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-n a -mtv at tytt rTTT T T?rrrni THE 0 NO. 17. VOL. IV. ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1908. :r let Mann Lara a E. H saved ' grati I suf: male ring r med for ad took JJ lpound set he hould wish a it." IOTA : E. I ind,tf i been male s all .! r- ad'. S3 fa T3 mi Uzc practice becaua i hone ?. Yo 13 Of th' :d hold led" t: lazor a blade? An :. each All ir.uoii RTN STATE urrcivccs of Interest Glebed From All Sectious of the Busy T&r Heel State High School Teachers. --h, Special. The State De vx'.it of Public Instruction last issued State high school three uaeheis' certificates to 3S ap-,.- and special certificates for . -::r were issued to a small num- ,-..-, receiving the three year eer- tt- are as follows: A. Hornaday. Liberty; Miss :i M. Jones. Franklin; Herbert ;,. Macon, N. W. Britton, Wi-i- i '. M. Gallamore. Fletcher ; . A. Freeman. Dobsou ; Miss th F. Powell. Lenoir; M. II. n. an. Abbot tsburg; Z. II. Rose, ...... T v.,..-.-..-. t ;.,-! Miss Emma DeLorine, Ariail; i- IT.ivmco Stewart. Wallace: .T. L?$f!.',t.len. Honea Path. S. C; Mibs " j;ell' '5p:i. Lenoir; Edwin P. r the Oxi'or ilill : Isaac T. Newton, fc, .,r,re ?r S. C: Miss Brownie ,y ina":fTt.i-tsV.n, Rich Square; J. O. Ald rosra Tvuer: Loimie E. Osborne. !fr '' .?0. Va.: Julius M. Weatb- K i .ici sviiie: l ameron t.. rvn- ,'ton xiUull; Maria E. Bristow, '1V. . T:i.: Andrew McNair, Fay - .lohu Cx. Visor. Walkertowu, i Tar.erson. Shelby; M. K. Lcwisvil'e: Andrew B. Hi. - :!!,:; Isaac Home, Swan r; Ms An::a Mav Withers, t,.'.: Divert C. Willis, Trinity"; I..-, . hi. Klon College; Benia . Phillips. Aular.der: Clias. C. V.' u I J. FiuT.i .i- ii;ii;,w l.,,,,iv- ns i Ccrit -i"1 Greensboro: Wm. P. Henley, ;ii!sto'-i : Earl R. Franklin. Merrv AGE If;'- ss Lizzie Moore. Burgaw; ivcown. Stanly; J. 0. Gool- an a SOUK A Fecuilar Accident. . Special. A peculiar aeei ::r ii here Thursday afternoon !: o'clock, when the two ;nt Tade- .'i-afrei'-'ers began work on the resi .aun,;I. e ,.f Mr. W. L. Miuish on West -fr.-ft. The street was raised ."1.1'' feet in front of Mr. W. L JachJj'i ijiijsh "s lvsldence. - The aldermen $r$cd to have the residence raised V-Mvhy - tn the street and tins was Deuu . ,ui. --e vtan te accident uoyreneu. I Rev. W- A. LamDetn, ie. r.. . i ros . rrniTYie owse V.aA Y?evi raised ivM Vn Rev W R. Lowdf rmilk, Mr. F. IV-f, P v tw .wWnUj Stockton. Mr. O. S. Xorfleet, Mr. -were i'itt men- o.k v,n,e ' gave way on tJie pino) I 'ie house collapsed a.'ij :;npU'te nrccc. ";;is.'i V oldest daughter. M Mj7e h-.-.s i.'p stairs in (he room over r-t.ini.-r where the sill gave way JIB wns thrown oo-iinf H.V. ' Mr anse ?d only saved herself from serious chea 5ry 1y (atf,'--:g to the window sill, osett Jhenierge 1 from the wrecked build-wti'i-upg with only a gash cut in her arm :auseil bv falling against the window ;lass XnQ "h" to the back ot the house, d"s the kitchen and dining room, a total wreck, tables turned up side . 5ri crockery and glassware smash t canned fruit and everything ggfrealrable is almost a total loss. The gusekeeper was in the kitchin at K8-time of the accident ironing, but f'"jW -asnot hint, one of the workmen re hurt. As the house fell it sgv rerved to the left and the front WSV ?reh and the "L" were torn from $iejmaiii building Warnins to Fanners. ' ' " Raleigh. Special. Rev. S. J. Betts ft cut Mjust lost a two hundred and fifty p prot il&r mule, and Mr. Ben Sasser a ef horse, their sickness and death if bone Jnng been caused by eating corn P ich cured on the stalk, not green, 0 " t not properly seasoned. It was ily, a few days ago that a mule was 4 rolling on cne of Raleigh's ieorgiai? snal streets, suffering from colic. BuUdinzri$ understood that many farmers je fopr their stock on such corn ny of their best animals rtaz from it. Shot at His Wife. son. Special. H. D. McDowell, . bad negro, who has caused no p trouble here, filled up on dis ry booze, hired a horse and fey, armed himself with a breech ggglgaiEg shot gun and went to the ne'of his wife on East Xash street lemanded admittance. The cou- nve been separated for some When he reached the woman's ' knocked and demanded ad- i'-c. The door was slammed in Safetj : when he raised his gun and perforating the door in ! places E than Jn Jail on Two Charges. ham. Special. John Strou epecii: 1, is in jail under a bond ever in4 in one case for criminal : upon Mary Watkins, color r25 for desertion of his wl: crime is alleged to have oceiu bo aet WIv in 1007 and Stroud nz... as been since on the chaingn;!g served a term for house-break-lie came back to Durham sev- eks ago and was shadowed by Beavers. Honorably Discharged. M. Special. That gentleman ;ier, Mr. T. F. Miller, who in the United States army !. and who has for the past en in charge of the reeruit : -c in Wilson, last week was Uv discharged by the govern His successor, Mr. James B. . !: ima been stationed at after Uncle is now looking ' : ' i t est here. New Corporation. -' . Special. The Smith 's V,;,!er Company was granted i last week to build a hotel i mineral water, with a capi- f $50,000. The incorpora- Mrg. H, T. Smith, B. T. I.. W, stnrkfl, W. B, Shaw, of . m J. B. Mdyei, fil 0ten HAPPENINGS The N. C. Peace Congress. Greensboro, Special. The North Carolina Peace Congress is to be in session at Greensboro October 12th to lGtb, iu connection with the Cen tennial celebration of the founding of Greensboro and the programme that has been arranged is especially attractive.. United States Senatoi Lee S. Overman will discuss "Inter national House of Representatives," Hon. John Sharp Williams, "The luonern Amphyetonic Council." Chief Justice Walter Clark, of the North Carolina Supreme Court, "The International Judiciary," Hon. Geo. W. N orris, of Nebraska, "A Practi cal Plan for International Peace Con ference," Hon. Richmond Pearson Hobson, "Arbitration and Anna ments." There are other special speakers including a number of prom inent men in this and other States. Ex-Governor Charles B. Aycoek is president of the North Carolina Peace Conference, and the board ol directors include James Sprunt, Wil liam E. Springer, Wilmington, A. A. Thompson, Raleigh, Hayne Davis, W. E. Holt, Julian S. Carr, Hugh G. (Chatham. Tlioinns IT. Wricht an.l others; Thomas II. "Wright, Wilming ton, being secretary. Forsyth Sunday School Convention Winston-Salem, Special. The For syth County Sunday School Conven tion, at Kernersville, was largely at tended, quite an elaborate and inter esting programme having been pre pared. Among those taking promi nent parts in the convention 'were Mr. E. A. Eberf, president of the association ; W. B. Broughton, chair man State executive committee; Rev. a T-Sotts Mr. J. B. Robertson i .a . i . - - -. j j T. B. Horn. Rev. J. A. Hopkins, Mrs. r ir,.0 t x- nx T ...... ,r ., , T ',. J. F. Omhth, Mrs. G. T. Lumnkins. and Rev. E. A. Schenk. $17,500 For Her Husband's Death, Asheville, Special. What is de clared to be the biggest verdict foi a death ever rendered in any court in North Carolina was returned by a jury in the Superior Court here when an award of seventeen thou sand and five hundred dollars was made against the Southern Railway Company and in favor of Mrs. Ma tilda Hough, widow of the late Con ductor Hough, killed at Swannanoa Station several vears ago. The case lias been on trial since Monday, Mrs Hough demanding fifty thousand dol lars damage. Locke Craig, , who with P. II. Winston, represented the plain tiff, made the concluding argument Left Insane Hospital. Statesville, Special. An attendant at the State Hospital at Morganton was in btatesville ednesdav search ing for a patient who escaped froir the hospital some time after mid night Tuesday night, but he failed ir hnd any trace of the fugitive there The man who escaped is a Mr. Wil liams, of Yadkin county, and he ef fected his escape bv removing the bars from a window of his cell. It was thought by the hospital people that he would pass throush States ville en route to Yadkin after making J his escape. Fatal Fire at Morganton, N. C. Asheville, X. C, Special. Will Mull was roasted to death in the flames that burned his residence Tues day morning at Morganton, this State. Eddie D. Mull, a cousin, whe was with him at the time, narrowlj escaped a like fate. The deceased and his cousin went into the house and after building a fire went tc sleep. Ed Mull was awakend by the roof of the house falling in and made his escape, but his cousin, who die not wake, was burned to a crisp. Child Drowns in Buket of Water. Dunn, Special. A sad accident oe red in Sampson county, not fai l here, last Friday. Mr. M. L. , took his child in the field wheic and his wife were picking peas, "utting the child in a goods box for afe keeping they resumed theii work. The little fellow succeeded i-o-etting out of the box and was pla uk in a bucket of water when he fell in head first and -vas drowne.J Exchange of Courts. Raleteh. Special. An exchange oi Tiidce Justice and tn Vormicnn was granted by Gov ernor Glenn. Judge Justice will hole the Rutherford court, beginning Iso vombor oa ar,A continuing two weeks Judge Ferguson to hold the second week of Cabarrus court, beginning Vnvomrior OA on d the first week oi Cleveland court, begining Xovembei K.h. Cotton Gin Burned. Raleigh, X. C, Special. Fire de clared to be incendiary Thursday niffht destrnvpA V. R. Gray's gin, 4'3 bales of cotton, several mules and two buildings at Cary, near here. Ru ral Free Delivery Carrier Ivery sayt men told him that notice had beer lent to Gray and lso posted, tolling him he must shut his (tin down bu1 Gy RM received bp sea iuvicb, SEVERE ACCIDENT AT FIRE Mr. James H. Wood, While righting Stubborn Blaze, Is Injured by Hav ing an Ankle Broken Plats and Residence of O. D. Revell Burned. Asheville, Special. While fighting a lire which broke out here Sunday morning in one of O. D. Revell 's big fiats on Haywood street, District Pas senger Agent James H. Wood, who is also captain of one of the fire hose companies, fell through the burning roof and suffered a broken ankle. Mr. Wood was helped out of the burning building and down a ladder and re moved to his home. The fire on Hay wood street was one of the most stub born the firemen have been called up on to combat in some time. It broke out about 10 o'clock, or only a short time after the firemen had returned from fighting a fire at Mr. Revell 's residence on Charlotte street. The structure contained eight flats, all of which were occupied save one. Build ings on either side were saved bv hard fighting. The flats were practically destroyed. Mr. Revell 's residence was badly damaged, while members of the family were compelled to leave the burning building in scant clothing. The origin of the fires are unknown. The property loss will amount to sev eral thousand dollars partially cov ered by insurance. Charlotte Cotton Market. These prices represent figures paid to wagons (lood middling Strict middling Middling. . . . Columbia Cotton Market. Good middling Strict middling 9 S7-S 8 3-4 9.50 8 7-3 Middling 8 3-4 Charlotte Grain and Produce, Rye Corn Cotton Seed Oats Meal Seed , Cotton Seed Meal . . Butter Chickens Spring. . . . Ducks Eggs Geese per head.... Hens per head Turkeys per pound.! ..$1.35 ... 1.08 . . 22 1-2 . . . CS ... 26 .. 2(5 1015 30(3o 20 20(222 . ..406750 . .356740 ....136714 The Eoeky Mount Tobacco Market. Rocky Mount, Special. The mar ket has been exceedingly active (he past week. There has' been right sharp advance on the medium to good grades of strips and leaf, including all grades of bright leaf and wrap pers, which latter are getting mors plentiful. The offering-s as a whole, show some improvement over last week, the proportion of primings and common tips diminishing, while the better grades of leaf are increasing in proportion. The sales for the week aggregate close to G0O.O00 pounds. Up to date the market has shown a gain of about 1,500,000 pounds over the corresponding period of last year. The average price paid for the last week will exceed .$10.50 per hundred pounds. Chinquapin Gatherer Shot. Wilmington, Special. Thomas J. Kenan, a well-known trucker in east Wilmington Saturday afternoon shot and painfully wounded a young man named Rivenbark, who, with two others, a gentleman and a lady, were gathering chinquapins on hi? land while out for a casual Sunday after noon stroll. Two shots took effect in Rivenbark 's neck and another in his hand, but his injuries are not serious. Kenan says that he was shooting at hawks and not tresspassers, and that if Rivenbark was hit he must have been up a tree, where he had no bus iness at least that he did not see any body until after he had fired at the birds. A warrant charging assault with a deadly weapon has been serv ed on Kenan. Spring Hope Has a Mad Dog Scare. Spring Hope, Special. There were two or three mad dog scares in town last week. Tuesday while a large crowd was in town to take in the cir cus a dog ran through the streets fiercely attacking every dog it came up with. The officials scon decided that it was mad r would go mad. and it was promptly killed. The dog belonged to a negro some three miles in the country. The dog's head has been sent to Raleigh for examination. The next morning there was another scare in the back of the graded school, e A dog supposedly mad was discovered and killed. Sandy Creek Eapist Association. Carthage, Special The one hundred and fiftieth annual session of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association was held last week. A. large attendance of delegates participated. Besides the regular delegates nearly all the va rious Baptist organizations had rep resentatives present, among them Rev. E. L. Middleton, of Cary; Rev. W. L. Poteat, of Wake Forest ; and Rev. Livingston Johnson. September Tobacco Sales in Wilson. Wilson, Special. That the prices received by farmers for their tobacco is satisfactory, is evidenced by the fact that it is still coming in in abun dance, not only from Wilson county, but from counties adjacent. Up to the present 8,419,105 pounds have been sold on the tobacco warehouse floors this season. For the month of Sep tember, 5,902,242 pounds were sold here. Saturday 270,000 pounds were sold and the prices realized were sat isfactory. Injured Are Improving. Spencer, Special. The funeral of James T. Gobbel, of this place, one of the victims of the powder maga zine explosion here last week, drew a large crowd. 'The whole town was stirred by the accident, which caused three deaths snd wounded twenty ov more people. The injured firs report 4 issprond, with two eioeptlonii WAR CLOUDS LOWER Outlook is For Swift Beginning of Hostilities ONLY SMALL NATIONS INVOLVED London Hears ITews From Severa. Sources That Two Crises Are Im pending T7hich May Force Hostili ties in the Near Future. Londoi, By Cable. Events which threaten to change the political fact of Europe are c-rystalizing with light ning rapidity. Almost over night th horizon of the Xear East, which seemed gradually to be assuming i peaceful appearance, has becom. crowded with war clouds. Xews has reached here from sev eral sources that two definite strokes are impending which cannot fail tc bring matters to a crisis, and perhaps force an immediate war. One is the proclamation by Prince Ferdinand of the independence of Bulgaria, which will ineuude Rumelia, taking for himself the title of "Czar." The other is an announcement of Austro- Hungary of the practical annexatioi of the provinces of Bosnia and Her zegovina as appendages of the Austro- linngarian crown. Either action Avill be equivalent tc the leasing up of the treaty of Berlir. while Prince Ferdinand's course seems almost certain to precipitate a war between Bulgaria and Turkey. Before these possibilities the quar- I rel over the East Rumelin section of ( the- Orient Railway sinks into insig- mheanee. Both armies are reportea to be quietly and swiftly mobilizing near the borders. Bulgarians are said to be buying munitions and horses on an extensive scale. Bulgarians have faith in thoi.' army, which has reached a high state of efficiency although it is perhaps lacking in officers and the war, for which Bulgaria has long been sus pected of preparing, could be fought with more advantage for tier nov than when the Turkish government had time to reorganize its forces, which have become enravelled by the corruption and neglect of the old regime. The Emepror of Austria, it is un derstood, has despatched a letter to the President of Franco, setting forth his intentions regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina, although the contents Iof the letter are kept secret, and he is sending similar notes to the other powers. It seems incredible that Emperor Francis Joseph, who always has been scrupulous observer of forms, should reveal his plans to the rulers of other nations before he has com municatee! ihem to his own Parlia ment. One explanation is that the letter was not intended for delivery until Tuesday, when identical notes would be presented to the other powers. Austria is suspected of eneouraga ing the recent Bulgarian-Turkish trouble for her own interests, but the British government has made pro posals to the two countries looking to the settlement of the railway easa, under which the other powrers have agreed to give support to the plan, which contemplates the temporary restoration of the way to Turkey "to save her face," and then transfer ence of the company to the Bulgarian government. The English press expresses sur prise that Austria and Bulgaria should plot against Turkey and asks if the great powers will submit to having obstacles placed in the way of the regeneration of Turkey. Roosevelt to Taka Stump. Lincoln, Neb., Special. That Pres cient Roosevelt fully intends to take 'he stump in favor of the candidacy of Mr. Taft was the information re ceived at Fairview from the East. Tt was said that - the advices came prcm persons on whom reliance conh1 Se placed and were to the effect that Mr. Roosevelt is planning to make tt least six speeches in the course of t trip from the Atlantic to the Pae fic, the concluding speech to be de 'ivered at San Francisco with nuni3v uts short speeches en route. Mr Bryan, however, refused to make aiu 'omnient on the subject. General Wright Selected. Washington, Special. President Roosevelt will designate General Luke E. Wright, Secretary of War, as fhe government's official representa- ive at the Southern commercial con gress, which will convene in this iiy December 7th and 8th just prior o the national rivers and harbors congress. Negro Burned to Death. Birmingham, Ala., Special. A. A. McLenahan, a negro, was burned it 'eath and several others had narrow scapes when fire destroyed the two tory building on the southwest cor er of Third avenue and Eighteenth --treet. The negroes were sleeping p, he building and McLenahan was try ng to raise a window when he wa. allocated. The flames spread so apidly that. he could not be rescue Five Negroes Drown in the Tennessee River. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special. A row boat containing five negroes cap ized in the Tennessee river and all he occupants were drowned. Three -f the victims were men and two wo nen. The party had rowed across U. Moccasin Bend, and while returning me of the women became frieghten' nd in attempting to jump from thr Sont tho light craft was overturned. 8ut ens of the nuaber csuld swim Tha otfeer four $ung te Wm &ed !' 4 ALL EUROPE IS EXCITED Prince Ferdinand Declares the Inde pendence of His People and Takes For Himself the Title of Czar Within a Few Days Austria-Hungary Will Proclaim New Status of Bosnia and Herzegovia All Eu rope Stirred. London, Bv Cable. In the ancient capitol of Tirnovo the independence oi Bulgaria was proclaimed Monday with the Czar of the Bulgarians as a ruler. Czar of the Bulgarians is rec ognized to mean more than Czar of Bulgaria, because it is a distinct in timation that he regards his country as having soverignty over all the peo ple of that blood in the near East Within a day or two Austria-Hungary which has been working with Prince Ferdinand in this preconcerted plan, will proclaim the new status of Bos nia and Herzegovina. All Europe Stirred. The question which has been stir ring the whole of Europe more deep ly than any similar question within the memory of the present generation is, does it mean war? From all the capitals come reports, indicating that it means, first of all, another Euro pean congress of the signers of the treaty of Berlin to consider the situa tion and probably to revise the treaty Turkey caught in a moment of weak ness is the victim of this situation while some international animosities have been stirred up. probably no power is willing to make war. Reports from the emancipated Tur kish press to London indicate that the "young Turks will swallow this bit ter pill as best they can and, if they do, naturally the Bulgarians while willing and eager for war, will have no cause on which to base the be ginning of hostilities. From the British standpoint the whole affair has been a surprise be cause for the first time in years the British government felt itself, with apparently an understanding of Franee and Russia and complete friendship with Italy, to be in a posi tion where it dominated European politics, reserving out of this consid eration the almost open enmity be tween itself and Germany. Probably never in the history of Europe have polities taken such aiuazingly kaleidseopie revolutions as during: the past week. An entang ling situation will come when tfie signatories of the Berlin treaty njfcet to consider what action shall f be taken regarding the violations oj the treaty. Great Britain has sev notice that it does not recognize t right of any of the parties to t!fe treaty to violate its provisions with out consulting the others but Eng lish diplomats know that the confer ence will resolve ltselt into a scram ble among the powers to get what is termed in European pontics, "com pensating advantages" which Aus tria, backed by Germany, has already obtained. The official statement issued by the British foreign office says: "His Majesty's government cannot admit the right of any power to alter an international treaty without the consent of the other parties to and therefore refuses to sanction any infraction of the Berlin treaty and declines to recognize -what has been done until the views of the other powers are known, especially those of Turkey which is more directly con cerned than any one else." Wright Makes Three Flights. Lemans. France. Bv Cable. Wilbur Wright, the American aeroplanist, made two short flights with passen gers. One was with M. Bollee, who weighs about 216 pounds, and the other with M. Peller, vice president of the Aero Club of the Sartlie. who weighs 176 pounds. These demonstra tions of the machine's ability to carry weight were entirely- satisfac tory. Mr.' Wright made another short flight-in the evening accompanied by M. Pellicr. Canadian Campaign. Ottawa. Ont., Special. From the Atlantic to the Pacific, Canada is now in the thores of the political campaign preeeeding the general par liamentary elections on October 26. The nominations will take place a week before election, on October 19, and from now until that date Can adians will have little rest from the importunities of the politicians. Sole Survivor Rescued. Mobile, Ala., Special. A message received here by the collector of the port states that the Belgian steamer Tiflis arrived at Port Arthur, Tex., and reports picking up at sea a raft having on board Alexander Sjoholm, sole survivor of the erew of the Am erican schooner Beulah McCabe, and one dead body. Sjoholm reported that his companion died from exhaus tion and starvation. The raft was picked up two hundred miles south west of the Bahamas. Supposed Incendiary Fire. Spartanburg, S. C, Special The cotton house of W. A. Wood, near Greer, a crib and a lot of farming implements and road machinery were destroyed by fire. Three bales of eot ton were stored in the building, but the fire made such great headway that it was impossible to save them. It is thought the building was set on fire. Another Death Added to Tennes seean's Victims. Bristol, Tenn., Special. A third death was added to the list of victims of Willianm Beals, who at Johnson City killed his brother-in-law, fatally injured his sister-in-law and his own wife, and then committed suicide, when Mrs. Beals died Monday. His gister-in-law, Mrs. Bayless, is still in ft critical condition and may net re-core?, A FATAL EXPLOSIO! Powder House Blown Up et Spencer, N. C. Shops TWO DEAD: SEVERAL INJURED Two Men Killed and Many Others Injured Thursday Afternoon by Blcw-Up of Powder House at Southern Shops Buildings Wreck ed and Much Property Destroyed. Spencer, N. C, Special. Two men killed outright, two so badly hurt that they can hardly recover and fif teen or more slightly injured, witfe a destruction of thousands of dollars' worth of property, is the result of a terrible blow-up Thursday afternoon of the house in which the Southern Railway Company kept stored its powder and other explosives used in connection with the work at its large shops here. The plant is bad ly wrecked and work is at a stand still for some time. The dead are Charlie Leyton, an unmarried man about 45 years of age, whose body was mangled and charred almost beyond recognition and George Gould, colored. Those believed to be fatally injur ed are: Fletcher Stafford and James T. Gobbel. Those slightly injured are: W. F. Kaderly, master mechanic, knocked unconscious; C. II. Kadie, shop Superintendent; W. W. Kluttz, Ernest Kluttz, Robert H. Kluttz George Huneycutt, C. R. Trexler, J W. Crowell, Karl Lentz, Fred Loflin Will Loflin. E. D. Whitmire, J. M. Ellis and R. G. Koontz. There mav be others who received minor bruises and contusions, but their names could not be learned. The explosion occurred t 5:30 o'clock and the shock was terrific. beinsr felt for miles around. The house in which the explosives were was a metal structure BxSxS feet and was practically full of powder, dy nnmite, torpedoes and fusees, nearly a car load in all. A caboose standing on the track which ran within a few feet of the house had caught on fire from some unknown cause and an alarm had been turned in. The Southern's fire companj', composetl of volunteer men from among the shop force, responded immediately and three men had got a hose in hand and were plying water on the burn ing car when the powder magazine was touched off. Other workmen, re sponding also to thv? fire alarm, had gathered and these were the men who were killed and injured. Levton was employed in the round house, a short distance from the scene of the explo sion as flue blower, but he had got close enough that his bodv was had ly burned and his face blown off, eieatn being instantaneous. Ihe ne gro was Leyton 's helper in the round nouse. Stafford and Gobbel, were two of the three men who were hero ically working to save the road's magnificent shops from being burned to the ground. The third man was Koontz, who was more fortunate and escaped with a slight injury to one arm, a splinter or holt being blown through the limb. Had the awful blow-up been a few hours earlier the fatalities would no doubt have run up in the scores and perhaps hundreds. Deaths Remain at Two. Spencer, Special. Up to Friday night there have been no further fa talities as a result of the explosion of the powder magazine of the South ern aRilway at Spencer Thursday af ternoon at 5:50 o'clock, and most of the twenty injured in the accident are resting well. W. F. Stafford, a member of the fire department, it is teared, cannot recover. It is said both eyes were blown out, his skull fractured and face and body fear fully lacerated. J. T. Gobbel and Will Loflin are also in a desperate condition. The work of clearinar ur the debris irom the wrecked building was pros ecuted Friday with a big force of men and conditions are rapidly De- coming normal, though the town has been in a decided state of confusion since the great, explosion. The loss to property is variously estimated at from $75,000 to $100,000. All the injured are being cared for at the hospitals in Salisbury and at their homes and the Southern offi cials are doing all in their power to alleviate their suffering. A number of those least injured was able to be out Friday. Since the early morning telegrams and other messages have poured into Spencer inquiring about friends who are in the employ of the company. It was learned that many families in Spencer suffered greatly from the shock and a number of dwellings was damaged. Several women have been in a hysterical condition since the catastrophe. Oiie Kiiled and Others Injured in Cave-In. Lynchburg, Ya., Special. In a cave-in of an excavation for an of fice building here Dilley Robinson was buried beneath the earth and killed. Charles Clements sustained a' fractured leg and injuries about th body. Clement Morris and Frank Nicholson were bruised about the body. All the men were negro la borers. HOTELS AND COTTAGES BURN ED. Fire Raging at Winthrop Beach One Woman, Guest of Hotel, Missing. Boston, Special A brisk fire broke out in the summer colony at Win chrop Beach at 11:30 o'clock Friday night. C'restaEUkrlja summer hotel, aeeomm'otlating seventy-five guests, and th Ocean View House are in flamei, 5 a lavge number of tho oottufM flgy aro tbTeatenid, HE GOV'T CROP REPORT Condition is 69.7 and Number o! Bales Ginned 2,282,000. Washington, Special. Crop condi tion, 69.7; number of bales ginned, 2,282,000. These are the reports is sued by the government Friday morn ing, the crop condition being based until September 20th and number of bales ginned until September 25th. Compared with the reports issued on the same date last year the crop condition is 2 per cent higher and the number of bales ginned one million less. The reports had an inappreriar ble effect on the market. The variance iu the number of bales ginned this and last year is attributed to the fact that the weath er this fall has been much more fa vorable to the gathering of the staple than at the same time last season. In many sections of the country it is stated that a large part cf the crop has been gathered. Cotton Ginned During Year. Washington, bpecial. Ihe census bureau Friday announced that 2.582,- 68S bales of cotton had been ginned from the growth of 190S to Septem ber 25th, as compared with 1,532,602 to the corresponding date last year Ihe number oi active ginneries re porting is 23,C50. Condition of Cotton Crop. The crop reporting board of the bu reau of statistics of the department of Agriculture reports the average condition of the crop on September 2oth at 69.7, as compared with 76.1 on August 25th and 67.7 on Sep tember 25th, 1907 North Carolina 69; South Carolina, 6S; Georgia, 71 and Texas, 71. New Georgia Railroad Opened. Yaldosta, Ga., Special. The Geor gia & Florida Railway, a newly con structed line running from this place 100 miles northwest to Hazehurst, was formally opened to the public Friday. A special train brought 500 representative citizens from points along the line to this city. Work is rapidly progressing with a view to uniting the newly constructed road with other divisions now in opera tion, which will give a new short line between Madison, Fla., and Au gusta, Ga. Lincolntcn Men Interested in New York Corporation. New York, Special." According to official report of the Secretary of State "The Mulual Farm Commis sion of New York C'itv," capital $10,000 has filed articles of incorpora tion with t!w Secretary of State at Albany with permission to increase capital to $200,000. , The uiref!ors chosen are named as Daniel Rhyne and James A. Abernethy, of Lancointon, Aorm Carolina, and Frank Guy Hull, of 1644 Nineteenth avenue, Brooklyn. To Extend Trolley Line. Spartanburg, S. C, Special. The street car company will soon begin the work of extending its North Church trolley hue fo fhe fair grounds. Preliminary work is now under way and a large force, of hands will be put to work shortly and the laving of the rails will be rushed. The county fair will open November 3rd and continue until the fith. Indictment of T. Jenkins Hains. New York, Special. District At torney Dorrin appeared before the grand jury in Queens count v and de manded the indictment of T. Jenkins Hains as accessory before the fact in the murder of William E. Annis, who was shot and killed bv Peter C Hains. The principal witness against him before the grand jury-was Mrs. Annis, widow of the victim. Four Killed on Ohio Central. Toledo, O., Special. Four Dersors are dead and two fatally and threee seriously injured as a result of i wreck on the Ohio Central Railrnn.l tit Sugar Ridge, when an extra freight train plunged into the reai of a special passenger train. The dead are George Gosler, Richard Rideout, Thomas Crane and Leslie Fuller. Texas Raises the Quarantine Against Cuba. t WW - -Austin, lex., Special. The State health department, through Actin State Health Officer J. H. Florence, raised the yellow fever quarantine which has been in effect against Ha vana and other Cuban points for some time past. This action was based on a message received from the surgeon general of the marine hos pital service conveying the informa tion that the government had raisei the embargo existing at Havana. Officer Kills One and Wounds An other. Hartwell, Ga., Special. James E. Carter, a prominent business man, while acting as a special policeman. Friday shot and killed John Teasley, and seriously wounded William Hall, both negroes. It is said Carter fired in self-defense, the negroes having made an attack on him. He has sur rendered to the sheriff. The Failure of an Eastside Bank. New York, Special. Following close on the failure of three East Side private banking institutions, a receiver has been appointel to ex amine the affairs of the bank of Ed vard Rosenfeld on the lower East side, and throngs of excited aliens gathered in front of the building, shrieking threats and hurling epithets at the bankrupt. Rosenfeld has not beea seen for two days, About $SQ, 0C0 of the savings of the poor is in-velvet. Wc Urm N KK fT Ilia 11 V Items cf interest Gathered By Wire and Cable GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY Live Items Covering Events of More or Less Interest at Horn and Abroad. Foreign Affairs. The fleet is n earing Manila and the big celebration will be held. A total of 50,000 are believed to have perished in the flods in India. Australia invited President Roose velt to stop there on his way to Af rica, but he said it was impossible. Blaming a ferry captain for the wreck in which 140 persons were drowned, a Smyrna mob burned th steamer company's offices. The American fleet is anchored in double column off the Luneta in Ma nila Bay, but only officers are allowed to go ashore' on account of the chole ra. In tho South. The Fredericksburg Fair ended af ter an especially successful season. The Fanners' Union of Greenville county, S. C-, severely denounces the so-called efforts at night riding. Miss Louise Lansdale, the actress, has withdrawn her $100,000 breach-of-promise suit against Blaine Elkins. Mr. Grossman, of Manchester, Va., pleaded guilty of arson and was sen tence d to live years iu the peniten tiary. Dr. Dot re defended his inoculation of Washington children with tuber culin and showed the scientific import ance of the experiments. VvT. E. Glasscock, candidate for Governor of est lrginia, is ex pected to resign his place as revenue collector. The Atlantic Coast Line Railway is giving very low rates to people from the Northwest who desire to come South with a view of making homes. The Brownsville case comes before the United States Supreme Court on the appeal of cn-e of the negro troop ers who was discharged by the Presi dent. Vice Presidential candidate John W. Kern spoke in Ashcvile, N. C, on Monday to an audience of ItyiOO peo ple. He went ficn, Asheville ft Greensboro and Winston-Saleiu. National Affairs. Governor Crothovs, of Maryland, visited the tuberculosis congress. 1 Commander .lohn I. TVrnauon, the ttTb States Navy, is dead. Unite.rVfcjTlB . " ,. ... 1 of Cambridge, Miss T. B. Small. Cc-.roup Md.. Was snnninl ... Jl.Tii.i:.- M y-:. ' I 1. 1 v (i in i in; 111 M,-- - oi women nurses for the navy. Political. New York suffragettes will try te register and vote. Bryan remained at home and saio that reports are encouraging. Representative Longworth declares that he never advocated the election of Roosevelt to the presidency in 1916. Judge Taft "hit in high places" in Wyoming and Colorado winding up the day with a big meeting in the Denver Auditorium. Vice-President Kern, in a speech at Birmingham, Ala., denounced the use of the so-called Cleveland let ter indorsing Taft as a vile stigma. Chairman Maek, of the Democratic National Committee, attacked Treas urer Shellon. of the Republican com mittee, for his alleged trust connec tions. The Scherr faction of the West Virginia Republicans gave out a statement at Parkersburg, roasting the manner in which Glasscock was named for Governor. Miscellaneous. Six boys were killed in a railroad wreck in Ohio. Attroneys for the Standard Oil Company have given their side of the bribery charges. Taft made 't speeches, establishing a two days' record of 31. An order cars for the placed. Theodore for 2'JO steel passenger Uuni'man lines has been Roosevelt, Jr., donned bf'Eran work in a carpel overalls and factory. Mrs. Howard Gould made addition al charges against her husband who is sui;:ir for divorce. A New York je velcr has lost at least $50,000 in diamonds by theft, and tho amount may be much larger. Tho American Bankers' Associa tion came out squarely against any bank-guarantee plan. Lincoln Greene, traffic manager of the Southern Railway, declared in Atlanta that reductions in the work men's hours were "cruel." Charges that Mrs. Howard Gould drank were made in her divorce pro ceedings, which were adjourned. Adequate armor and peace will b arguments before the North Carolina Peace Conference, iu Greensboro, Oc. tober 31-17. Three persons were killed by f powder explosion at Spencer, N. C. Bryan issued a statement on his arrival home charging Taft with mis representations as to publicity fo) campaign contributions. Lewis S. Chanler, when notified of his nomination by Democrats for gov ernor of New York, declared Chair man Conners had "bertayed a confi dence" by outlining a Demoerat'u policy. James H. Vahty was nominatee fcr governor of Massachusetts by Democrats, Tho Leagufl of American Mvracl paUties elrcwfl oSBmti and adjourn St