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VOL. I.
LARGE CORN YIELDS
Palmetto farmer Gives His
Method
HELP AND CLOSE CULTIVATION
' "
He Obtained a Phenonirnal Yield by
Proper Cultivation and Use of
Fertilizers.
1" Harlsville (S. C.) Messen-
U1,, ,l: a r"Ist T'aWe paper on
-" Iu view of the fact
..... Somhorucotloa Aviation
:" ,,Uo lasl, muw held in Xew
- -u ans adopted resolutions of vital
:in "n;,:'"e Southern fanners
-''J." Ho m,ist important of which
,;13! l,1's,n- i'annm to diver--iv
ineir crops a!Kl to plant coru and
-n,m 'r siiSlceut at least
' ..aa consumption. This article
il)-'eyl corn culture bv Mr
Aull.amsou nil the more important
'i-l'jr. Mr. WilliamBun
V.. i- a number of years after I bt
:iVVan" 1 flowed the old time
-'i.i..d ..t putting the fertilized all
. ;: ! llu; corn, planting on a level or
: iM-r. Mx by three feet, pushing the
r'ani trom tne start aud making a
Malk, but the ears were few and
''i'T1'1? smaU- I planted much
'"n! ';! !l!C liiug and bought much
' ' '" the nest spring-, until iin
"!iy 1 was 0nvtil to the conclusion
'?1U:W not be made on up-;:m-.s
tins section certainly not bv
u.u old method except at a loss.
I oul not give up however, for I
i-uew that the fanner who did not
' ov' u com never had suc
ceeded and never would, so I began
!- experiment. First, I planted lower,
; !!!f, Ule yeiehl was better, but the
-a'k was still too large, so I diseou
'""yd altogether the "application of
'"'U-.er before planting, and kuow-
"hat ail crops should be i'crtili
' at some time used mixed fertiliz-i-ras
a !ie application and applied
ihe more soluablc nitrate of soda
ut, be glided in this by the cxcel-
results obtained from its use as
: "'j dressing for oats. Still the
vivid though regular, was not laige,
md tiie smallness of the stalk itself
suggested that thev should be
!;h;ntcd thicker in the drill. This was
ioiie ihe rext year with remits so
satisfactory that 1 continued from
year 10 year to increase the number
"? ialk-i and fertilizer, with which
iit:;u iheiu. also to apply nitrate
i ?-.d: at last plowing, and to lay by
Cailv sowing peas broadcast. This
method steadily increased the yield
until ye,u- before last, li04) which
eorn eleven inches apart in six foot
'ws and .fll worth of fertilizer to
the acre. 1 made S3 bushels averaging-
the acre, severel of my best acres
re a king as much as 125 bushels.
Last year. (1905) I followed the
"amc method, planting ihe first week
ir. April. 70 acres which Lad produe-
il the year before 10'. M) pounds' seed
'":'u'!ii per acre. The land "au.lv un
- . .4.
sand, somewhat roiling. Seasons very
unfavorable, owing to ihe treraomlous
raiiis in May and the dry and xtrein
!y hot weather later on. From June
12th to July 12lh. the time when it
most needed moisture (here was 5.S
of an inch of rainfall here: yet with
T.Ol, cost of fertilizer, my yield was
V2 bushels er acre. Hows were six
feet and eoni sixteen inches in drill.
With (his method, on land that will
: ldiniarily produce lotto Jbs. of s;.-ed
cotton with SO0 iouuds of fertilizer,
"tj bushels of coni should be made
by using 200 pounds of cotton seed
t:eai, 2o0 pounds of acid phosphate,
ami 4'M) 'ouiuls of Kainit mixed or
l heir eitiivaieid i-i ether fertilizer,
and 12") pounds of nitrate of soda, all
iv !ii used as side applieatimi as di
lecied 'i''-!'w.
On land that wilt make a bale and
ue half of eoiloii per acie when fer
liiized, a hundred bur-beis of corn
S'loulo be produced by doubling the
amount of fertiliser tilove, except
thai pounds of ij it rate of soda
should be used.
In eaeli ease there should lie left on
he land in coin stalks. jeas, vines
and roots, from 12 to !(! worth 'of
ieruSizisig materia! jer acre, besides
the great benefit to the land from so
large amount .of vegetable matter.
The place of this in the permanent
improvement of land can never be
lakeu for commercial fertilizer, for it
is absolutely impossible to make
'amis rich as long as they are are
lacking in vegetable matter.
Land should be thoroughly and
deeply broken for corn, and this is
time iu a system of rotation to
eecpcu the soii. Couoa requires a
more compact soil than corn, am
v hile a deep soil is essential to its.
best development, it will not produce
rs weil on loose open laud, while com
dees best on bind thoroughly broken.
deep soil will not only produce
1: -ore heavily titan a shidiow soil with
u,jd seasons, but it will stand more
v.et as well as more dry weather.
In preparing for tiie corn crop,
!;,ud sljotH.d be broken broadest dur
tin: v inter one fourth deeper than
ir lias been plowed before, or if much
ic-.-etable matter is being-tin ced un
d j o
may oc orokeu one tuiid ueeu-
This is ao much deepeiiinar as
j..ud will usually .stand in one year
..nd produce well, though it may he
reiitiuiicd each year, so long as much
dead vegetable mallei' is being turtle
(Mi under. Jt may. however. br snb
dicd to any depth by following- in
,,,ito!ii of turn plow furrow, provided
.,0 more of the sub soil than has been
,'lirected, is turned up. Break with
,wo horse plow if possible, or better
with i!tsc i''"v - t,,c latle!' cot
(oii stalk or torn stalk as largo as
v,e ever m:d;e, can be turned under
e'ihout hav'mg been chopped, and in
" .vines it will not chop or drag.
Kevev plow land when it is wet, if
you ever expect to have any tise for
it again,
Bod with Uirn plow in six foot
rows leaving five inch balk. When
ady to plant, break this out with
scooter, following in bottom of this
furrow with Dixie plow, wing taken
off. Kidge then on this furrow with
same plow going deeper. Kuu corn
planter on this ridge, dropping one
grain every five or six inches. Plant
early, as soon as frost danger is past,
say lirst seasonable spell after March
loth, in this section. Especially is
early planting necessary on very rich
lands where stalks cannot otherwise
be prevented from growing too large.
Give first working with harrow or
any plow that will not cover tiie plant
For second working, use ten or twelve
inch sweep on both sides of coin,
which should now be about eight
inches high, Thin after this work
ing. It is not necessary that the
plants should be left, the same dis
tance apart, if the right number re
uain to each yard of row.
Corn should not be worked again
until the growth has been so retarded
and the stalk so hardened that it will
never grow too large. This is the
most difficult point in the whole pro
cess. Experience aud judgment are
required to know just how much the
stalk should be stunted, and plenty of
nerve is required to hold back your
torn when your neighbors who ferti
lized at planting time and cultivated
rapidly) have corn twice the sie of
yours. (They are having their fun
now. Yours will come at harvest
time.) The richer the land ihe more
necessary it is that stunting process
should be throughly done.
When you are convinced that your
corn has been sufiieently humiliated
you may begin to make ihe ear. It
should be from twelve io eighteen
inches high, and look worse than you
have ever had any corn look be I ore.
Put half your mixed fertilizers,
(this being the first used at all) is tiie
edd sweep furrow 011 both sides of
everv other middle
breaking out this middle with turn
plow. About one week later treat
the other middle lue same way.
Within a few days side corn in first
middle will: sixteen inch sweep. Put
all yonr nitrate of soda m this fur
row, if less than 1-50 pounds. K more
use one-half of it now. Cover with
tne furrow of turn plow, then sow
peas in this middle broadcast at the
rale .of al least one' bushel to 1 he
acre and finish breaking "ut.
In a few days side com hi other
middle with same sweep, put balance
of nitrate of soda in this furrow if it
has been divided, cover with turn
plow, sow peas, and break out. This
lays by your crop with a good bed
and plenty of dirt around your stalk.
This should be from .June TOih to
2'Jth, unless season is very late, and
corn should be hardly bunching for
tassel.
J -ay by early. More corn is ruined
by late plowing titan by hick of plow
ing. This is when the ear is hurt.
The good rains after laying by should
make you a good crop of com, and
it will certainly make with much less
rain than if pushed and fertilized in
the old way.
The stalks thus raised are very
small, aud do not require any thing
like the moisture even in proportion
io size, that is necessary for larger
sappy stalks. This may, therefore, be
left much thicker in the row. This
is no new process. It has long been
a custom to cut back vines and trees
iu order to increase ihe yeild and
pnlity to fruii, and so lonir as you
do not hold back your corn, it will go.
like mine so long went, ail lo stalk.
Do not be discouraged by the looks
of your cotton .during ihe process of
cultivation. It will yield out of all
proportion to its appearance. Large
stalks cannot make large yields, ex
eept with extreme favorable seasons,
for they cannot stand a lack of
moisture. Early applications of ma
nure go to make large stalks, which
you do not want, and the plant food
is all thus used up before the ear,
which you do want, is made. Tall
staiks, not only will not produce well
themselves, but will not allow you to
make the peavmes, so necessary to
the improvement of land. Corn raised
by this method should never grow
over 7 1-2 feet high, and the cai
should be near to the ground.
I consider the final application of
nitrate of soda an essential point in
this ear making" process. It should
a ways be applied at last plowing and
unmixed with other fertilizers.
I am satified with one. car to the
stalk unless a prolific variety is
planted, and leave a lvundercd stalks
for every bushel that I expect to
make I find the six foot row easies'
to cultivate with out injuring the
corn. For fifty bushels to the? acre,
I leave it sixteen inches apart ; i'01
seventy-five bushels to tiie acre, 12
inches apart, and for one hundrec.
bushels eight inches apart. Corn
should be planted from four to six
inches below the level, and laid by
four to six inches above. Xo hoeing
should be necessary, and middles may
be kept clean until time to break out,
by using harrow or by running one
shovel furrow in center of middle and
bedding on that, with one or more
rounds of turn plow.
I would advise only a few aeios
tried by this method the first year, or
until you are familiar with its appli
cation. Especially is it hard, at first,
to fully carry out the stunting process
where a whole crop is involved, and
this is the absolutely essential part
of the process.
This method I have, applied or seen
applied, successfully, to all kinds oi
land in this section except wet lands
and moist bottoms, and I am confi
dent it can be made of great benefit,
throughout the entire -South.
In the middle West, where corn is
so prolific and proli table, and where
unfortunately for us, so much of ours
has been produced, the stalk does not
naturally grow large. As we come
South its sfee increases, at the. ex
pense of the ear, until in Cnba anc
Mexico it is nearly all ctalk (witness
Mexican varieties.)
The purpose o this method is to
eliminate this tendency of corn to
overgrowth at the expense of yield,
in this Southern climate.
P.y this method I have made my
corn srop, and my neighbors and
frieuds who have, without exception,
derived great benefit therefrom.
Plant your own seed. I would not
advise a change of seed and method
the same year, as you frill not know
from which you have derived the
benefit. I have used three varilies,
all have done well. I have never used
this method of late planting. In
fact. I do not advise the late" plant
ing of corn, unless it be necessary for
cold lowlands.
The increased tost of labor and
the high price of all material and
laud, are rapidly making farming un
profitable, except to those a1io are
getting from otic r.cre, what they
formerly got from two. AVo. must
make our lauds richer by plowing
deep, planting peas and other legu
mes, manuring them with acid phos
phates aud potash, which are rela
tively cheap, aud returning to the
soil the resultant vegetable matter
rich in humus and expensive nitrogen.
The needs of our soils are such that
the South can never reap ihe full
measure of properity that should be
hers, until this is done.
1 give this method as a farmer to
the farmers of the South, trusting
that thereby they may be benefitted
as 1 have been.
E. Mel ver Williamson.
0 FIGHT TOBACCO TRUST
At Meeting of North Carolina Farm
ers' Protective Association at Dur
ham Movement is Inaugurated
Looking to Erecetion of Indepen
dent Factories by Tobacco Growers
to Fight Trust.
Durham, Special The amiual meet
ing of the North Carolina Farmers'
Protective Association was held hero
Friday at noon. At this meeting the
farmers decided to hoid another meet
ing here March .10. It was also decid
ed that the farmers will build fac
tories in this and other States and
committees weie appointed for tha
purpose of drafting by-laws and de
vising plans for the future. The meet
ing was addressed by Gen. J. S. Carr,
C. C. Moore, Mr. Cildewell Rocking
ham. Johu R. Ilutchins, Wilson: Pres
ident John S. Cuuuiiigham. Person
county: J. M. Cmslcad of this coun
ty; E. G. luigsdale, of Wake county,
and others.
Several ideas were put forward.
Some wanted to curtail acreage and
diversify crops. Others wanted to es
tablish storage warehouses and hold
crops for better prices. Still others
wanted to inaugurate a movement
to raise money, establish factories on
a large scale, and fight the great
American tobacco trust. This was the
iead that seemed to prevail. The com
mittee appointed will prepare the by
laws and devise plans for the build
ing of factories and carrying out the
idea that seemed to prevail. Tiie corn
general idea of the factory movement
seemed to be that the farmers should
subscribe stocks, small amounts being
taken by each farmer, and that large
factories should be built in this State,
Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and
Missouri.
Then, with the farmers as the
source of supply and with factories of
their own, they hope to get the best
possible price for their products.
At the meeting in March the move
ment Avill either fall through or take
some definite shape, as the committees
appointed were empowered to prepare
plans and devise the proper scheme.
The attendance represented several
counties. Those present were enthu
siastic and a great meeting is ex
peeled in March.
Items of State News.
The secretary of State granted
charters to the General Transporta
tion Company, at Canton; $10,000 has
been paid iu with an authorized capi
tal stock of $100,000; incoporators 0.
Carr. C. K. Bryant, A. Howell, J?. R.
Smith and W. T. Mayson; the com
pany will do a construction and de
veloping business: the Washington
Drug Company, Washington, whole
sale and retail, authorized capital
stock $100,000, with $5,800 paid in,
W. C. Rodman, R. A. Nicholson and
about 20 others stockholders; Bas
iiight Lumber Company, at Wards
.Mill, Onslow county, incorporators J.
S. aud D. W. Basuight. local men; A.
W. Davis, O. L. Sinuickson, A. B.
Smith and the Siimiekson-Smith Lum
ber Company, all of New Jersey:
$12,000 subscribed in and authorized
capital stock of .12o,000; Graham
Canning Company, at Graham, to op
erate an extensive cannerv for fruit
and vegetables; capital stock $15,000
witli W. S. Vestal, J. X. McCraeken
and J. S. Cook as incorporators: the
Shelby Wood Working Com pan v. at
Shelby, with Editor Clvde R. Hoev.
W. II. Eskridge, W. R. Xewton, C. B.
Blanlon, 1). I). Wilkius. C. J. Wood
son, and J. F. Gaffuey, incorporators;
of an authorized capita! stock of $25,
000 there has been subscribed $3,100 ;
the Monioo Harware Companv, at
Monroe, -with D. E. Alien of 'Char
lotte, and others incorporators, was
granted a ertiiicate of dissolution.
Bold Robbery at Durham.
Durham. Special. A bold robbery
was commiftoed near the city limits
when a n?gro man entered the rear
of the homo of Ed. Riley, also col
ored. After demanding something to
eat and not. getting if, he held up
Riley -s wife, secured her keys to a
trunk, and took from the trunk $22
111 money, two pocketbooks and othr
things. The officers have been nnabl
to bring about his rjrrest as yet.
ASHEBORO, N, C, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1906.
IE
Students Aroused to Find the
Flames Around Them
PROPERTY LOSS WAS SEVERE
Fire at Gambier, 0., Destroys Five
Buildings of the Well-Known Kin
yon Institutions, College and Mili
tary Academy Breaking out at 4
O'clock in the Morning Bodies of
Dead Still in Hot Hums Nine
Seriously Injured and Others More
or Less Hurt.
Gambier, O., Special. Three arc
dead and nine seriously injured and
several others more or 3-r;s hurt as a
result of a fire at Keyon College and
Military Academy, Avhich destroyed
Milner hall, the military academy,
Delano and North Annex. The fire
broks out at 4 a. m., while the stu
dents and college authorities were
still asleep and quickly spread
through the buildings named, which
were consumed. The search for the
missing boys, the bodies of whom it
is now certain are iu the ruins, was
kept up till late in the afternoon when I
the walls of the burned structure
end at night their recovery is regard
ed as impossible for some time. The
search during the day was impeded
by the fact that the ruins were still
red hot and passing through them
was nearly impossible. The falling
walls in the afternoon barely missing
Dr. Pierce, president of Keyon. and
Regents Wiaut and Williams, who
were leading a parly of resc-urers
through the ruins. The dead and in
jured are all students of the mili
tary academy and old Kenyon.
Parents, sisters and brothers of the
dead and injured students arrived on
every train. The news of the fire
spread quickly all over the State and
telegrams were sent at once by the
college authorities to parents of the
boys injured. The messages were not
made alarming, but even while mildly
stating the case, aroused grave appre
hensions and the anxious faiheis and
mothers have rusLod to aid their
loved ones.
The property Lss by the d:t-lruc-tion
of the buildings is estimated to
be $100,000 with (ii) per cent, insur
ance. Following is a list of missintr and
injured :
Missing believed to be dead:
Henderson, Everett, IS. of Illinois.
Kuukle, WinlicUl Scot I. l-". of Ash
tabula, O.
Fuller, James J.. PS, vi. Warren, O.
The injured :
Barnes, Harry C, Cleveland, spine
injured and leg broken from jumping
four stories: may die.
Baker, Lenox W.. Cleveland, inter
nally injured; jumped four stories.
Nicholson, J. Underwood, Steubeti
ville; terribly burned about the body:
may die.
Shannon, R. A., Wellsviile, N. Y..
badly braised from jumping.
Thierweckster, Homer, Oak Har
bor, O., badly burned about the arms.
Bierell, A. G., Columbus, feet badly
burned.
Gal way, F. 1?. commercial master,
Adrian, Mich., internally injurafi;
niav die.
Dorsey, W. O., Dallas. Tex., badly
bruised; jumped three stories.
Brown, Arthur, Cineinnaili, stu
dent at old Kenyon: badly cut- while
assisting in the rescue.
Miners' Strike Averted.
Indianapolis, Special. In a state
ment issued to the Associated Press,
Vice President T. L. Lewis, of the
United Mine workers of America, de
clares there will be no strike of the
United Mine Workers in April, saying
the operators will restore the reduc
tion accepted by the miners two years
ago, and perhaps move.
Cemetaries Bar Oat Hoch.
Chicago, Special. The body of Jo
hann Hoch lay in the county morg-..e
at Dunning, 111., while the undertaker
who had agree to inter the corpse at
his own expense, and the two clergy
men who were 011 the scaffold Fri
day when- Hoch was banged, vainly
tried to find a burial place. After
repeated efforts to secure a final rest
ing place for the body of Hoch iu one
of the city cemeteries, the two clergy
men finally despaired and the body
was interred in the potters' field ad
jcining the county poor farm at Dun
ning. Too Young to Realize His Crime.
Pittsburg, Pa., Special. A coro
ner's jury acquitted nine-year-old
Harry Haas of the death of his bro
ther, Howard, aged 33 years of age,
whom he stabbed with aa pocket
knife a week ago, holding that the
boy was too young to realize the
enormity of his crime. The. jury re
cemmeuded, however, that the jvrvi
nile court make au investigation mto
the case.
Ex-Speaker Henderson Dead?
Dubuque, la.. Special David 15.
Henderson, formerly speaker of the
l.ational House of Representatives,
died Saturday afternoon at Mercy
Hospital of peresis, which attacked
nine months ago. Col. Henderson be
gan to sink Friday afternoon, rallied
Saturday morning; but in the after
noon lapsed into unconsciousness and
failed rapidly until the end same. All
of his family except a sou in Califor
nia, were at the bedside.
DEADLY COLLEGE f IRE NORTH STATE K
ICWS
nun
items of Interest Gleaned From
Various Sections
FROM MOUNTAIN TO SEASHORE
Miucr Occurrences of the Week of
Interest to Tar Heels Told in Para
graphs. New Orleans Market,
Futures, closing bids,
February , , . ., ....... . 10.40
March..,.,. ;i 4, it ,4 .,.10.53
: : : . 10.04
''i.v .,..10.77
J t ne lo s-j
Ji-iy 10.01
August 10.70
October 10.21
December ..,,10.27
Spot cash, closed steady at 10 9-10
for middling. Net and ross receipts
.;'.137 bales; sales 20,800 bales; stock
i:07,!H)3 bales.
New York Market.
Spot Cotton ..
....11
..10.4S
..10.55
.10.04
. . 10.74
.10.78
,.10.87
,10.70
.10.43
. I o.:f
.10.3.-J
. .10.JS
February. .
idarcn ....
April
May
Jiiiie..., .
July . .
August.. .
September.
October
November.
December .
Winston to Wadesboro.
W inston-Sak-m, Special. While
all of the plans have liot been per
fected, there is good reason for be
lieving that the building of the i
houthlMunm Kadioad from this ciiy
to Wadesboro is practically assured.
Bids have been called for to con
struct culverts, excavate and grade
for a distance of nearly two miles,
beginning in this city, which will cad
for an expenditure of from -$2."i.0O0
to $30,000 and it is thought that a
local Htm, Messrs. Ebert & Negiug.
will get litis coutrai-i. This work
will begin at the very utmost limit,
not later than the lith of April. It
would begin at once, but contractors
are causing delay by being slow in
making bids. There is au enormous
amount of work going oil iu all parts
of the country, and the labor prob
lem delays bidding by contractors.
The work of construction will begin
ji.sf beyond the Forsyth Furniture
Company's plant, located on tiie
Southern Railroad, just east of the
Saiem Cemetery, will extend around
Happy Hili and cross the main Wau
ghtown road between the home of
Mr. C. A. Reynolds and Spa eh Bros.'
factory. This is said to be the most
expensive part of the read to con
struct and is estimated to cost close
to $30,000. The order authorizing
the calling of the election to vole
upon the issuing of bonds, for this
road, provided as follows: "Active
wotk of' the construction on said
road shall begin within 12 months
fiom the date of said, election and
said road completed within three
years from this date as prescribed
in the petition filed before this
board." The order was granted
March Oth and the election was held
April 11th. Thus it will be seen
nat work of construction must be- I
gin not later thau April 11th.
Tar Heel Topics
The annual session this year of
the North Carolina Bankers' Asso
ciation will be held at Lake Toxaway
and the days are -June 19, 20 and 21
the session beginning on Tuesday.
There is now a Farmers Institute
organization in nearly every county
iu the State and institutes have or
will be held iu all the counties dur
ing 190fi. The Farmers Institute
has become thoroughly established as
one of the important educational in
stitutions of this country for the up
lifting of the masses of the agricul
tural population. The Department
of Agriculture will add a women's
department this year.
Case Workers Convene.
Greensboro, Special. The regular
quarterly meeting of the North Car
olina Case Workers' Association
composed of furniture manufactur
ers of this State aud of thhree towns
in Virginia, is being held in the Ben
bow Hotel here. There are forty
manufacturers present from all fur
niture faeloi-y points in the two
States. The price of furniture was
recently advanced and it is highly
probable that another raise in price
will be agreed upon owing to the
rise in lumber and labor.
Young Ladv Suicides.
Greensboro, Special. Miss Avie
iforbis, a highly respected young lady
of Mclx-anville, committed suicide at
i o'clock Friday afternoon at her
home by shooting herself in the head.
She is survived by several brothers,
tne of whom is c. 0. I'orbis, a furni
ture dealer of this city. Her lather
died from pneumonia here a week
ago. Worrying over his death was
j.job;ibly responsible for her rash act.
Coast Line Shops.
Wilmington, Special'. It is an
rounced from Atlantic Coast Line
headquarters that the contract for the
mammoth shops to lie built at Wav
tross, Georgia, has been awarded.
Seventeen firms submitted bids. The
contract is given to the Pennsylvania
Bridge Company, of Beaver Falls. It
is stipulated that the work must be
completed by January 1, 1007. While
ihe, officials refuse to state the con
tract price, it is known that the shops
will cost not less than $400,000.
WELCOMED TO CUBA
Mr. and Mrs. Longwcrth Are
Cordially Received
WILL SPEND A WEEK ON ISLAND
-
Conplei Together with New American
Minister, Received by Committee
of Cuban Congress and Represen
tative cf President Palma Guests
of Minister Morgan.
liavaimah. By Cable Tiie et earner
Mascot te having on board Mr. aud
Mrs. Nicholas Longwotih an. Edwin
V. Morgan, the new American min
ister to Cuba, arrived hero from Flor
ida after a smooth trip and was
boarded by the attaches of the Amer
ican legation and Frank Steiuiiardt,
the American consul al Havana, the
reception committee of the Cuban
Congress and President Paima's mil
itary aide-de-camp, who were receiv
ed by the travelers on the afier deck.
Congressman Covin, as spokesman of
the committee, briefly and cordially
welcomed Minister Morgan and as
sured Mr. and Mrs. Lougworth that
Cuba Was delighted with the oppor
tunity of honoring the dangi'der of
her best ft tend. Mr. aud Mis. Long
worth went ashore m a launch in
charge of the Cuban President's aide-de-camp,
a gaily decorated tug, char
tered by the American Club, accom
panying tlicui. Thence they were
driven in an automobile to Mr. Mor
gan's residence in the suburb of Ma
rieuna. The Longworihs pian
main hero a week.
Extsnds German TariiS Bate.
Berlin. By Cable Tiie Reichstag
has passed the first and second read
ings, without amendment, of the gov
ernment's proposal to extend recip
rocal -tariff rates lo the United Stales
until June B0, 1907. Chancellor von
Buelow made a statement iu which
he said tiie imperial government
asked the Reichstag to auihoriz- the
application of the treaty rates to
Ihe United States, not as a right un
der the most favored nation inter
pretation, but in order that tiie ne
gotiations pending might sti.'l be
conducted to a satisfactory end and
because it was in the interest of both
countries ij avoid a tavirt vnr. Tlis:
Chancellor said he placed a high
value on good national relations be
tween Germany and the United
States, wbi-.-h were a blessing in
both lands, but it would deceive to
believe that he would buy political
friendship by the sacrifice of Ger
many's economic interests. The
grounds of the government's propo
sal were tlat a tariu war, which
must only be resorted to in case of
necessity, would damage not only
Germany's interests, but other im
portant departments of industry. Al
though the United States would be
injured in exports, which had grown
considerably, tiie advantage of: such
a war would rest with a third coun
try. -. Tha Chancellor presumably
meant Great Britain.
Summarizing a note from Secre
tary Root to Amfoasalor Sternberg.
Priucovon Buelow s.;id that as soon
as reciprocal relations of trad-.;
has been granted io the United
Stales, the President will publish a
proclamation granting Germany a
continuance of the advantages of
Section 3 of the Dinfflrv ta;i;T.
Hoch Hanged.
Chicago, Special. John Hoch, con
victed wife-murderer and confessed
bigamist, was hanged in the county
jail Fritlav for poisoning his wofe.
Marie We'h-ker lloeh. ' He faeed
death with a prayer on his lips for
the officers of the law who took his
life, and save for the words ''good
bye," his last utterance was an as
sertion that he was innocent of the
crime for which he paid the extreme
penalty of the law. He was the no
torious wife murderer, and his trial
lias developed many efforts to evade
justice.
No Tax Comiaiss'cn.
Richmond. Special. The bill of
Senator Thomas to crcat-i a. tax com
mission to make a ge: :v. investi
gation of conditions in the Slate and
recommende needed changes in the
Virginia Tax Laws, was killed in the
Senate after a spirited 'and somewhat
bitter fight. The measure is simi
lar to the bill of Mr. Byrd, which
was before the House.
Verdict for 4,000.
Greusboio, Special. Henry Hunt
ley, colored, was given a verdict for
$4,000 against the Southern Railway
Company in Guilford Superior Court,
the jury having had the ease wider
consideration since 4 o'clock Thuts
day afternoon. Huntley sued for
$23,000 as damages on account of an
injured leg by i alii wj off a box car.
News Items.
Elijah Mariow, of a.-.i Ionian's
Ferry, Clarke county, shot himself,
aud is in a critical totio'umii.
Benjamin Grinbert, postmaster at
Oceana, Va., is accused, of taking an
aged negro's pension check , for $2 i
He says the negro owed him the
money.
Harry Wakefield, of Norfolk, has
been hiccoughing constantly c-inee
January 27, and physicians nro un
able to releive Sura.
HE KILLEED HIS WIFE
Dragged From Sick Bed by Infuriated
Man and Her Left Arm Broken in
the Scuffle, Mrs. Mattic Modgea is
Shot Through the Heart While
Lying on the Floor at Husband's
Feet,
Durham, Special, One of the foul
est and most brutal murders ever
ci mmiited in this section or iu the
Siais was done at West Durham Sat
urday liight at midnight, when John
H. Hodge us dragged his wife from her
sick bed and shot her to death. There
M as a petition for divorce between the
husband and wife.
The six children of ihe mother wit
nessed the murder and were afraid to
speak when the brutal father and
husband drew hi pistol and fired the
fatal shot into the heart of his wife
and erstwhile companion. One son,
the oidesi, did enter protest and did
what he could to prevent the terrible
deed.
''Stand back and shut your mouth"
said the brutal demon, "If you say
a word 1 will kill you." With this the
father and husband knocked back the
s- ii and be fell to the floor. This -was
before the Murder, but while Hodges
was trying to shoot. -
'1 knew when I deeded this house
and lot to you, iliss Matlie," said the
demon, 'that you would kick me
oui,"
"I did not," pleaded the helpless
wife. " 1 have been very sick and am
sick now. All T want is for you to
he good and do right. You can have
the lemse and lot." she said, this be
ing according to the statement of her
eldest son. who heard the entire mat
ter. "You can take this." he hissed.
Tiie shot fired and a life ended.
Within two bonis he was a rested
and locked up in the police station,
lie was aresled on Duke street by Ser
jeant Abtridge and Policeman Cates.
When lirst arrested he admitted the
terrible crime and said he was glad
of if.
Another True Bill.
Asheville, Special. Another true
bill of indictment was returned
agaiii-l Congressmau Blackburn iu
ihe l uited States District Court. Mr.
i'ho.-ubuin is charged with receiving
a le of $50 from W. It. Krider, of
iiov.-aii county. It is alleged in the
bill thai Blackburn secured a compro
mise lor Krider "by persuasion, rep
resentations and letter writing' be
fore ihe Treasury Depaitment and the
commission of internal revenue. The
date on which it is charged1 the Kep
r sen la iive appeared Ixsi'orc the De
partment is given as May l';, .HMK.
Those in a position- to know declare
that the indictment is the strongest
piece of evidence that has been added
to the two indictments returned by
gran I inrv Wednesday.
Tar Heel Topics.
At si conference held by Chairman
II. C. Dockery, of the Stale Execu
tive Committee. State Secretary T.
B. Parker and Mr. B. Dixon Arm
stiong. assistant seerelary of the
Southern Cotton Association, it was
decided that President. Hat vie Jor
doii should speak f t Tarboro Thurs
day, March 1st ; Goldsboio. March
2nd. and Raieigh. March 3rd. These
wiil be eventful days iu the history
of the coll on association iu ibis
Siatc, and will mark a geneiai awak
ening. Mnginecr Mciiols McDee and eigh
teen assistants of the Seaboard Air
Line, have just completed a survey
iff an extension of the Seaboard Air
Line from Fast Arcadia to Souih-
!nri
distance of about
Spencer Merchant Found Dead.
Spencer, Special. Sydney Ridson,
a well-known hardware merchant, of
Spencer, died at his home here Sat
urday afternoon at the age of 30
yc-.-t-!. Deceosed had been ill only a
few days and his. death was wholly
unexpected, ihe body being found by
the members of the household. Asth
ma was the iinmediate cruise of death.
Fined for Violation of Postal Laws.
Asheville Special John W. Black
welder, of Catawba county, who was
u dieted by the Federal Court grand
jurv charged with sending scurrilous
matter through the mails on a postal
ear l, appeared in open court Friday
sfteriiooii. He stated that he plead
guri.v to writing the matter but that
he did not know he was violaing the
law and he had nb intention of doing
s. .ln.i.o. Wtiddell fined him -20
Mr." Black welder is a prominent and
wealthy citizen of Catawba county
ami his indictment came as a sur
prise.
Items of State News.
The operators of the nine large
,noo ami woolen mil's at 5pray
rich are among the largest fae
ries in the South, have agreed up
n the l;)-hour -day system, which
! ' into effect March " Tbe
c;.ent system is 11 hours.
A negro laborer who was working
i the new Selwyu hotel at Char
lie, fell from the fifth story on
uesdav and was killed instantly.
The Blue and the G.ay.
Southern Pines, Special. The first
attempt of the people of North Caro
lina to have a reunion of the men
who fought in both armies of the
civil war was culminated in one of
the most, satisfactory gatherings that
Southern Pines ever witnessed. Gov.
1.'. B. Glenn delivered the principal
address of the occasion. Geo. J. S.
Carr, of Durham, also occupied a con
sweious part, in the proceeding.
Tne Occasion was one long to
Kdoherod,
NO. 39.
CZAR ISSUES CALL
Wants Meeting of the General
Parliament
HARD BLOW TO REVOLUTIONISTS
Convincing Answer to Argument that
the Government is Not Acting in
Good Faith is Furnished by Ukase
Issued as Soon as Reports Indi
cated Possibility of Holding Elec
tions in Over Half Districts.
. St. Petersburg, By Cable. Re
ports from the interior showing it. to
be possible to hold the elections iu
more thau half the districts and opeu
the National Assembly May 10 wit It
a working majority, the cabinet lias
recommended that the first meeting
of the Russian Parliament be held,
and the long exjiected imperial rkasa
to that effect was promulgated Mon
day. This definite announcement fur
nished a convincing answer to the
revolutionary argument that the gov
ernment had no intention of convok
ing the National Assembly. It is ex
pected lo do far more towards com
pleting the trancpiilizatiou of the
country thau all the repressive meas
ures of Interior Minister Durnovo, of
whose waning power the ukase is but
one of several indications.
Negro Riddled the Burned.
Shrevepoit, La., Special. A mob
of 500 men shot todeath Wiltz Page,
a negro, aged 30 years, aud after
wards burned the body near the to ecu
i. Bieuville, iu Bienville parish.
The negro was captured during the
night, suspected of being ths one
who attempted a criminal assault on
Sarah Gaul, a 11-yev-old school girl,
Friday afternoon. Page was iden
tified by the girl aud when a deputy
sheriff started to jail with him u
mob overpowered ihe officers and
took tbe negro. He was taken to the
scene of the crime, where lie made a
lull confession. The mob then stood
him up against a tree and shot him
lo death, riddling his body with bul
lets. More than 500 shots were fired.
Dies Suddenly of Old Wound.
Tampa., Fla., Special. Captain C.
L. Park, of the independent steamer
II. 15. Plant, was stricken with ill
ness while bringing his boat to tin's
city from Manatee river and died
Saturday. On May 4 last, Captain
Park was shot by Harry Bomford.
whom he surprised in his home with
his wife and it was the opinion of the
doctors that the present attack v.os
due to the wound he received at that
time. Other physicians, however,
hold to the belief that death was
caused by acute Bright s disease and
that the wound had nothing to do
with it.
New Railroad For Alabama.
Montgomery, Ala., Special. Papers
of incorporation were filed with the
secretary of State by the Atlanta &
St. Andrew's Bay Railway Company.'
The company certifies to its inten-;
tion to build a line of railway from
Opelika, through the countries of Rus
sell. Barbour, Henry and Houston
in Alabama and Jackson aud Wash
ington counties in Florida, to Panama
City, a new town on St. Andrew's
Bay. The capital stock of the com
pany is $1,000,000 and tbe certificate
&hovs that $300000 has ben paid in.
The Winslow in Bad Shape.
Xorfolk, Va., Special The torpedo
boat Winslow, of the Spauish war
Cardenas fame, was towed to a moor
ing at the Norfolk navy yard from
sea by the naval tug Mohawk, with
her engines completely disabled. The
Winslow left New York Tuesday for
this station and suffered three break
downs during the voyage and was
sighted drifting down the coast by a
tug, which reported her condition to
the navy yeard and the Mohawk was
sent after her.
News Notes.
Gen. Ferdinand C. Latrobe was
the principal speaker at the annual
banquet of the Maryland Society of
New York.
Mrs. John W. Watters, wife of a
New York insurance man, threw her
three little children from a Long Is
land sound steamer and then jumped
after them, .presumably in a fit of
dementia.
Tampa Bay Forts May be Abolished.
Tampa, Fla., Special A well auth
enticated report was . received hero
that the War Department contempla
tes abandoning Fort DsSoto, artillary
posts located at tbe entrance to Tam
pa Bay. The report has it that tbe
two companies of artillery now zt
the forts will be transferred to Key
West and Galveston. The govera
ment bas expended over $3-30,000. 6u
the posts. .
Offers Virginia ' a Best of Captain
' John Smith.
Richmond, Va., Special Governor
Swansoii has received from Judge
Charles Mayer a letter tendering to
the State of Virginia a bronze bust of
John Smith, "Sometime Governor of
Virginia and Admiral of -New Eng
land." The bust was modeled by
General Baden-Powell, of the British
army, the hero of Mafeking, who, it
appears, is a lineal descendant Gi" flu?
Virginia herd.' '. : :
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