piivsieians
diagnosed the ease as yellow fever and
it was so announced. Nothing has
bfen heard from Dr. Bradv. who has
gene to Lake Providence, opposite
icksburg. to investigate reports of
two suspicious cases there.
Dr. Richardson, of the Marine Hos
pital service, who is ia charge of fum
igation, oiling and screening of houses
in the original focus of infection, and
w!u:,-e forces are also making outside
inspections, reports that up to date he
lias made 2.640 inspections and found
Sn eases of fever most of which were
sent to the Emergency Hospital in the
si reeaed ambulance.
Mississippi has again announced that
it will accept detention camp certifi
cates issued by the Marine Hospital
service. Monday the railroads and
travelers were thrown into a panic by
a dispatch received by one of the rail
road superintendents saying that two
ren with certificates had been turned
back. Secretary Hunter, of the Missis
sippi health board, sent cut the follow
ing notk-e:
"Will accept any . certificates issued
by Marine Hospital service passing
through .'retention camp."
On the other hand. Alabama has tak
en a naw tangent. The following dis
patch shows even more stringent re
strictions than ever before attempted:
"Alabama health authorities decline
to allow passengers coming from points
3'cycnd Xew Orleans that are infected,
".lio will - lie transferred from trin to
train in New Orleans under Marine
Hospital inspection and protection, to
get off at point of destination in Ala
bama. They are very rigid with their
quarantine in this city (Birmingham.)"
No Worse at Lumberton, Miss.
New Orleans, (Special.) The Picay
une's Luniberton, Miss., correspond
ent sa"s:
Drs. Wasden and Donald declared a
case of yellow fever here last Friday.
The patient, who is an Italian, is doing
well and will soon be up. There are no
other cases, not even a suspicious one.
Fortunately, the infected house is nat
urally isolated and only five others
were with the sick man or in any way
exposed. On Friday night Dr. Leba
ron, cf the Marine Hospital service,
arrived, accompanied by Captain W.
Hall and other members of the State
militia, sent by Adjutant General
Fridge. These immediately took charge
The house and premises were at once
thoroughly fumigated and infected per
sons were isolated and placed under
guard. The local military company is
furnishing several cf the guards. Dr.
Lebaron states he apprehends no
spread of the disease.
Last night tcnio of the Italians un
der guard proved refractory and had
to be subjected to a little rough treat
ment by the guards, but no serious in
Young Man Drank Poison.
Fredericksburg, Special. Charlie
Mitchel, a young man who came here
recently from Richmond and has been
employed on an ice wagon, attempted
suicide by d ing laudanum. He was
carried to the mayor's office, where
Drs. Barney and Chewning relieved
him. He was then committed to jail
and is now in a normal condition.
! Johann Hoch Respited.
Chicago, Special. Johann Hoch,
"Bluebeard"' and confessed bigamist,
sentenced to be hanged Friday for
poisoning one of his wives, was grant
ed a reprieve until August 25th by
Governor Deneen. The stay of exe
cution followed hours of anxiety on
the part of I loch, who ha'd never given
up hope, and was allowed by the Gov
ernor only after the latter had been
assured that the necessary sum to ap-,
peal the case had been raised, me
amount, $500, was given by an attor
ney and friend of Hoch's counsel. The
attorney declared he was actuated
purely by humanitarian motives.
23 Killed on Electric Railway.
Liverpool, By -Cable. An electric
express train, on the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Railroad, bound from Liver
Pool t0 Southport, collided with an
empty stationary train at Hall Road
station, causing the death of twenty
three persons and the injury of many
others.
The first car of the express, which
was crowded, was smashed to pieces
and only six of its occupants escaped.
The road was recently given an elec
tric equipment.
Attempted Assassination
St. Petersburg, By Cable. A circum
stantial report of an attempt on the
life of Constantine Petrovitch Pobie
donostseff, chief procurator of the
Holy Synod, is current in St. Peters
burg Wednesday night, but the As
sociated Press is unable to obtain con
firmation of it. The authorities, and
even the police at the Tsarskoe-c, -o
railway station here, where tne a -tempt
is reported to havo been n a j
disclaim all knowledge of any such
happening.
Ill I
jury was sustained and they now seem
very docile. The citizens are not excit
ed and none are running away How
ever, all are co-operating with the au
thorities, especially Mayor Camp and
the town authorities, and are tak
ing necessary precautions along sani
tary lines. The citizens are very grate
ful for the manner in which the State
and Marine Hospital service have han
dled the situation here and feel that
their efforts will be effective in
stamping out the disease.
VICTIMS MOSTLY ITALIANS.
The health authorities continue to
hold also that the plague remains an
Italian infection, all but two of the 26
cases reported being of that national
ity. Almost without exception since the
beginning of the fever, those who have
fallen victims to the disease have been
of the poorer classes of the population,
many of them not long residents of
the United States, and, therefore, un
acclimated. For several years the .planters of
Louisiana have been replacing the ne
groes with Italian- labor, and there has
been a steady flow of immigration
from Siciiy and other parts of Italy to
Louisiana. Many of the immigrants
have remained in New Orleans, find
ing employment in the peddling of
fruit cr in the work of unloading ves
sels at the fruit wharves. It was among
these that the fever first appeared, and
to their lack of acclimation and the
inadequacy of their treatment has
been largely due the heavy mortality
that has characterized the present vis
itation of the scourge. Friday's deaths
have been principally of Italians. In
two cr more cases in the last two
days deaths have been reported of
persons who were only reported the
day previously as Having taken the
fever. There have been concealed
cases, which the emergency officers,
with the assistance of surgeons, have
disclosed.
The first death in the Emergency
Hospital occurred. The hospital was
opened Friday with 13 cases, and an
equal number was added Friday. Into
the hospital are sent the worst cases
of unfortunates found without com
forts or medicinal attendance in their
homes.
The Kaiser's Motive.
Copenhagen, (By Cable.) The pre
parations which have been made for
the reception of Kaiser William, who
arrived here Monday afternoon, were
far from elaborate. During his stay
, here the Kaiser will be received in
semi-official state. In court circles his
visit will be taken as merely a courte
sy call upon King Christian and an ef
fort is being made to impress this fact
upon the people generally.
This attempt, however, has not met
with much success, as the people be
lieve that there is some political move
behind the visit of the German ruler.
In political circles the view is held
that the Kaiser will make an attempt
to convince King Christian that the
Baltic Sea should be closed to war
ships of all nations except those which
border on the sea. If the Emperor suc
ceeds in doing this, it will cause the
greatest surprise, for the Danes are
rapidly developing the suspicion that
the Kaiser's designs upon the Baltic
are for the purpose of converting that
sea into a German lake.
Naval Officer Injured in Runaway.
Norfolk, Special Dexter Tiffany, Jr.,
a paymr.si.or in the United States navy
stationed at the navy yard
here in charge of auxiliary accounts,
was thrown from a runabout this even
ing and sustained a very serious frac
ture of the skull. He was driving a
horse that was frightened by a troily
car and ran away. Mr. Tiffany's head
struck the asphalt and he was taken to
the Sarah Leigh Memorial Hospital
in an unconscious condition, being later
carried to the navy hospital for an op
eration. Tiffany is a Missourian.
An Error in the Revised Cotton Report
Washington, Special. In the revised
cotton report issued Thursday by the
Department of Agriculture an error
was committed in the second para
graph which made it appear that the
'June estimate by Mr. Hyde was made
I "lower" than the facts at hand war
! rented, when, in fact, it was made
."higher." The erroneous statement
huu been corrected by the department.
Telegraphic Briefs.
All of the dead of the Bennington
have been identified; they number 58.
The Charleston board of health has
decided that the yellow fever situation
is not sufficiently serious to require
quarantining against any point.
President Castro is extensively for
tifying the Venezuelan coast and may
import Japanese gunners. He contem
plates visiting his neighbor republics
to propose an allegiance.
V. T. Sanford, who killed George
Wright, in Rome, Ga., says he will be
able to prove that Wright and Mrs.
Sanford stayed at an Atlantic hotel
several times as man and wife.
The grand jury in Washington in
vestigating the cotton report scandal
heard six witnesses yesterday, tour
of them being from New Vork. It is
believed that the investigation will
continue for two weeks.
The boiler of the Reliance, a small
tugboat belonging to Peter Bender &
Son, blew up at the landing on Plan
tation creek, Northampton county, and
was totally destroyed. Mr. Bender
and his son Fred were painfully burned
The cause of the explosion is not
known.
U. S. Marshal Shot.
Roanoke, Va., Special. At Union
Hall, Franklin county, United States
Marshal Z. T. Wade was shot and
killed by a negro named Cephas Poin
dexter, an alleged illicit whiskey dis
tiller. Wade went to arrest Poindex
tpr and the negro fired on him with a
shotgun, the load of shot taking ef
fect in the abdomen. The negro then
mac!e his escape and is being hunted
by a posse. Wade has been in the
revenue service for seven years and
was popular. Great excitement pre
vails In the vicinity.
To Be Held at A. & M. College, Ra
leigh, N. C, August 31st, September
1 and 2, 1905.
First session will be held 12 m., Au
gust 31. ' . t
From then until the close of the Con
vention, at noon Saturday, September
2nd, there will be a continual round of
good things.
Night sessions will be held and daily
trips will be made over the College and
Experimental farms.
On Friday and Saturday morning De
partmental meetings will be held.
Special sessions by the Woman's De
partment. Special sessions by the Dairymen's
Association.
Special sessions by the Cotton, Tobac
co and Truck Growers.
DEDICATION OF AGRICULTURAL
BUILDING.
On Friday afternoon the dedicatory
exercises will be held and a special pro
gram prepared, celebrating the comple
tion of the new agricultural building.
The farmers of the State have long
looked for this building, and this event
will be one of special interest to all
people in the State.
Noted speakers -discuss, among other
things, the following subjects:
Insect Pests; Diseases of Plants and
Animals; Soil Improvement; Fertili
zers, and How to Use Them; Stock
Raising and Stock Judging; Dairying
in All of Its Phases; Corn Culture; All
Phase of Cotton Culture; Poultry Cul
ture; Beef and Dairy Cattle; Poultry
Crops, and How to Raise Them; To
bacco Culture; Truck Raising; Corn
Production, etc., etc.
Cyclone in Catawba.
Hickory, (Special.) A cyclone Sat
urday afternoon at Rhodhiss, accompa
nied by hail and rain, did considerable
damage to property, including growing
crops, for some miles in its course.
The greatest loss was the destruction
of the new county bridge erected about
a year ago by Burke and Caldwell
counties at a cost of $ 12,000. The
bridge is all down except its pillars,
which represent one-third its cost. It is
thought possibly some of the iron can
be used for rebuilding. Under the
State law the counties will have to re
build the bridge at once. One corner
of the Rhodhiss Mill, rather the upper
part, w-as blown off, but there was lit
tle damage to machinery, said to be
between one and two thousand dollars.
Two or three cottages were damaged,
but there was no loss of life so far re
ported. The crops near the mills in its
course were considerably damaged.
The gale crossed the Carolina &
Northwestern Railroad just above the
Cliffs, but did no damage to the track.
The loss of the bridge will affect the
surrounding county for the time be
ing. The telephone connections are
such, at this writing that I am unable
to get further detaiSs.
Wilmington Dives Raided.
Wilmington, Special. Early Sunday
morning the police raided the negro
dives on Second and "Water streets,
locking up all persons found therein.
The number of prisoners taken was
over twenty. The keepers of the
houses are charged with conducting'
disorderly houses and selling liquor
without license and on Sunday. The
others are held as witnesses, the po
lice hoping by the drag net, to make
the evidence against the principals
conclusive. The investigation will
take place before the mayor.
Held Without Bail.
Wilmington, Special. W. M. Shock
ley, a saloon keeper doing business at
the southeast - corner of Front and
Dock streets, is held in custody with
out bail at the county jail pending an
inquest over the body of Frank Tal
bert, a marble cutter, whom he is
alleged to have struck in the head with
a billy in front of the Shockley saloon
early Saturday night-
Telegraphic Briefs.
Several persons were badly hurt in a
street car collision at ' "Wilmington
Sunday night. J. F. Rodgers, the mo
torman, was hurt fatally.
The Speegle shortage in Greenville
continues to grow. One thousand two
hundred dollars paid Speegle by the
Paris Mountain Water Company and
$100 by the Chick Springs Company
for county purposes are unaccounted
for.
Rock Hill Record, 24th: Mr. Moise
DeLeon, of Atlanta, and Supt. Carr,
are in the city and report that work
on the new government building will
begin to-day. The lot will have to be
cleared of trees and shanties before
Tuesday, when the real work of exca
vating begins.
David Gruber was shot in Charles
ton, S. C, while attempting to burglar
ize a house. The negro was shot by W.
R. Herron and was instantly killed.
Herron was trying to arrest him.
Dr. P. D. Pollock, for many years
president of Mercer University, Macon,
Ga., died yesterday afternoon at Mon
roe, Ga. He resigned the presidency
this year because of failing health.
Col. Daniel Lamont, who was private
secretary and Secretary of War under
President Cleveland, is dead at his
home in Milbrook, Dutchess county, N.
Y.
E. G. Heffin is building at Orange
Court house a $10,000 brick business
building for Dr. W. J. Crittenden, of
Unionville.
All-day services will be held at old
historic Acquia Episcopal church, in
Stafford county, on Sunday next. Bish
op R. A. Gibson will preach.
A new railway track-layer, with a
crew of forty men, will lay two miles
of track a day. The track-layer has a
huge crane 60 feet long, which projects
forward over the road and hauls be
hind it a train of 16 flat cars loaded
with ties and rails . A continuous
double line of cars moves constantly
over rollers and carries the ties with
it. Both rails and ties are seized at the
proper time by the machinery and
placed on the road in front of the train,
where they shortly form part, of the
track over which it passes. This device
is said to be the: most expeditious as
well as economical track-layer in the
world.
Young Man Swallowed Alive By a
Hungry Shark
WAS CAUGHT NEAR BEAUFORT, N.C.
Sutton Davis, 16 Years Old, Carried
Away by a Large Shark, Which At
tacked the Boy While He Was Wad
ding in the Water at Davis' Shore.
Beaufort, N. C, Special. A most
horrible and shocking occurrence took
place at Davis' Shore, about ten miles
east of Beaufort, Saturday afternoon,
when Sutton Davis, a 16-year-old lad,
while wading and playing in the water,
was suddenly attacked and eaten by
a very large shark.
Young Davis was in water about
waist deep when suddenly the shark
approached him, threw him in the air,
caught him as he struck the water,
pulled him under and disappeared in
the deep water with the boy. Thor
ough search has been made, but no
particle of his body has been found.
Those who were with the boy were
terribly frightened and could not help
him.
The occurrence has thrown a feel
ing of horror over our town. The
citizens and the guests of the commu
nity, particularly the children, have
enjoyed the fine dives and invigor
ating swimming matches which they
daily participated- in.
A large number cf sharks have been
noticed in the waters here for two
weeks, but no one felt much anxiety
on account of the presence of the ter
rible monsters. A large quantity of
fat-backs have been caught this month
and a quantity of refuse matter has
been thrown back into the water from
the factories, and sharks have come
in to feast on it. It is the first time
a person has been molested by a shark
in these waters in nearly 50 years.
Five Killed by Lightning.
New York, Special. During a thun
des storm of terrific intensity which
passed over New York Sunday after
noon five persons were struck by
lightning and instantly killed and
nine were seriously injured at the
Parkway Baths, Coney Island. At the
same time five men were killed and
three were prostrated at Gravesend
Beach.
Those killed:
George Dunwoodie, of Euffalo
Jacob Frankel, Manhattan.
Robert F. Wasch, Bronx Borough.
Charles Bennerle, Brooklyn.
Henry Ransweiler, Brooklyn.
Frank Bennerle, Brooklyn.
The injured:
David Wilts, James J. Dunne, Tina
Christiansen, Harry Krohn, Clara
Thetl, Mary L. Curley, Isaac Raft and
wife, Amelia Schone, William Itana
weiler, John Apple, Daniel McCaulcy,
all of Brooklyn.
Express Office Robbed.
Palatka, Fla., (Special.) The safe
of the Southern Express Company
here was opened by burglars between
3 and 4 o'clock Sunday morning and
currency to the amount of about $2,000
was taken. Mr. Graves, the agent, who
sleeps in the office, wa3 bound hand
and foot by the robbers and his keys
secured. The safe was opened by com
bination. The. cash drawer was rifled,
one of the keys taken from Graves
unlocking it. Checks, money orders and
everything but the cash were cast
aside.
Aged Man Hanged.
Butte, Mont., Special. Miles Fuller
was hanged for the murder of Henry J.
Gallahan, October 24, 1804. Fuller is
over 70 years of age, and he presented
a pathetic figure as he walked from the
jail to the gallows. He has attempted
to commit suicide several time3. and
three death watches were placed over
him.
By Wire and Cable.
English doctors had an unexpected
entertainment when they visited Dr.
Prugen in the course of a trip to
Paris. When he had shown them his
museum he ushered them into his op
erating room, where he performed
eight important operations, including
one for appendicitis, in two hours and
ft half.
An ice factory for Southern Pines is
projected.
The treaty signed by 12 European
countries intended to suppress the
white slave traffic has gone into ef
fect. For attempting to bring a strike to
a peaceful e'ading, George Prcscott,
walking delegate for the National
Teamsters' Union, was shot, probably
fatally.
The four men who were thought tt
have been drowned late Saturday by
the sinking cf the yacht Narkeeta in
the Delaware Bay, near Lewes, Del.,
have arrived at Bower's Beach, a few
miles frefm Lewes.
Thirteen Savannah druggists have
been arrested and bound ever to
court for selling cocaine.
Buddy Ryan wen from George Peter
son in the twentieth round of their
fight.
Seven persons were killed and 01 in
jured so far this year by automobiles
in Chicago. Figures show an appaling
increase over last year's record cf one
killed and seventy-three tnjured.
Fred. E. Carlf.cn, suspected of r.itr
der and other c-iines and held ia New
York, has been toimd to have married
a widow in Troy. Ala., whom ha rob
bed and doscrted.
Thomas F. Ryan has made an agree
ment, it is said, to sell the Equitable
Life Assurance Society stock bought
by him within two years for $2,500,000
and 4 per cent, interest.-
Mr. Hilliard Pegeus, son of Major R.
M. Pegeus, of Cheraw, S. C, killed a
rattlesnake on their plantation during
the past week. The snake had 19 rat
tles and a button. Mr. Pegeus wa
passing through a field and his do
"bayed" the snake, and as Mr. Pegeu-i
came up the snake was coiled ready
for a strike. This is the largest rattle
snake reported from this section for
about twenty years.
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 follow
inging official bulletin for the past
week:
The characteristic feature of the wea
ther during the week ending Monday,
July 31, was the relatively low temper
ature that prevailed. While the mean
of the week for the State at large was
only slightly below the normal, the
night temperatures were generally be
low 7 Odegrees and the maxima below
90 degrees except at a few places on
Sunday, July 30. As the weather was
also quite cloudy during most of the
week, the conditions were very pleasant
for outdoor work, but the absence of
sunshine, and excessive moisture ia
places caused further rank growth of
vegetation and has delayed the format
tion of fruit, which it is feared will
make crops, especially cotton, rather
late. The rainfall was irregularly dis
tributed and generally small in amount;
over most of the interior of the State
the first part of the week was dry and
favorable with good showers on Fri
day, but in some north-eastern counties
chiefly Beaufort, Halifax, and Nash,
and in several west of the Blue usage
the rains were too frequent for best
results. In most counties, however,
the week was fairly favorable both for
work and the growth of crops. Lay
ing by crops is practically completed,
and the chief work on hand is cutting
and curing tobacco, plowing for wheat,
seeding turnips and making late hay.
More sunshine and a period of dry
weather would be beneficial.
Cotton has outgrown its normal size
in most counties, and in the central
east portion the plants are not very full
of blooms and fruit; there is consider
able damage by rust, but less report of
shedding, although where the crop is
suffering from excessive moisture both
bolls and leaves are falling, and on
light lands plants are turnnig yellow.
In the west in spite of rapid growth,
cotton seems to be blooming freely and
fruiting well. Very favorable condi
tions from now on will be needed to
make an average crop of cotton. Ear
ly upland corn is about made; fodder
is ripening; much bottom land corn is
still badly in the grass. Tobacco in
some places and on thin land is curing
nicely, but it is over ripe in some pla
ces, and on thin land the cures are light
on account of damage by too much
moisture. Peanuts. field peas
1 sweet potatoes and rice have progress
ed nicely. Thrashing wneat ana otner
grains is about over, and in many in
stances the yield has turned out sonie
wha better than expected. Sowing
turnip seeds and late hay making are
under way. The fruit crop in the west
will be short and inferior; apples are
very scabby; grapes are ripening; the
moist cloudy weather continues to fa
vor the spread of fungus diseases caus
ing decay. Transplanting strawberry
plants has made good progress.
Rain3 received: Goldsboro, 0.12;
Lumberton, 0.34; Newbern,2.64; Wel
don,0.10; Greensboro,0.20; Raleigh, 0.62
Ashville, 1.00; Charlotte, 1.00; Hatter
as, 2.00 Angier, 1.31; Pomona, 0.25
Lexington, 1.02; Moncure, 0.32; Hen
dersonville, 1.80; Nashville, 1.17.
Assessments Completed.
Raleigh, Special The Corporation
Commission has completed the assess
ment of the property of the common
carriers. Valuation of Railways:
Atlantic Coast Line, $24,454,014;
Seaboard Air Line, $12,500,000; South
ern, for owned lines, $14,735,255, and
for leased lines, $6,308,731; increased,
$92,361. Total for all railways, $69,
573,334, against only $12,360,000 in
1891, when the corporation commis
sion took charge. The assessment of
other companies follows: Western
Union,$947,000; Postal $67,791; Pull
man cars, $176,903; Southern Express,
$402,109; steamboats, $141,699; refrig
erator cars? $103,189; water works,
$405,924; electric lights, $756,814;
telephones, $824,512; street railways,
$1,599,190. Grand total, $75,372,344.
The valuation of the street railway
of Wilmington, $335,000; Asheville,
$300,000; Charlotte, $250,000; Winston
Salem, $250,000; Durham, $225,000;
Greensboro, $160,000; Raleigh, $40,000.
Two Killed in Wreck.
Macon, Ga., Special. A special to the
Telegram from Bainbridge cays a
wreck occurred Monday on the Atlantic
Coast Line at that point. An extra
train of 40 cars and a switch engine
with five cars of lumber collided. En
gineer Jack Jones and a negro fireman,
of the extra were killed, the latter
burned to death.
Another Army Scandal.
Wooster, Ohio, Special. The fam
ous Taggart divorce case, in which
Major E. F. Taggart seeks divorce
from his wife, Grace Violet, on sensa
tional grounds, began here Monday.
In his suit Major Taggart sets forth
startling charges, using names of
brother officers in the United States
army to siupport his allegations.
Taggart has been kept under close
guard for the past two weeks, his
friends fearing that harm would come
to him to prevent his appearing at the
trial.
Missouri Officials on Trial.
St, Louis, Special. The cases of
former Lieutenant Governor John A.
Lee, charged with perjury, and State
Senator F. H. Farris and C. A. Smith,
charged with bribery, which were in
terrupted because of Attorney General
riadley's investigation into the meth
ods of the oil companies, were con
tinued at the -beginning of the July
term of court. The trials are expect
ed to bring out startling testimony
and a bitter fight will be made to
free the accused.
News of the Day.
It is stated that Joseph H. Thomp
son .representing capitalists who in
clude W. R. Odell, of Concord, N. C, is
negotiating for the cotton mill property
of the Tennessee Manufacturing Co. at
Nashvile, Tenn. George Goodwin is
now operating the plant, and it is un
derstood that the prospective purchas
ers contemplate taking possession later
and modernizing the equipment,
The wrecked gunboat Bennington
was floated and towed along-side the
wharf to await icrnrorary repairs. It
will be towed to the Mare Island navy
yard and overhauled.
Varlcus
Geneal Cotton Market.
These figures represent prices paid to
wagons:
Strict good middling 10
Good middling 10
Strict middling 10
Middling 10 Vi
Tinges 8 to 9
Steins 7 to 8
Charlotte Cotton Market.
Galveston, quiet 10.15-lfi
New Orleans, easy 10
Mobile, steady 10
Savannah, quiet 10
Charleston, nominal 10
Norfolk, quiet , 10
Baltimore, nominal 11
New York, quiet 11.05
Boston, quiet 11.05
Philadelphia, steady 11.30
Houston, quiet 10
Augusta, steady 10.13-16
Memphis, quiet 10
St. Louis, quiet 10
Lousiville, firm 10
Tar Hsel Topics.
Cleveland Star: "The colored peo
ple had a Sunday school picnic at
Washington church, near Waco, Satur
day, in which much interest was taken
and much good accomplished, but the
quietude and pleasure of the occasion
was marrod considerably by a fight
engaged in by Gus Roberts and an
other negro by the name of Nance. It
ctme very near being serious, Rob
erts being badly cut by Nance on the
arm and suffering such injuries as to
make it necessary to have his wounds
dressed by a doctor.
By a vote of 4 to 2 the board of al
dermen of Greensboro adopted Alder
man Thompson's amendment to the
ordinate requiring telephone wires to
be put underground in the business
section sc- as to include telegraph
wires also. The "Western Union and
Postal Companies were represented at
the meeting and strongly objected to
the measure, claiming that it would
entail a heavy expense and work a
great hardship on them.
Since January 1st there have been
erected in Wlnston-flalem, and are
now in construction, residences alone
representing an expenditure of $100,
000. This will unquestionably be a
record-breaking year in the building
line. The total output for building,
including residences and business
property will not fall far short of the
half-million mark.
Saturday afternoon when westbound
freight No. 75, was between Cleveland
and States ville, E. McLain, colored,
shot John Woodruff, also colored, the
ball entering his left forearm near the
elbow. Both were brakemen on the
train. After he" was shot "Woodruff
jumped from the train and struck on
his head, receiving severe injuries.
Dr. Lewis M. Gaines has been elect
ed professor of anatomy and physiol
ogy in the medical department ot
Wake Forest College, Wake Forest.
Dr. Gaines is the son of Rev. F. H.
Gaines, president of Agnes Scott In
stitute, at Decatur, Ga,, and is a grad
uate of JohnaJIoDkins University.
Greenstjoro Record: It is announces
that the directors of the Tar Heel
Publishing Company will have a meet
ing here in a few days to discuss the
question of publishing The Tar Heel.
It is also rumored that the paper will
be issued weekly instead of daily, as
was originally intended.
Mr. Chas. A. Bird, of Marion, a
brother of Attorney J. L. C. Bird, was
instantly killed by an excursion train
Saturday near Eberman. Mr. Bird has
recently become deaf and did not hear
the approaching train, which struck
him, cutting his legs off. He is of a
prominent family of his county.
At Lexington Wednesday Mr. W. R.
Wicker and family, were all taken
suddenly and violently ill after eating
heartily from a bowl of fine vegetable
soup. An examination of the con
tents showed that one of the ingred
ients, supposed to be onions, consist
ed of a lot of bulbs of the narcissus.
The Second and Third Regiments
broke camp at Wrightsville Wednes
day morning and the soldiers left for
their respective homes. The Gover
nor was in attendance and was ac
corded a royal welcome.
W. M. Aldridge attempted suicide at
the Henry House at Statesville last
night by taking an overdose of mor
phine. Physicians immediately sum
moned saved his life.
The corporation commission has
overruled the exception of the Sea
board Air Line to the order requiring
that road to put in a siding for the
Round Pine Lumber Company, near
Merry Oaks. The road will now have
to put in the siding or appeal the case
to the Supreme Court.
Governor Glenn is preparing a cir
cular letter to all the judges of the
Superior Court, requesting them to see,
through the county commissioners and
grand juries, that all the jails are made
safe, so that prisoners can be kept in
their respective counties when under
conviction of capital offences and not
have to be taken to other jails for
safe-keeping, so as to avoid in the fu
ture a repetition of such a spectacle as
was presented in the case of Dan
Teachey, who, on account of the abso
lutely unsafe condition of the jail at
Kenansville, had to be kept at Golds
boro, from which place he was taken
to the place of excution a day before
the time, a spectacle for gaping crowds
on the streets and trains.
Train Wreckers Caught.
Salisbury, Suecial. Jacob Morgan
and John Brady, each aged 17 years,
of Rockwell, Rowan county, have been
lodged in jail here on the charge of
wrecking a passenger train on the
Yadkin branch of the Southern Rail
way on June 27. A spike was placed
upon the rail in such a manner as
to derail the train. Detective Haney,
who has been working on the case
M'nce the incident, has strong evidence
against the boys, who ran away, but
later were captured.
Entertained by Emperor.
Tokio, By Cable. The Emperor and
the Empress of Japan received in au
dience and at luncheon the official
members of the party of Secretary
of War Taft. Shortly after noon the
secretary and party were drivsn to
the imperial palace in the state car
riage. Lloyd C. Griscom, American
minister to Japan, escorted Miss Alice
Roosevelt to the palace. Crowds of
people lined the streets durirfg the
passage of the distinguished visiters
to the palace.
Occurrences of Interest in
Parts of the State.
Notes About Cotton Mills and Other
Southern Industries.
The monthly summary of cotton crop
conditions in the Carolinas is reported
by the correspondents of The New
York Journal of Commerce follows:
North Carolina On the whole cot
ton has shown general improvement.
Rather too much rain is a general
complaint, but since the middle of the
month the weather has bean favorable
and nearly all correspondents report
the plant doing well. Some shedding
is complained of, but other elements
of deterioration are rarely mentioned.
South Carolina Reports are some
what contradictory, heavy rains early
in the month producing a large sappy
weed with little fruit; but since the
15th inst. weather has been very fa
vorable, the plant is doing well and
fruiting nicely and fields are clean.
However, correspondents almost uni
versally concede a substantial degree
of improvement.
It is stated in mill circles that ne
gotiations are now pending by which
cotton mills of the Tennessee Manu
facturing Company, located in North
Nashville may change owners within
the next year, Joseph H. Thompson,
representing capitalists headed by W.
R. Odell, of Concord, is conducting the
negotiations, and the mater will be
definitely determined within the next
few days. Mr. Odell is a wealthy cot
ton manufacturer, and it is said that
if he acquires the property it will mean
a great deal to the industrial affairs of
Nashville. It is understood to be the
plan of the new company, if the deal is
consummated, to equip the mills with
new and modern machinery, and oper
ate them on a large scale. This would
mean the employment of a large num
ber of persons.
A Shanghai, China, dispatch of the
25th says:
Now that the boycott on American
goods has begun in earnest, the Chi
nese guilds have taken a step that
will practically close, up the American
trading companies. The agents of the
large American firms have been or
dered to leave their employers. To
day there was no kerosene on the mar
ket. At the same time the stevedore
guild is threatening to refuse to dis
charge American kerosene ships. There
is a steadily growing opinion among
the leading American warehouses that
Japanese influence is secretly behind
the movement.
A Memphis, Tenn., dispatch says:
It is stated now that the Union Cotton
Mills Company, of Atlanta, Ga., have
decided not to locate a cotton mill and
bag factory. The decision was predi
cated, it is said, on information re
ceived from a small town in Mississip
pi, purporting to give advice regard
ing the labor conditions in Memphis.
When Mr. Carter, the representative
of the company was in Memphis, he
was driven around the city to the va
rious industries, saw the conditions as
they were, and was given the average
wage rate. He is reported as saying
that labor conditions were favorable.
A little later a letter was received by
the Industrial League from Mr. Carter,
stating that his company would not lo
cate here. Memphis has no cotton
mills, and is not inducing such con
cerns to locate there.
VT-TH. a-Wnftmial -Anvnati.' MaaiHo
Company", ofTw'Yorlr naa. written to
Charleston, S. C.,- offering to establish
a branch factory there conditioned
upon a site being furnished and a
subscription of $50,000 of stock taken
in the concern. Charleston is to be
given the vice-presidency and three
members of the board of directors. It
remains to be seen what will be done.
The same proposition has been submit
ted to several other cities and the
communication from the New York
parties states that the first city which
accepts the proposition will get the
factory.
The stockholders of the Hamer Cot
ton Mill, at Hamer, S. C, at their an
nual meeting, declared a dividend of
per cent, Among those present were
M. V. B. Brinckerhoff, of New York;
H. K. McCormac, of Rowland, N. C:
John S. Thompson, of Little Rock, and
R. L. Thomas, of Wilmington, N. C.
There was a meeting of the directors
of the mill the same day at which time
R. P. Hamer, Sr., resigned the position
of president on acount of his ad
vanced age, and R. P. Hamer, Jr., was
elected president, retaining the posi
tion of treasurer and secretary.
A charter has been issued to the
Dillon Storage Company, which is capi
talized at $3,000. R. P. Staskhouse is
president and Wade Stackhouse sec
retary and treasurer. The purpose of
the company is to store cotton. Anoth
er organization having the same pur
pose is the Orangeburg Warehouse
Company, capitalized at $6,000 .This
company was chartered last week, the
officers being J- S. Harby, president,
and Robert Lide, secretary and treas
urer. TEXTILE NOTES.
(Manufacturer's Record.)
The Sanford (N. C.) Cotton Mills
has declared a semiannual dividend of
3 per cent.
The Cowpens (S. C.) Manufacturing
Co. has declared its usual semiannual
dividend of 3 1-2 per cent.
The busness League of Aberdeen,
Miss., is negotiating with manufactur
ers relative to the establishment of a
cotton-rope mill in Aberdeen.
It is reported that Leroy Springs, of
Chester, S. C, contemplates building a
million dollar cotton mill at Cheraw.
He is president of a $100,000 and a
$150,000 mill company in his city.
The board of Trade, Pine BluE. Ark.,
states that Messrs. Lutes & Lutes of
Philadelphia, Fa., are the Northern
capitalists its secretary is negotiating
with relative to building a cotton mill
in Fine Bluff.
The Crescent Manufacturing Co. of
Spartanburg, S. C, will add from 50 to
100 knitting machines to its knitting
mill, present equipment being 50 knit
ters and complement of sewing ma
chines, etc. Probably the dyehouse and
pressing-room will be improved.
It is proposed to organize a stock
company at Florence, S. C, for the pur
pose of building a cotton mill. Messrs.
J. L. Barringer, J. M. Timmons, H. S.
Rose and several others have been ap
pointed a coinmitte to solicit subscrip
tions to the capital stock.
It is reported that Messrs W. A. Mau
ney of Kings Mountain, N. C, and J.
M. Torrence of Morganton, N. C. are
planning the organization of a stock
company to buid a cotton factory on
Green river:. Their plans are said to
include the development of the water
power on Green riveer and the erection
of an electric plant to transmit power
to the proposed mill.. ' '
SUIT AGAINST MANY
Another Move in the Now Famous
Equitable Scandal
START MADE IN WAY OF TRIALS
New York Attorney General Institutes
Action for the Return to the Society
of Any Money or Other Property
Acquired by the Officers and Direc
tors, or Lost or Wasted by a Viola
tion of Their Duties.
Ne York, (Special.) An action
was instituted by State Attorney Gen
eral Mayer in the Supreme Court New
York county, in the name of the peo
ple of the State of New York against
the Equitable Life Assurance Society
its officers, directors and members of
the executive and finance committees,
all of which are named in the com
plaint. The defendants are: The Equi
table Life Assurance Society cf the
United States and James W. Alexan
der, Louis Fitzgerald, Chaunccy M
Depew, Henry C. Deming, Cornelius
N. Bliss, George H. Squire, Thomas D
Jordan, Charles S. Smith, Valentine P
Snyder, Alvin W. Krech, Wm. Alexan
der, John J. McCook, James B. For
gan, C. Ledyard Blair, Bray ton Ives,
Melville E. Ingalls, James H. Hyde',
Alexander J. Cassatt, Jacob H. Schiff'
James J. Hill, T. Jefferson Coolidge, Al
fred G. Vanderbilt, John Jacob Astor.
Wm. C. Vanhorne, Gage E. Tarbell,
Marvin Hughitt, Charles B. Alexander!
Thomas Dewitt Cuyler, Marcellus
Hartley Dodge, Jos. F. DeNavarro,
Bradish Johnson, Edward H. Harri
man, Levi P. Morton, August Belmont,
Darius O. Mills, Robert T. Lincoln,
George J. Gould, John Sloane, George
T. Wilson, Thomas T. Eckert, Wm. H.
Mclntyre, Henry M. Alexander, Henrv
C. Frick, Samuel M. Inman, Henry (J...
Haarstick, David H. Moffatt and Hen
ry R. Winthrop.
Edward H. Harriman, one the eve
of his departure for Japan, accepted
service of the summons and Monday
many other defendants, including Jae.
II. Hyde, were served through their
private counsel. The defendants are
allowed 20 days in which to file an
swers. The compalint refers to the Frick
committee report and the investigation
made by State Superintendent of In
surance Hendricks, and is based on
information and belief. The complaint
asks that the defendants, except, the
society itself, account for their official
conduct in the management and dispo
sition of the funds and property com
mitted to their charge; that they pay
the Equitable Society "any money and
the value of any property any of them
have acquired to themselves, or trans
ferred to others, or lost, or wasted, by
a violation of their duties;" that any
of them, now a director or directors ot
office holders in the Equitable Society,
upon proof of misconduct, be removed,
and a new election held by the board
of the society, to supply the vacancy:
that the net surplus of the society af
ter deducting sufficient to cover all
outsanding risks and , obligations, be
paid to, orcredited UA or applied tor
the benefit of, tne present polKyhOla
ers in "equitable proportions, In ac
cordance with the charter and with the
law; and asks any further relief "as
may be just, equitable and profitable."
The complaint charges that the in
dividual defendants, as directors, "neg
ligently, improperly and improvidently
performed such duties as have habit
ually and continuously done, or suf
fered to be done, wronfgul, illegal and
improper acts," causing great loss and
damage to the society. The defendants
are further charged with having "ac
quired or permitted transfer to others,
money, property, etc., of the society ."
The Three Rawlings Sentenced.
Valdosta, Ga., Special Sentences of
death were passed upon J. G. Rawl
ing, Milton Rawlings and Jesse Rawl
ings, Monday night. The date of exe
cution is the 15th of September. When
asked what he had to say why sentence
should not be passed, J. G. Rawlings
said:
"My conscience stands erect. You
can no more pluck it than you can
the brightness of the sun. The sen
tence can do no more than kill. Pass
it." Sentence was next passed upon
Milton.who accepted it without a word.
When Jessie's sentence was read, he
leaned toward the court and said, "Not
guilty," then busa into tears. Leonard
was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Frank Turner, the negro preacher
charged with being accessory before the
fact was found guilty with a recom-
mendation of mercy. A motion for a
new trial in the case of the Rawlings
was filed and the 9th day of September
was the date fixed for the hearing. Alf
Moore, also condemned to die, wiil be
sentenced later.
No Thoughts of Peace.
St. Petersburg, By Cable Reports
received from the army at Manchuria
show that while the peace commission
ers are preparing to open negotiations
which may result in bringing the war
to a close, the Russian soldiers at the
front are not relying on these efforts,"
but preparing to strike a blow which
will demonstrate their ability to con
tinue the strife, indefinitely. An ac
count has just reached here of a speech
made to the soldiers by General Line
viich, in which he said:
"We must prepare a blow against
the Japanese which will prove that
Russia will be able to protract the war
indefinitely in the event that unfavor
able peace terms are offerd by the Jap
anese. Engine Jumps Track.
Cleveland, Ohio. Special. Fireman
Charles Heicbemer, of Cleveland, was
instantly killed and Engineer A.
Wightman severely hurt, when the
Wheeling Lake Erie Railrca.l ermine
on which they were Monday morning
was wrecked. The storm Saturday'
night had forced a layer of sand sev
eral inches deep over the rails, throw
ing the engine over on its side. Wight
man was hurled forty feet through
the cab window, while Heichemer
was buried under the engine.
Fifteen Days for Flagging Train.
Spartanburg, Special. C. P. Phillips
of Cherokee Falls, has been sentenced
to serve fifteen days on th chaingang
for malicious mischief. His act con
sisting of fiagging a through freight
It seems that Phillips, who came to
town Saturday, loitered about the depot
until his train had departed and upon
learning of the fact set out to walk
home. When he saw the freight ap
proaching he decided that to get aboard
would be much better than walking so
he proceeded to signal the "engineer
who, not knowing the situation'
brought the train to a sUpdstW