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, special. rariies from
oeky Mount. rP,t n :..
!iat tOWn lust, hef.-r.- 1
'irted southward. The fM
eaned are as follows: . Mr 11 rat
'yenna.n tad just left bis reduce
inch is opposite the North Rocky
cunt passenger depot, for his place
t business, leaving no one at Lome
at his wife end cr,n Vv,i- tm.
it her had not more than' left the
tq Detore a white man, besr.Ued
:th drink, stepped cn the front
orch and attempted to enter tu
or. Young Frank asked him wht
o wanted, but received no reply, lie
'n oruerea me leHow to leave ihe
emises, but instead he drew l-iStV.
id again tried to enter the door,
nee again the fellow was .ordered
rom the premises, but paid no hmd
a the warning, and continued td .-.fi
ance. Then the young man, to save
is mother and himself from h.Tim.
ignt up a gun and sent a load of
ot into the intruder's shoulder,
lien last heard from the fellow was
n conscious.
Night Riding Threaten.
Raleigh, SDecial. TSeciin-se .
1 Ye J:reatened to form a band of night
ilers and burn the cotton gin of W.
Adams in New Light "townn
haMTs' county, if Adams did rot step
cotton gin until prices advance.
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o. inompscn. a we 1 known f.-irm.
I, has been arresfe.1 an-! n-ill K
letteturday. Threats to burn a number
I1' J"? other PiR3 and barns are charged
ItHteainst Thompson, who has retained
. jlgl-;i Prominent Raleigh lawyer to de
WS' hiE1- In tllIs connection it is
interest that Mr. Clarence II. Poe
;h fe edltr of the Progressive Farmer
e avinS wide circulation throughout
.t-rl-:e South, has addressed letters a
its an rCOne time a11 the Governors of
whnl f'Q Southern States pressing uron
uui bem the idea that the better element
pjp farmers throughout the country
Ji 1 ""ck mem in tne most vigorous
r Jherever it breaks out. lie says
irirrmers in manv sections of tl.ol
!h- terrorized dv ii"i,...bj.. nntlinripH hv
g -Uowiivjinff evil and the weel-bemg o.'j!li;, t It is understock that the
co'intTy twvenas on -
vy ''oSenfler t
the ?tate autViori-
tieaf'
bris of OdsIZ Mill Sold Tor Jank.
'Concortl, Speeial. A lame fmr-c of
r-... has been p.,t to work between
?Iis ct.the old Odell Mill Vn I
n, was '--troyed by fire sov.'mi
res. -nlis ago, remox-ing the debris and
"U"S lLe "1Q lron and fixtures in
pe ior shipment, the stuff having
n purchased by some Northern
cin as old junk. The task of
I' vinjj this great mass of iron will
an enormous one, but with the
: with which the force is now
ikinir, it will not take a great
:Ie to have the grounds dear of
"f it. The bare towerin? walls
Eil soon be the only remanants of
(..' nig nre to remain, and it is
lomrlit that when the mill propc-rtv
own., luttfc a. itiu', triueiiL win lie nictue
once to build 8 new mill on the
site.
Another Iredell Veteran Dead.
thl tattsville. Special. Another of
rorid. l- dell's loyal veterans of the strug
?erm"i of the '60's Passed away last
ar of the ek when MA Wiley Hamon, of
Chiidrenltliany township died. While Mr.
uSj-so1"11011. ha:l een in Por health for
rorld L .;. time bis ennrlitlnn Airi nt Tin
l. uonff ciiiicui unui unaav evenmsr.
rrd seiwiees were conducted at
lidship Methodist church, and
interment was in the churchard.
"ased was a member of the Meth
' church.
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ncy, itifopto Tern to Pieces in Cctton Gin.
SErtlizabeth City, Special. a report
, received here Friday that a no.
L Will Oregon, was Thursday
UP til in the Cowell cotton gin at
The negro, who was an old
got mixed up in the machin-
i. 50c.i,
in seme way and was literally
l to pieces.
5' ate Sabbath Convention.
Vi Point, Special. The Sfate
ntion of the N. C. Sabbath Ob
i."e Association had its opening
i here last Thursday in Wash
. Street M. E. church. The :.d-
- of welcome was delivered by
T. Parker, of High Point, and
Msnonse by Dr. S. B. Turren-
. cf Greensboro. Dr. Wm. Diin-
of Charlotte Reformed church,
an adircss on "Modern Cjh-
ns Change Our Obligations to
rve Sabbath." After the address
enrollment of delegates followed.
I V enthusiastic meeting was held.
H-rn ard Automobile Burned.
Grange, Speeial. The barn of
Kmmett Robinson with its con
including an automobile and
entity of feed, was consumed by
Thursday nisrht at midnight. The
i.bile had been used only about
months by Mr. Robinson, who
F D. carrier. Mr. Robinson
ded in saving his horse. There
cme insurance on the barn and
( bile.
Sentenced to Death.
(tteville, Speeial. Thursday
Judge Higgins sentenced
Gilbreath, colored, to be hang-
11. The crime for which Gil
is to be hanged was committed
24, when he shot and instantly
.'i'dward Pi??, a farmer, after
, wait for him. The jury re
; a verdict of murder in the
.,Tpe within fifteen minutes
reiving the charge. An ap
' the Supreme Court will prob-taken.
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HAPPENINGS
From All Scctiou cf the B-jsy
Sf ate
Salisbury's Pair a Great Success.
Salisbury, Special. Thursday was
the closing day of the Yadkin Valley
Fair, which opened here Tuesday,
On account of rain no races were
called at the grounds of the fair as
sociation here Thursday afternoon.
There were, however, two thousand
to three thousand people cn the
grounds, notwithstanding the adverse
weather conditions. The day was
j spent iu viewing the various exhibits
ana visiting the midway. A number
of the fakirs pulled stakes and loft
the city when the lain began. The
stake races will, according: to the
rules of the National Trotting Asso
ciation, be made as soon as the track
can be used even if the horsemen are
compelled to remain here for a week.
Serious Affair ia Caldwell County.
Hickory, Special. As a result of
booze and an old feud, John Hafer,
living just across Catawba river in
Caldwell county, was cut to the heart
with a knife and left for dead, by
an unknown would-be assassin sup
posed to be either Earl Brinkley or
Frank Propst. The deed was com
mitted Sunday, but full details un
obtainable, except that Dr. H. G.
Menzies was called and gave, atten
tion, Hafer 's life, the physician stat
ed, was hanging by a mere thread as
it were, but after putting in an entire
night with him, Dr. Menzies expres
sed a belief that he might be able
to pull him through.
Site Fcr Wilmington's New Custom
House.
Wilmington, Speeial. Mr. G. D.
Ellsworth, an agent of the United
States Treasury Department at
Washington, arrived in the eitv Tues
day evening and spent the day in
company with Collector of Customs
B- i- Keith insDeetina- the- nmnlior
of available sites in the eitv for the
Congress for
stes consiaex
tlerea most avaiiaoie are
those at the southeast corner of
Water and Piincess streets and at
northeast comer of Water and Mar
ket streets.
Finds 'Possum in Mail Box.
Wadesboro, Special. Carrier Allen
on Route 2, of Polkton, was much
surpirsed one day last week when he
opened a mail box, looking for letters,
and round a big 'possum grinning at
him. Mr. Allen is not quite sure
whether the owner of the box was
using it for a 'possum cage or that
this is a new idea among patrons for
showing favors to their carriers. Be
that as it may, the 'possum was
quickly dumped into a mail sack and
experienced not a little mental an
guish for several hours, fearing that
he might be starting on a long and
rough trip by way of postal routes.
Mr. Allen was grinning next day.
Two Mew Hospitals For GastoEia.
Gastonia, Special. Gastonia will
soon be well supplied with hospitals
and they will be up to date. The
city hospital will likely be occupied
first. The painters are finishing up
one of the T. L. Craig residences and
the furnishings are being put in by
Rankin Bros. The building is being
renovated and an operating room
built on the third floor in the rear
of the building, with good skylight.
Everything is being put in first-class
shape. The rooms are large and airy
and neatly painted. The building is
practically a new one.
Items cf State News.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
concrete sidewalks which are being
laid on the main streets of North
Wilkesboio.
Fpon the charge of pushing his
wife from a moving train Tuesday
night, J. W. Wells, of Rocky Mount,
is being held without bail. Mrs.
Wells' condition is still critical.
Seven Thousand Dollar Fire
Wilson, Special. Thursday morn
ing about three o'clock Middlesex
citizens were disturbed from their
slun-b' y the cry of "fire." On in
vestigac'. y it was found to be the
store and residence of Mr. B. F. Hol
land. The fire originated in the second
story of the building, which is used
as a residence by Mr. Holland and his
family. The building, with stock of
goods, furniture, etc., was completely
lost. Loss about seven thousand dol
lars. A Murderer Respited.
Raleigh, Special. Governor Glenn
last week granted a reprieve till
Thursday, November 19th, to Henry
Harvey, a negro murderer, who was
to have been executed in Rockingham
last week. It is understood that the
counsel for Harvey will make appli
cation to Governor Glenn to commute
the death sentence to life imprison
ment on the grounds that the negro
is of a low order of intelligence and
half-witted.
News in Brief.
A fine new cotton mill is going up
at Vass, in Moore county, the pro
ject being the undetraking of Mr. A.
Cameron," a sawmill man who has
been in the Vass territory for several
years. An equipment of 5,000 spin
dles will be installed at the start,
with more machinery to be added as
the demand justifies. The capital
stock of the mill is $125,000.
When the Hudson day steamer New
York burned at her dock four negro
waiteis perished,
HAINES PLEADS INSANITY
Capt. Feter C. Hains Will Plead That
He Was Temporarily Insane When
He Killed William E. Annis De
murrer of Denfense Overruled
Date For Trial to Be Set Monday.
New York, Special. Temporary in
sanity will be the defense of Capt.
Peter C. Hains, Jr., United States
army, who killed William E. Annis
at the Bayside Yacht Club's landing
last August.
In the Supreme Court at Flushing,
L. I., Judge Garretson overruled the
demurrer entered by counsel for the
defense in the case of Thornton Jen
kins Hains, brother of the captain,
which set up the claim that the in
dictment was defective in that it
charged Jenkins Hains both as prin
cipal and accessory before the fact.
Jenkins Hains was then called to the
bar and pleaded to the indictment
not guilty. J. F. Melntyre, of coun
sel for the defense, entered a plea
of not guilty for Captain Hains, on
the ground that at the time of the
killing of Annis, Captain Hains was
insane. District Attorney Darrin of
fered no objection tc the plea so that
the court could set a date for the be
ginning of the trial. This Judge Gar
retson said he preferred to leave to
the judge who would preside at the
November term of the court.
Mr. Darrin announced that he will
go before the Supreme Court at
Flushing next Monday and ask that
the trial of Thornton Jenkins Hains
be set for November.
He said it has not yet been defi
nitely decided whether or not Mrs.
Hains shall be called as a witness for
the prosecution at the trial.
COTTON GINNING REPORT.
Census Bureau Says 6,283,780 Bales
Have Been Ginned From Growth
of 1803 Up to October 18th.
Washington, Speeial. The census
report on cotton issued Monday shows
a total of 6,283,7S0 bales, counting
round as half bales, ginned from the
growth of 1903, up to October 8th,
and a total of 25,440 active ginneries.
This is as compared with 4,420,258
Dales ginned tor 4.931,621 ior
1906; 4,990,560 for 1905, and 6,417,
894 for 1904. - The number of active
S-innenes m 1907 was 24 oor; f iqor
was 26,125, and for 1 Qn- "
Round 'bales included thi.'UL8 17 '
bcr 115.43S. as oopar'edu"?
for 1907: 132.144 fcr IfKWi k i Vlf7
574 for 1905. Sea Island bales ag
gregate 32.462 for 190S: 18.775 iW
1907; 12.091 for 1906, and 31,4S7 for
cuo. ine report by btates, giving
bales fcountiilS' round bales nc hnlf
bales) and active ginneries, respec
tively, is as icilows :
. Alabama, 690,783 and 3,295. :
Arkansas, 347.10S and 1,934.
Florida, 34,577 and 231.
Georgia, 1,119,617 and 4,2500.
Kentucky and New Mexico, 566
and 2.
Louisiana, 206,207 and 1,499.
Mississippi. 621.425 and 3,190.
Missouri, 20.234 and CO.
North Carolina. 276,173 and 2,443.
Oklahoma, 131,578 and S62.
South Carolina, 659,070 and 3,046.
Tennessee, 132,227 and 581.
Taxes, 2.041.570 and 3.978.
. Virginia, 12,816 and 63.
The report also announces that the
corrected statistics of the quantity
to September 25th are 2,590.639 cor-
All
recrea Dales.
Mrs. Msgness Pleads Fcr Clemency
Fcr Her Deserted Husband.
Washington, Special. Assistant
Secretary Newberry, of the Navy
recenved a letter from Mrs. Magness
asking clemency for her husband.
Mr. Newberry said the letter was one
of the kind that is constantly being
received by him, that it will be re
plied to in the usual way, and the
usual course will be taken in relation
to the Magness case. He 'declined to
make the letter public.
Cashier Found Guilty.
Pittsburg, Pa., Special. William
Montgomery, former cashier of the
defunct Allegheny- National Bank,
which failed some time ago for over
$1,000,000, who- was placed on trial
last Friday on two indictments charg
ing the embezzlement and abstraction
of $469,000, was found guilty as in
dicated by a jury in the United
States District Coui-t. Montgomery
was immednhely placed on trial on
a third and last indictment, charg
ing him with the misapplication of
$144,000 in bonds. '
Rounding-up Prisoners.
Camp Nemo, Reel Foot Lake, Tenn
Special. Fourteen more prisoners
were brought into camp in connec
tion with recent night rider outrages
in this section. This makes a total
of 61 prisoners now in eustody here.
Three mounted scouting parties went
out and two" of them returned. The
detachment away is under command
of Captain C. B. Eogan, United States
Armj.
Dr. J. W. Moore Discharged From
Paris Asylum.
Paris, By Cable. Dr. John Miller
Moore, of South Carolina, who has
been confined here in an asylum for
the insane, was discharged from the
asylum Monday night and placed in
the charge of his brother-in-law E.
H. Fullenwide, who will take him
back to the United States.
Penae Cases Dismissed.
New Orleans, Special-Two charges
of peonage against William William
son, a levee contractor, were dismiss
ed in the United States commission
er's office here. Tuesday's action
completed the hearing of seveial
peonage cases against this contractor,
all of which were dismissed.
Five negroes were legally hanged
in Louisiana and one in Illinois whilf
a seventh who had killed two men.
was shot dead by a posse in Georgia
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29,
To Be He'd in New Orleans
Beginning November 1 1 th
PRESENT PRICES ARE T60 LOW
Meeting Called to Plan for Better
Prices for the South's Great Sta
ple. Union City, Ga., Special. Charts
S. Barrett, national president of the
Farmers' Union, has issued the fol
lowing statement regarding the in
dustrial eongress he has called to
meet at New Orleans, November 11th,
for the purpose of formulating ' a
campaign fcr advancing the price of
cotton in the south:
"As the executive head of an or
ganization of more than 2,000,000
farmers in the southern states, con
trolling approximately 60 per cent of
the cotton grown in the United
States, I feel that is incumbent up
on me to take tho initiative in prac
tical steps looking to stopping the
downward trend of the pric for this
staple, and restoring it to a figure
warranted by the cost of its produc
tion and its value to civilization.
"It is needless for me to state
that the prosperity of every business
interest between Mason and Dixon's
line and the Rio Grande river is large
ly dependent upon the return the cot
ton crop is bringing to this section.
"A proper return for cotton means
prosperity to the farmer, the countiy
and town merchant, the city business
man, the manufacturer, the wage
worker, the salary-earner, every rail
road and corporation in the southern
states.
"Today spot cotton is selling in
the neighborhood of 21-2 cents per
pound less than one year ago. In
many instances, this means that the
producer is called upon to dispose of
his output below eost.
"If this price-level prevails
throughout the sellong season of
1908-9, the south will sustain a loss
apPraehing: $150,000,000.
? significance of such a devel
opment would be sluishness in
every southern commercial circle con
striction of money in every business,
a stoppage of construction and devel
opment in each direction, and a fail
ure to recuperate from the panic of
last fall as rapidly as we have a right
to expect. -'
"There is no logical or necessary
reason for this slump in the price of
cotton. The output of the south will
be infinitely smaller than last year,
when priees ransred to a higher level.
rAmeriean and European spinners
aamit rnat they expect to book the
usual volume of advance orders at
the priees obtaining in 1907.
"The sole excuse now standing
between fair prices and the south's
cotton, is the belief of spinners that
they will be able to obtain the staple
at their own figure. In this belief
they have been aided bv exehanee
manipulators, whose efforts have been
to show that the cotton belt would
make a record-breaking yield. As a
matter ot tact, we who are in most
intimate touch with the situation
know there is not the slightest
ground tor such an opinion.
"The members of the' Farmers
Union, as I have said-, control in the
neighborhood of 60 per cent of the
south's staple crop.
"With the co-operation of the bus
iness interests, large and small, of
every southern state, they will under
take to secure for this crop its in
trinsic value in the markets of the
world.
"We are determined to win this
fight, regardless of the temporary
sacrifice it may entail upon us. I
"serve this notice freely and frankly
upon every business man of the south.
"They can aid us materially and
they can shorten the time of waiting
by active co-operation in this effort.
"We are battling not alone for
ourselves, but for the prosperity and
the freedom from debt of every man,
woman and child in the southern
states.
J'We have a right to expect their
assistance under these conditions.
"To the end of arriving at a def
inite plans, I have summoned dele
gates - from every southern : state to
meet in New Orleans on November
11th. I will answer for a large at
tendance of these men, each thorough
ly familiar with the cotton and the
financial situation in his community.
"I invite the co-operation of bus
iness man, manufacturer, profession
al man, banker and wage-earner in
the south. I urge them to be present
personally. I urge on commercial
bodies, chambers of commerce, boards
of trade and labor organizations to
send representatives to this conven
tion. "We are going to adopt extraordi
nary measures to meet extraordinary
conditions. That fact is settled.
With the active help and counsel of
the business men of the south, the
success of our plans, and the pros
perity of the entire section is as
sured beyond perad venture.
"I will be glad to receive notice
from parties, as well as suggestions
for promoting this universal move
ment, unprecedented in scope and
vital importance in the history of the
south.
"Bear in mind that the moment the
south makes it evident at New Or
leans that it intends to work in con
cert for a just price for cotton the
price for that staple will begin to
mount and that it will not stop short
of an equitable level, corresponding
to the laws of supply and demand.
"Are the business interests of the
south ready to join hands with the
producers of the south in promotins
this end!"
CHARLES S. BARRETT,
I President of Fanners' Union.'
A ROYAL WELCOME
Shown the American FJeet By
Japanese Government
ENTERTAINED IN GREAT STYLE
Tremendous Procession of Miles of
Madly-Cheering People Reviewed
by Admiral Sperry and the Ameri
can Fleet Officers.
Tokio, By Cable. The capitol of
Japan witnessed Thursday night the
most extraordinary evidence of the
spirit of the new Japan. After hav
ing an audience of the officers of the
American battleship fleet on Tuesday
the Emperor issued an order directing
the people to increase in every way
possible, the enjoyment and pleasure
of the American visitors, who came,
he said, as historic friends of the
Japanese nation. The response to
this imperial mandate was seen and
heard at night.
Originally a torchlight procession
ef 15,000 people was planned as part
of the day's programme, but this
feature went far bej-ond expectations
and developed into a great popular
demonstratior, Japan's war celebra
tions after peace with Russia, Lon
don's Maf eking Night," and even
New York's election night revel
would seem almost insignificant com
pared with Tokio 's celebration.
Mile after mile through madly
cheering people, the great procession
wound its way. Representatives cf
various guilds, universities, schools
of every class for boys and other
organizations took part, each individ
ual carrying a lighted .lantern held
high on a long pole with American
and Japanese flags interwound.
Admiral Sperry and the other chief
officers of the American fleet viewed
the procession from a special grand
stand, standing With bared heads
above the sea of waving lanters,
the deafening roar of cheers and -he
clash of the music from scores of
bands which played the Ameriean
national hymn continuously. ' Ko
dense became the crowds aroKd tUe
stand that the entire procession was
blocked until Admiral Sperty was
forced to leave in order to i.eep an
engagement at the dinner fghen by
Minister of Foreign Affairs Eomura.
Again at the American eqv,asiy
the great procession halted and the
climax of the enthusiasm was reach
ed. When the head of the procession
arrived at the embassy and halted
Mrs. O'Brien and the other ladies cf
the embassy appeared upon the ve
randa and received a prolonged ova
tion from the crowds, every man and
boy .among the paraders lifting his
hat to the ladies, while there were
continuous shouts for the Ameriean
ambassador, who had also left to at
tend the dinner.
The entire grounds surrounding the
embassy were lighted with a sea of
lanterns and the d
" ed for two hours. Every band in
Tokio turned out for the parade and
their favorite airs were "Yankee
Doodle" "Dixie," and "John
Brown. ' '
Thousands of the paraders wore
fantastic costumes characteristic of
Japanese celebrations.
Every foreigner in Tokio was deep
ly impressed by the night's remarks
able demonstration, coming as it did
from an ordinary undemonstrative
people.
The entire day was taken up by a
series of eorate entertainments to
Admiral Sperry and the other ad
mirals of the Americau fleet and
their aides.
Prince of Prussia Weds.
Berlin, By Cable. Dnehess Alex
andra Victoria, of Schleswig-Hol-
stem, daughter of Prince Frederick
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, was
married in the chapel of the imperial
palace at 5 o'clock Thursday after
noon to Prince August William, of
.Prussia, iourth son of Eomeror Wil
liam. The ceremony was witnessed
by the members of the imnerial fm
ily and fifty princes and princesses
or rne minor (ierman royal house.
By Wire and Cable.
President Roosevelt has signed a
contract to become associate editor of
the Outlook on his return from -his
African trip.
Philadelphia doctor to prove his
contention that vaccination does not
prevent smallpox challenges an advo
cate of its efficacy to sleep with bim
with a smallpox patient between
them, the challenger never buying
been vaccinated, while the challenger
has been.
Construction Foreman Decapitated.
Kingston, N. Y.. SDecial. Fred
Bowen, a forman enrnloved bv tbe
New York water supply department
m the construction of a big shiphon
at High Falls, was decapitated and
two negroes were mortally iniured
when a huge rock fell into a shaft in
which they were working to adjust a
floating pump.
News Notes.
President Roosevelt in a letter to
Senator Knox demands that Mr.
Bryan state whether he is committed
to Gompers' labor legislation pro
gram, and points to the Pearre bill
as a dangerous- invasion of property
ngnis.
Explorer Evelvn Baldwin nlans to
float on an ice rack across the Polar
sea from Alaska to Greenland.
The Pacific fleet is expected to
reach Panama from its South Ameri
can cruise the same day the Atlantic
fleet reaches Hampton Koads Feb
ruary 22.
1908.
FLEET LEAVES TOKIO
After Spfcndk! Reception By
the Japanese People
VESSELS HOMEWARD BOUND
The Departure of the Big Ships the
Prettiest Feature of the Week
Tokio Resumes Normal Condition
After a Week of Delirium
Tokio, By Cable. After a week's
suspension of almost every kind of
business, because of the presence of
the American fleet in Japanese waters
and so that fitting welcome might be
given to the American officers and
sailors, Tokio is resuming its normal
conditions. Already many of the de
corations have been taken down, al
though every one is yet discussing the
remarkable features of the past few
days.
President Roosevelt's messages to
the Emperor was presented to him
through Count Komura, the foreign
minister, and the Emperor probably
will make a reply soon, but there is
no reason to expect that the Em
peror's message will contain other
than a graceful acknowledgement and
an expression of gratification at the
President's warm words of apprecia
tion. Nothing could possibly exceed
in the public mind in Japan the sig
nificance of the Emperor's previous
message.
The departure of the fleet Sunday
morning was one of the prettiest fea
tures of the week. The flgship Con
necticut slipped her cables at exact
ly 8 o'cloek. She steamed past the
Louisiana and saluted and was fol
lowed by the remainder cf the first
squadron. When the eight ships had
passed, the Louisiana led the second
line, and the entire fleet then formed
in single column.
As each of the American battle
ships passed the bead cf the Japanese
column the crews of the ships of both
nations cheered enthusiastically, and
the band of both the American snips
played the Japanese national hymn.
Vvhen the last of the sixteen ships
was saluting, the Connecticut was in
visible on the horizon. Within exact
ly fifty minutes the entire manouvre
had been completed.
Seven New Cases of Cholera.
Manila. Bv nhlo s fvfn now oocce
of cholera were reported in this city
for the dav ending Snndmr ;v.t
The slight increase in the spread" of
the disease is ascribed by the au
thorities to the many gatherings of
the people on Saturday night fnd
y.,and the feasts that accom-
is Tnot Z-r?blles- situation
h- Vfc- VTnt re.?ls though it
rZl ciJlue,Iuc well under control,
. "'wn over the in
mciease. it is probable that the o-ov.
ernment will further rpstriet t h
erings of the natives and also the
a.e oi dangerous loods. It is be
lieved that cock nits Wnfd ;
suburbs of tbe city where it is diffi-
-'uit to maintain a strict nratk .,o
the sale of foodstuffs are responsible
ior tee slight increase in the num
ber of cholera cases noted at each
weeK end.
Orville Wright Improving Nicely.
V aslungton, Special. Orville
v riglit, tue aeroplanist who narrowly
escaped death in the accident to his
aeroplane during a flight at Fort
Mj'er, Va., five weeks ago, will soon
be able to leave for his heme at
Dayton, O. His most serious injury
was a broken thiffh'nnd tho eAi;t
-was removed from this Sunday. It
was louna upon measuring the left
ieS, me one injured, that it is but a
quarter of an inch shorter than the
other. A
" .r vAaujiuaii UU Ul lllfs
fracture showprl thnt th
- "iv aiuiuii UJ.
me nrouen Dones has been perfect.
To Have Lobbyist at CapitaL
Baltimore, Special. William H.
Anderson, superintendent of the
Maryland anti-saloon league, lias
Dcen cnosen by the national head
jMrters committee to renresenf. t
national league at Washington as
ucung superintendent during (.he
coming session of Congress. Supt. S.
E. Nicholson, of Pennsylvania, who
has been serving in that capacity, ow
ing to the fact that the Pennsylvania
legislature will be in session this
winter, will be compelled to give his
entire time to looking after legisla
tion in that State.
Effort at Suicide Successful.
Spartanburg, Special. Will Bur
nett,, a well-known young white mat
who shot bimself in the head with a
pistol last Sunday, died at his home
as a result of the wound. Burnett
was one of ten men who were ar
rested a short time ago for taking
part in the mob that sought to lynch
John Irby, the negro charged with
attempting 'a criminal assault upon
a young white woman.
Korean Insurrection Over.
Tokio, By CableThe so-called in
surrection in Korea .is practically
ended. The troops are still on active
duty, but the insurgents have dwin
dled to merely a disorderly element.
It is stated that Prince Ito, former
resident general, a Steoul will -probably
return to Korea early in No
vember. Two thirds of the Japanese
troops in north China will be with
drawn in a few days.'
CL&pel Hill Man Elected President
of Peat Producers' Society.
Toledo, O.. Special. The
annual convention of the American
Peat Producers' Society has adjourn
ed to meet in Boston next year.
Joseph H. Pratt, Chapel Hill, N. C,
.was elected president. Robert Ran
som, Jacksonville, Fla., was elected
vice president' for the Southern
States.
OLDEST EDITOR DIES
At the Fipe Age of Ninety-Four
Years CoL Richard Benburg Creecy
a Distinguished Journalist Passes
Away His Influence as a Writer
Was Great and He Was a Terror
to the State's Enemies During Re
construction Days.
Elizabeth City, N. C, Special.
Deepest glcom is cast over the city in
the death Thursday morning at 9
o'clock of her oldest, most honored
and most revered citizen, Col. Rich
ard Benbury Creecy. Colonel Creecy,
while always bright, had been gradu
ally tailing away tor months and his
death was not unexpected. He was
entering into his 95 year and would
have celebrated the occasion on the
19th of December. Colonel Creecy
was one of the State's most learned
and beloved sons and had the distinc
tion of being the oldest living editor
in the world. He. was also the old
est living alumnus of the University
of North Carolina.
Colonel Creecy was born at Green
field Chowan county, and was reared
in Edenton. He moved to Elizabeth
City in 1843 and began the practice
ol law. ihe year following he mar
ried Miss Perkins, daughter of one
f the largest planters and slave own
ers m this county. Colonel Creecy
won reputation as a writer by cor
respondence to. different leading news-
papeis and during reconstruction
days need for a strong newspaper was
most apparent. . Colonel Creecy, of
this city; Edward Wood, of Edenton.
and T. J. Jarvis, then of Tyrrell
county, established Tbe Weekly
Economist and elected Colonel Creecy
as editor-in-chief.
The great power and influence
wielded by the brilliant writer's pen
is now a matter of history. No man
in the State did more for the South's
cause and no man was hated and
feared more by the carpet-baggers
and scalawags of that dav than he.
Colonel Creecy 's wife died years
ago but he is survived by five daugh
ters: Miss Nannie and Henrietta;
Mrs. E. F. Lamb, cf Texas; Mrs. W.
M. Lawton, cf New York, and Mrs.
D. C. Winston, of Edenton : and three
sons: Joshua and E. P., cf St. Louis,
the latter chief of police of that city,
and R. B. Creecy, Jr., this city.
Firebugs Busy in Norfolk.
Norfolk, Special. Incendiaries ere
still working in this city, three fires
in the business district having been
reported between midnight and 6 a
m. The first, at th Tl-inlesn1e nntir.n
establishment of I. S. Fine & Co,
caused $5,000. The second, at the
office of the United States Express
Company, and the third, at the City
Hay and Grain Company's establish
ment, were extinguished in their in
eipiency. The chiefs of the fire and
police departments conferred with the
Board of Control on the situation
and herOlfl cfonc o m fnkA fnlrnn f n
-meuma tne incendiaries.
Governor's Life la Threatened.
Union C!irv.
fatterson, surrounded hv norcnnai
7 wfj-i. a. UUVCI UUI
sruard of twentv-five. is in shares nf
the encampment of State troops at
Samburg and will personally lead the
hunt for the night riders whn hanooA
Captain Rankin. Detachments of
troops are scouring three counties for
the murdeders. Fearing a possible
raid by the night riders, the Stat
troops are maintaining two lines of
sentinels following the posting of
notices that if the Governor dirt nnt
discontinue the hunt he himself
be kidnapped. -
Iiost His Life for a Hoop.
Lynchburg. SDecial. TToonrnllinir
cost Walter Davis, a 7- vear-nld. nl-
ored boy, his life in Amherst county
Bunaay. Ihe hoop rolled into the
river and the bov followed it
unable to check himself. He has not
been seen since.
Big Lumber Plant Burned.
Pensacola,' Fla., Special. News
reached here of the destruction by
fire Thursday of the lnmbpr
plant of the Salye-Davis Company,
at Soutbport. The fire, of unknown
origin, was tanned by a high wind
and destroyed the entire rda
tailing a loss of $100,000.
Last Reception to Fleet.
Yokohama, Bv Cable. Tho
of the brilliant functions which have
charactemed Japan's reception of
the American hsirtloci,;n a
v.v.f ucei, cuiiie iu
a close here Friday night with a din-
not 1An.iJ xi tin
u uuaiu me oainesnip D un, the
guests
- ... "cic vuuuuea ro tne
American ambassador. Rear Admirals
and other officers. There was also a
brilliant reception on the battleship
uitJJ ait me prominent
Americans- here won in.j .-ii.
Willi
the accompaniments of an illumina
tion of the fleet, fireworks and torch
light procession on shore.
Textile Workers to Hold Next Meet
ing in Charlotte.
Schenectady, Nf Y., SpeciaL The
eighth annual convention of the Unit
ed Textile Workers of America, which
has been in session in Cohoes, closed
Friday. Charlotte, N. C, was select
ed as the place for holding the next
convention. John Golden, Fall River,
Mass., was elected president.
News in Brief.
Charles Elliott Morton, rvhilanthron-
ist, scholar and teacher, died at Cam
bridge, Mass. .
That the United States will nsl-
for a new treaty with Russia was
made known in a letter from Secre
tary Root to Jacob H. Sehiff.
Three persons were burned to
death in a New York tenement fire.
United States SuDremtr Court de
cides that II. Clay Pieree must mi
back to Texas to answer ap indict
ment for perjury,
NO. 20.
TENNESSEE TRAGEDY
Two Lawyers Assaulted end
One Murdered By Mob
A VERY DEPLORABLE AFFAIR
Prominent Tennessee Attorneys Call
ed From Their Booms in a Union
City Tens., Hotel by a Band pf
Masked Men and Carried to tl
Banks of a Lake, Where One ia
Strung Up and His Body Riddled.
Union City, Tenn., Speeial. Col,
R. Z. Taylor, aged 60 years, and Capt".
Quinten Rankin, both prominent at
torneys of Trenton, Tenn., were tak
en from Ward's Hotel at Walnut Loj
Tennr,- fifteen miles from here Tues
day night by masked "night-riders"
and 1 was murdered. Capt. Rankin's
body was found Tuesday, morning
riddled with bullets and ' hanging
from a tree one mile from the hotel.
Tiptonville, Tenn., SpeciaL-? L'n- .
harmed, save numerous scratches re-?
ceived 'in a thirty-hour trip through
unfamiliar woods and the fatigue in
cident to the trip without food and
the mental strain, Col. . R Zachary
Taylor reached here after a miracu
lous escape from the night-riders at
Reel Foot Lake, who mudered his
partner, Captain Quinten Rankin. '
His own story of his experiences
was told by him as follows: "Mon
day night last Captain Rankin, and
I went to Reel Foot Lake . in . re
sponse to a letter from a Mr. Carpen
ter of Union City, who wanted to
lease some timber lands. On our ar.
rival at the lake we went to the Log
House, or Wtrd Hotel, and early af
ter supper retired. Some time dur
ing the night we were aroused by
some one knocking at our door, and
on opening the door a mob ' of 'mask
ed men was found standing in 'the -hall.
We were ordered to dress, and
as the leader of the mob said ha
wanted to talk to us. we put on our
clothes and accompuicd the men" to
the back of tbe lake some distance
frcm the hotel.
"The leader of the mob talked
with us telling us we were associat
ing too much with Judge Harris and
were taking entirely too much, inter
est in the lake. He said that the
course of Harris and the West Ten
nessee Land Company in prohibiting
free fishing was causing the starva
tion of women and children, and that
something had to be done.
"I never dreamed that the mob in
tended us any harm, but just then the
mob threw a rope around Captain
Rankin's neck and swung him to a
limb. He protested and said: 'Gen
tlemen, do not kill me,' and the reply
of the mob was a volley of 50 shots.
"This was the first evidence of any
intention to barm us and when the
filing began I jumped into a bavou,
and made for a sunken log. Btbhid
this I hid and the mob fired several
hundred shots into the log. Thev
evidently helieved I was dead, for T
heard one of them say; "He's dead
and let him go,' and with that fe
rode away. - ; .
"I remained in the water nntil f.
ter the mob was out of hearing m l
went to an island in the lake where f
remained all dav Tuesdav. At.nml.i
I started out and walked all nig!,!.
coming up to a huse at 6 o'elo- k
Wednesday morning."
Lrovernor Directs Search.
Union City, Tenn.. Soecial.G. v.
ernor Patterson, who arrived here
Wednesday night, began early Thurs
day to direct operations toward ..n.
prehension.of those concerned in Ik
murder of Captain Rankin at Re I
Foot Lake. One hundred and " fiff v
militiamen, under command of (VI.
W. C. Tatom, arrived and were dis-
mDuted throughout the district.
Posses started from this eity to
search for Colonel Taylor.
'-overnor Patterson gave out th
following statement before it was
learned that Colonel Taylor had not
been killed:
"I have offered the largest reward
the law will permit for the arrest a.id
conviction of the assassins and hare
ordered out troops. I have believed
that the military should be the last
resort of a State governed bv law but
the time has now come when it is i.iv
duty as Governor to use all the pow
er at my command to restore order
in the region where these assassina
tions have occurred and to assist Hie
courts in the apprehension and pun
ishment of the perpetrators. It must
be taken by all as a purpose delibor
ately formed and I hope no man t-r
body of men anywhere in the State
will fail to understand it. We have
had enough cf lawless acts, cf
thefts, intimidation and other meth
ods of terrorizing citizens and com
munities. These should be stepped
and must be stopped, or the conse
quences will have to be accepted.
For the present I have left the cam
paign for the Governorship, believ
ing the upholding of law and order
in our State is cf more importance
than political discussion."
Writ of Error Granted Thaw.
Philadelphia, Special. A writ of
error was granted Harry K. Thaw
by United States Circuit Court of
Appeals on an appeal from the de
cision of Judge Young at Pittsburg
in which the court dismissed the
writ of habeas corpus to bring Thaw
to Pittsburg to testify in bankruptcy
proceedings. Argument will be heard
in December.
Prominent Georgian Wounded. ;
Cartersville, Ga., Special W. T.
Pucket, owner of a large brick plant
and prominent citizen of Cartersville
was struck in the right temple by a
brick thrown by Jim Clements, &
negro workman, and is in a serious
condition at his home here. The ne
gro flet at once and is said to have
hidden in a swamp near here. A
posse of armed men was quickly r
ganized and started in pursuit
Clemens. .