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PROSPERITY IF YOU WANT BLADEN Railroads, Steamboat Lines, Good Roads for Bladen County. COUNTY NEWS MAD THl Bladen Journal. Representing and Advancing tke Material Social, Intellectual and , Moral Interests of the People of Bladen County and East North Carolina. CLARKTON, BLADEN COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1910. VOL. . NO. 52. THE 1LAOEIN1 i PLANT IS Establishment of Los Angeles Times Destroyed By Explosion. TWENTY EMPLOYEES ARE KILLED Manager of Paper Asserts That Labor Unions Are Responsible lor Disaster, Eut the Unions Enter Denial. Los Angeles, Cal. The building oc cupied by the Los Angeles TimcsVas destroyed by Are, which was precipi tated by an explosion. Nineteen men, employees of the newspaper, are miss ing, and are believed to have perished in the flames. Three hundred men digging unceas ingly for thirty hours in the debris' have unearthed five of the nineteen bodies buried in the ruins. The shov el brigade is aided try a iuige rail way crane and derrick whkvi is lift ing out the remains of heav steel. Later, an attempt to destroy the residence of Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, publisher of The Times, by means of an infernal machine,, was made. Fol lowing as it did the explosion which with great loss or life destroyed the buildings and plant of The Times, a suspected effort to blow up the auxil iary plant of the paper and the find ing of a powerful infernal machine in the residence of Secret y Zeehand laar of the Merchants ! Manufac turers' Association, t' attempted outrage has wrought thk city. to an intense state of suspense and excite ment General Otis and the othyf respon sible heads f the paper inequivoca bly charge'The Times building disas ter and the narrowfy averted attempts at further destruction of life and prop erty to labor unions. With equal emphasis the leaders of union labor here and throughout the United States, repudiate -the "accusa tion, and locally they have offered ail aid in their power in the effort to de tect the culprits. A quarrel with the Typographical Union twenty y.tars ago resulted in making The Times a non-union paper. General Otis has fought unionism with every resource at his command, lie has been ably seconded in this fight "by the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association, whose secretary was the object of frustrated dynamiting. Under stimulus of proffered re wards aggregating $100, (mo, .hundreds of policemen and private citizens here and in all coast cities are searching for clews that may lead to the arrest of the conspirators responsible for the explosion. One Bewspaper that has been very friendly to union labor printed a first page editorial demanding that in view of the strictures directed at the un ions in connection with the explosion, the strikes now on be called off. The succession of tragic events and the rumors of attempted outrages set the populace of Los Angeles in a state of mind bordering on panic. Hundreds of policemen and detectives were busy in every direction running down clues and endeavoring to locate the alleged perpetrators of the crimes. But two arrests have been made and these were only on suspicion. The original suspicion that the dis aster was due to the discharge of high explosives was practically confirmed by the finding of other bombs and the statements of those persons in the building or nearby at the time of the the explosion. The president of the local typo graphical union has issued orders that union printers may work in conjunc tion with non-union printers of The Times in any of the local newspaper offices in getting out the edition of The Times. This was announced af ter a consultation of the union men and the managers of the other news papers. Indianapolis, Ind. President James M. Lynch of the International Typo graphical Union issued a statement relative to the explosion that wreck ed the plant of the Los Angeles Times. He states that the union is In no way responsible for the catas trophe. - LaFollette Is III. Rochester, Minn. United States Senator Robert M. LaFollette, accom panied by Dr. Philip Fox, his family physician, arrived in Rochester to consult Doctors Mayo regarding the ailment from which he has been suf " lerlng for several years. Population of Rome, Ga. Washington. Census figures for Rome, Ga., made public by the bureau give that city 12,099 as compared with 7,291 in 1900. t ' Tax Traffia All It Will Bear. Chicago. The contention that the railroad among competing lines which has the largest investment, is the one on which rates should be based, was advanced ' here before the interstate commerce commission in the plea for higher rates by western roads. The opinion, was expressed by G. C. May of New York, a public account ant. Mr. May also asserted the amount the shipper would bear rather than Jose the service was his limita tion of what a carrier should charge the shiDDer. . 150 Killed in Mine Explosion. Eagle Pas3, Texas. One hundred and fifty miners, possible more, are believed to be dead in mine No. 2 at Palau, Mexico, in the Las Esperan zas mining districe, operated by the National railway lines of Mexico as a result of two explosions, presuma bly because of an accumulation of gas. The men entombed are mostly native and Japanese miners, although the nun:l.f r includes several Ameri cans. An explosions occurred in the same mine a year ago, several hun dred miners losing their lives then. PROTECTION FOR GIRLS. Catholic Congress Discussed White Slave Tral lic la all Its Phases. Washingon. The first "national con ference of Catholic charities discuss :d -charity work in all its varied phases. The conditions of Catholic harities throughout the country were iscus3ed, and the "protection of young girls in our large cities" and the state and charity" were consid jred in two sections of the confer nce, which met simultaneonusly. Rev. P. Mueller-Simons of Strass- urg made a report on the Interna .ional Association for the Protection f Young Girls, and set forth the dangers which confront the girl who eaves home in search of a means of livelihood. The so-called white slave traffic, he declared, was the greatest danger in the path of the girl. The number of these traffickers, men and women, he added, is an immense one. To wage .var against these evils, he advocated the creation of special central offices jf the association for the protection of ?irls, located in the most important :ity of each diocese, and co-operating with Catholic societies and homes for the protection of girls all over the world. Another phase of the question which father Simons urged upon his hearers vas the protection of girls in their respective native cities. This local protection, he added, was being un dertaken in this country by the .nany Catholic institutions and socie ties organized for th purpose. The conference received reports i'rom a number of city committees on .he question of protection of girls. Many causes were assigned for the downfall of girls, including cheap Jance halls connected with saloons, cheap lodging houses and low wages. Tl. : general conclusion of the reports -vas that the problem was one'of great magnitude and complexity and that probably the best method to meet it .icw is to organize local city commu tes, in which all charity organiza tions will be represented and, keep in touch with the national conference. Rev. Monsignor White of Brooklyn presided over the section of the con ference which considered the "pro tection of young girls in our large cities." WANT SOCIAL PURITY. Charles W. Eliot Speaks of the Ne cessity for Wider Knowledge. Chicago. Lessons up. purity and tue social evil should be taught in the public schools, according to let ters from Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard university, and John D. Rockefeller, Jr., which were read at a conference held here by members of the Illinois Vigilance com mission, the Midnight Mission of Chi cago and the American Purity Feder ation. In his letter Dr. Eliot said: "In my opinion, the social evil and the diseases incident thereto ough; to be publiely discussed so that the feasible remedies may be decided up on and applied. I am entirely con vinced that the policy of silence upon these subjects has failed disastrously. Another subject which ought to be publicly discussed among teachers and , parents is the addition to our school programs of instructions in normal reproduction in plants and animals, sexual hygiene in the hu man species and the horrors of sexual vice."' Fake Hero Arrested. Chicago. Fashionable Lake Shore drive was thrown into a state of ex citement when a man with his face cut and bruised and his clothing torn waving a gunpowder bomb, appeared at the residence of Mrs. Potter Pal mer, and declared he had prevented the destruction of the place by an ex plosion. Later Wallenmeyer admitted that he had made the bomb himself, and went to the Palmer residence to pretend that he had saved the peo ple within from death. Famous Artist Dead. Portland, Maine. Winslow Homer, the famous artist, died at his home in Scarborough, aged 74 years. Homer had practically lived the life of a hermit in his Scarborough studio for several years past. His long life work many years ago won for him a conceded place as " one of the ablest and most original of American artists. Homer's more notable works in clude Life Line (1884), Eight Bells US85), Fog Off the Banks (1886), Un der Tow (1887) and The High Seas (189). Brookins Travels 192 1-2 Miles. Springfield, 111. Aviator Walter Brookins alighted gracefully in the fair grounds here, 7 hours and 12 minutes out from Chicago, after hav ing sailed his 'Wright biplane the 192 1-2 miles with two stop9. The stops were at Gilman, 111., 75 miles from' Chicago, and at Mount Pulaski, 163 miles from Chicago. Brookins In his long sail broke the American long-distance continued flight record, and thereby won the 110,000 prize offered by the Chicago Record-Herald. Governor Haskell Exonerated. McAlester, Okla. The trial of Gov. C. N. Haskell of Oklahoma, in the Muskogee town lot cases, came to a sudden end when the government announced that under the restrictions laid down by the court it would be unable to make out a case against Haskell or any co-defendants. London Lord Mayor Elected. London, England. Sir Thomas Ve sey Strong was elected lord mayor of London without opposition. He is a pronounced temperance advocated Few Men Rule Nation. Union City, Ga. In amplifying his recent views regarding the personal responsibility of the farmer, Charles Barrett, president of the National Farmers' Union, declares that the old cry that the "farmer is the backbone of the nation," is but a partial state, ment of a truth; and in characteristic language emphasizes the responsibil. ity of the farmer of today. Pointing ou the opportunities of young men, Mr. Barrett declares that a very few jducated men rule the destinies of the nation. , AHHAS POPULATION OF 132,685 Alabama City Gained 94,270 Peo ple in Past Ten Years. INCREASE OF 245.4 PER CENT New Orleans Will he First City in the South and Second Place Will Probably go to Atlanta. Washington. The population of Birmingham, Ala., is 132,685; an in crease of 94,270, or 245.4 per cent, over 38,415 in 1900. The Increase shown in Birmingham is the largest thus far reported, as the city has more than tripled in pop ulation fance 1900. The area of Bir mingham is about 42 square miles. It is conceded that New Orleans, with her 339,085 inhabitants, will hold first place among southern cities, but there is great interest as to which city will be second. In 1900 Memphis, with 102,320, was second, but it is be lieved that Atlanta, with her 154,839, in 1910, has outstripped Memphis, and will rank next to New Orleans. The 191 figures for Memphis have not yet been announced. N. B. BROWARD DEAD. Senator-Elect From Florida Dies on Operating Table. Jacksonville,' Fla. Napoleon Bona parte Broward, aged 53, the choice of the Democrats to succeed James P. Taliferro as United States senator, died a few second after being placed on the operating table of a local hos pital. The immediate cause of his death was gall stones with complica tions, and death occurred as the doc tors were preparing their surgical in struments. For four years Broward was gov ernor of Florida and during that time commenced the draining of the Ever glade, which, when completed, will probably be the greatest single under taking in Florida's history. After serving his term as governor, Mr. Broward was defeated for United States senator by Duncan U. Fletcher, which, by the way, was his only de feat in politics. In June, of this year, he defeated James P. Taliaferro at the Democratic primaries for United States senator by a large majority, and was regarded as the strongest po litical factor in the state. He is a good example of the self made man of America. Early in the seventies he lost his father and moth er, and was forced to start work as a tugboat cook and roustabout. He worked in this capacity, practically il literate, for several years, and was in turn employed as a seaman, pilot and captain of small craft oa the St. Johns river, until he purchased a third in terest in the famous filibustering tug. Three Friends. As coicniander of the craft he made four expeditions to Cuba, once landfhg in the harbor of Havana despite the Spanish fleet. CREWLESS WARSHIP. Future Battleship Will Be Operated by Means of Wirelecs Waves. New York. The "crewless" war ship," a vessel directed and operated from shore by means of a complicat ed wireless apparatus, is the latest naval wonder in Germany, according to reports which have just been re ceived by navy men here. Within a radius of 18 miles from the controll ing apparatus the new war ship, it is said, can be started, stopped, steer ed and its guns controlled or fired by means of electrical waves com municated without wires. The German naval experts are mak ing experiments with a motor boat model near Nuremberg Mining Brokers Arrested. New York. Postoffice inspectors, aided by central' office detectiveS, swooped down on the offices of B. H. EVcheftels & Co., commission brokers. Barney Scheftels was arrested on a warrant which grew out of the gov ernments Tecent bucket shop inves tigation. Another partner, George Graham Rice, whose real name Is Si mon Jacob Hertzig, an ex-convict, was arrested later. Will Appoint Tennessee Negro. Washington. It was learned at the white house that J. C. Napier of Nash ville one of the leading negroes in Tennessee, is shortly to be appointed register of the United States treasury' to succeed W. T. Vernon of Kansas who Is a negro. Guarding New York Against Cholera. New York JCity. Because of ths cholera scare in Europe two incoming trans-Atlantic liners, were detained at Quarantine for inspection. Two deaths ocurred on one of the boats. Auto Races Carnival of Death. Long Island Motor Parkway, N. Y.' Four killed and twenty injured, four of them fatally, was the price in hu man flesh paid for the sixth running of the Vanderbilt cup race, won in electrifying fashion by Grant, driving a 120-horsepower Alco. But, as bril liant as was the performance of the winners, and as thrilling as was the race itself, the horror caused by the wholesale maiming and killing which attended it cast a deep shadow over spectators, participants and manage ment.. Guarding Against Cholera. Washington. How gravely the pub lic health and marine hospital service regards the possibility of the invasion of cholera from the infected sections of Europe became known when the advisory public health board was call ed to meet in Washington. Another evidence of the alarm with which the situation is viewed came to light when the service decided to double its offi cers at every port from which steam ship sail or immigrants in Italy, Ger many or Eussia. DEMOCRATS NOMINATEDIX. Smoothness of Convention Proceedings Shows Democratic Harmony. Rochester, N. Y. A state conven ventlon that will go down in political history as one of the most remarka ble in the history of the Democratic party closed by nominating John A. DIx,. chairman of the party's state committee, and a wealthy Washington county business man, to run on a Pro gressive platform of the widest type. . The platform, framed to cover the issues which the Democratic leaders believe were inadequately met by the Republican convention at' Saratoga, gained no less attention and approval than the candidate. Regarding the platform there was from the first little or no divsion,. of opinion. Congressman William S. Sulzer was the only other candidate for nomi nation for governor who tools his case before the delegates, and his defeat was decisive. Out of 450 votes he re ceived only 16. Thomas F. Conway was named for lieutenant governor. ' But the candidate" was not chosen until Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, who, by virtue of his 213 delegates, was in a position to control the convention, had canvassed the merits of no less than fourteen others. "I said-I would give them an up-state candidate, and I've done it,", was Mr. Murphy's comment. The convention proceedings that followed were marked by a smooth ness i and rapidity which Democrats say indicated the harmony of their organization. AMERICA FEARED. French Journal Says United States Has Right to Fortify Panama. Paris, France. The Temps, discuss ing the intention of the United States to fortify the Panama canal, admits the right of that country to do so, and attributes the disquietude in England and Japan on this score to fears as to the real purpose of the Aemrican government After pointing out that the treaty of 1903 reaffirmed the article in the Hay-Pauncefote treaty of 1901 to fa-. cilitate the construction of the canal, guaranteeing that the canal should be free and open and that no act of hos tility shall be committed within it. The Temps draws attention to the sig nificant omission from section 1, arti tie 3, of the treaty of 1901 of the words, "the canal remaining opent in ,tim-3 of war, even to ships of the bel ligerents." This provision is included in the Constantinople treaty with ref erence to the Suez canal of which the said clause is otherwise an exact re-. production. MUCH COUNTERFEIT MONEY. Secret Service Unearths Extensive Counterfeiting Scheme. Washington. The secret service has unearthed what appears to be a told and extensive attempt at coun terfeiting national bank notes. tl is intimated the country may be flooded with them. Notes of the same denomination and issue were found on the Pasadena, Cal., National Bank, was discovered issued on the First National Bank of Williamsport, Pa. Chief Wilkie is convincedNthat all the bills are being made by thesame gang and has rushed orders by tele graph to every secret service men in the country to spread the drag nets. The Williamsport counterfeit is of a higher degree of perfection than those on the Pasadena bank, which were pronounced by the secret serv ice men to be the best they had seen id recent years.- National bank notes in every city will be examined immediately by se cret service men immediately by se cret service men to determine how ex tensive the issue has been. TILLMAN MAY RETIRE. Physical Condition Will Keep South Carolina Senator Out of the Race. Augusta, ' Ga. Information from South Carolina points is that it is practically settled that Senator B. R. Tillman will not offer for re-election to succeed himself. The statement is made that, while the senator is not a sick man, his physical condition, as a result of the two recent attacks, is such that he will not be able to stand the strain of active public life longer and fur? ther; Mrs. Tillman, knowing this, will object to the senator going into an other campaign. Forty Sailors Drowned. New York City. There was given out from the battleship New Hamp shire a list of twenty-nine men who were supposed to have perished by the swamping of a barge or whale boat which was being towed to the vessel at anchor in the Hudson jiver. The barge, heavily loaded with sail ors, returning from shore leave, was towed Into the heavy swells of a steamboat. The barge plunged into the trough between two wave3, one of which broke over the side and swamped it. 127323 People in Richmond, Va. Washington, Census figures for Richmond, Va., given out by the bu reau give . that city a population of 127,823. This is an increase of 42, 578, or 50.1 per cent., in 1900, when the city's population was 85,050. Wisconsin G. O. P. Very Radical. . Madison, Wis. What probably is the most radical platform adopted in a generation by a Republican conven tion was promulgated by Wisconsin Republicans here. The document is radically progressive. Girl Cremates Herself. St. Louis. Kneeling in the midst of a bonfire which she made of pages of religious books and magazines and saturated with coal oil with her own hands, Mamie McCarthy, eighteen years old, slowly burned to death in the rear of her home while she pray ed. The girl s action was a sudden inspiration. She apparently had wait ed until an unguarded moment to car ry out her fanatical act. The Bible, magazines "and papers with which she made the bonfire were taken from a center table in the living room. CONDITION OF COTTON : 65.9 PER CENT NORMAL Government Issues Last Cotton Report of the Year. 2,302,211 BALES ARE GINNED New York Market Was Extremely Active Following the Publication of ths Report. Washington. The average condi tion of the cotton crop on September 2 was 65.9 per cent, of a normal, as compared with 72.1 a month ago, 5S.5 a year ago, 69.7 in 1908 and 66.6, the average of the last ten years on Sep tember 25, as estimated by the crop reporting board of the Department of Agriculture. The condition of the cot' ton crop by states, with the 'ten-year average on September 25 was: Ten Ycai 1910 Average Virginia .. 78 74 North Carolina 72 71 South Carolina 70 , 70 Georgia ' . . 68 71 Florida 66 70 Alabama 67 66 Mississippi 63 67 Louisiana 51 64 Arkansas 63 G7 Texas C3 6. Tennessee .... 73 7i Missouri . 75 ;74 Oklahoma . ; ..70 b California 90 The census bureau's cotton report shows 2,302,211 bales, counting round at halfbale3, were ginned from the growth of 1910 to September 25, as eflmpared with 2,568,150 for 1909, 2, 5M.639 for 1908 "and 1,532,602 for 1907 There were 37,767 round bales includ ed. The number of sea island bales iacluded 'were 7,112. 'By states the number of bales gin n?d with comparisons for the previ ous year was as ioiiows: States. 1910. 1909.' Alabama 202.7S0 187,831 Arkansas 22,488 83,920 Florida. ft,203 19.581 Georgia 358,565 536,212 Louisiana '45,536 62,61b Mississippi 83,090 96,82c North Carolina ... 47,408 80,494 Oklahoma 110,444 134,377 South Carolina ... 160,647 285,401 Tennessee 1.569 1,152 Texas 1,258,339 1,061,558 AU others ...... in 2,172 he distribution of sea island cot ton for 1910 by states is: Florida 2,988 Georgia .3,967 South Carolina . . . . 157 New York. There was an extreme ly active business in cotton and the prices had a big advance following the publication of the government's October condition figures. PRISON CONGRESS. Pay Advocated for Prisoners to Aid Their Families. Washington. Payment of prisoners, according to their industry to insure protection for their families and their own rehabilitation oh release was rec ommended to the International Pris on Congress by the section on "pre ventive means." The resolution provoked heated dis cussion in the congress, not because the principle of caring for prisoners' families was opposed, but because it was not so worded as to fit adoption in several countries, including the United States, where prisoners are unable, under -existing', law, to earn any money. The subject was referred back to the section on motion of Mr3. Ella Flagg Young of Chicago. A resolution favoring the provision of productive work for prisoners, in cluding those in houses of detentioi and county jails, was adopted by tlu congress. It was recommendeded bj thethe section on "prison administra tion," which spent the morning in dis cussing it. It provides for central control of the work and official spe cially trained to direct such employ ment. China on Verge of Revolution. Washington. China is declared tc be on the verge of another upheaval similar to the Boxer uprising. Gov ernment officials in China express the belief that -an outbreak at any time would not surprise them. 44,604 People 'm Chattanooga. Washington: Population statistics as- enumerated in the thirteenth cen sus were made public: Chattanooga, Tenn.. 44,604, an increase .of 14,450, or 47.90 per cent over 30,154, the population In 1900. Pullman Passengers Robbed. Pueblo, Col. Passengers on the Pullman car Rosemont attached to the Rock Island westbound passenge train were robbed of between $7,000 and $8,000 in cash, drafts, checks and jewels after leaving Chicago. George L. Parsons of Chicago lost $7,000 in. drafts; H. S. ,Hollister, Charles Hop per and Carson L. Knight, all of Chi cago, also were robbed. The car will be subjected to careful search for the missing property. The two porters of the car are being held by the po lice. . , - Trouble at West Point Settled. West Point, N. Y. By order of Gen. Thomas H. Barry, superintendent of the United States Military Academy, all privileges which were withdrawn after the "silence" given Captain Lon gan in the- mess halL were restored to the cadets. The superintendent said-, as yet he knew nothing of the casey other than wnat he had read in the newspapers; that ther; would be nunishment for those whom the board of inquiry report implicated that would come" later-after due consider ation of the,,fldings. NORTH CAROLINA EVENTS Life in the Land of the Long Leaf Pine BOY'S HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE. Cow Drags Lad Over Rocky Field Tearing Flesh? From Face. Henry Foster, the 11-year-old son of a tenant living on Capt. T M. C. Davidson's farm, near Statesville, was dragged for nearly a quarter of a mile by a vicious cow and almost kkilled. The family were picking cotton in the Geld and upon leaving the field the boy's mother told him to get the cow and take. heT 'home. He wound the foain around his hand and started with the cow, when she ran, dragging the boy, who was unable to" extricate himself, across a rocky field, tearing all the Iles'h from the left side of his face and head and severely tearing and bruising 'his body. He was unconscious when taken up and his skull was exposed and ibis scalp otrn loose. Dr. Cloaninger was called and' he took the boy to Billingsley hospital, where an operatio nwas performed, but there is no hope for 'his recovery. There w as concnssion of the brain. Winston-Salem Man's Great Invention Mr. Sid F. Pierce, superintendent jf a Winston-Salem tobacco factory, s on the road to fame and fortune, t appears in the judgment of some ex perts, by his invention of a smoke ind gas consumer which lie has just had patented. Those who have seen he device in practical operation say 'hat it does more than the inventor ilaims for it. Subjected to a severe test at the Dlant where Mr. Pierce is superinten- lent, the machine was so successfully operated, it is said, that the quantity M coal ordinarily required to keep the plant going all lay was reduced by half. The savin? in fuel will be "from 25 to 40 -per cent anywhere, Mr. Pierce claims. The small amount of moke which issues from a smoke stack with the machine in operation is white instead of blaek. Wealth Pours Into Trinity. Benefactors' day at Trinity college was marked by an accumulation of gifts amounting to more than $150, 000, of which Benjamin and James Duke gave $130,000. The North Carolina conference, to which Trinity partly belongs, with the Western North Carolina conference, gave $4,612.42. Added to these were hundreds of small amounts in money and books, the gift of $30,000 for current expenses being the joint phil anthropy of the Duke's, while a $100, 000 check was given by Benjamin Duke for the erection of two band- some new buildings. The gifts of the Duke family, reared in Durham, now approach $1,500,000. Products of Alexander County. Capt. Tom Rowland, who is much interested in the apple business in the Brushy mountains, and has an apple farm in Alexander, furnishes some figures secured from the railroad rec ords: There -were shipped out of the county during September 227,026 pounds of dried fruit, 20,344 pounds of greeh apples, 41,147 pounds of peach seed, 14,213 pounds of chickens, 4.680 dozen of eggs, 2,893 pounds of butter, six car loads of tan bark, 44 olid car loads of hardwood... Little News Linelette3. Col. D? J. Maddox of High Point was instantly killed while attempting to remove lodged bullet in an old revolver. Mr. Charle IT. Harris will not for personal reasons accept the nomina tion by the mass meeting of Wake Independent lemocrats tor the btate Senate. Mr. G. T. Powell of Raleigh, who has been a member of the lower house and is well known throughout the county will be placed in the stead of Mr. Harris. Mary Lenoir, colored, shot Henry Wright, a negro brick-mason at Waynesville. Five shots were fired from a 32-calibre pistol by the en raged woman, each one taking effect in the neck and chest of Wright. The alleged offense of Wright was committed about three years ago. The resignation of Alderman John Sprunt Hill from the Durham board of aldermen and his announcement that he would bring suit to enjoin the city against spending further money on street work gave the city a sen sation. Mr. Dewey L. Raymer has been appointed postmaster at Statesville to succeed Mr. J. W. C. Long, who has held the job for something over 13 years. Durham is still boosting General Carr for the Soeakershio of the House and the bar of the city is tak ing an interest in the proposed plan to put him ; through. At Williamston farmers are pre paring to harvest their large erop of'' peanuts. Indications are that the quality of the nuts is fine and that prices will be fair. Th Wake countv grand jury has been making-an investigation of the r-tM-te therabouts of the sale of cigarettes to boys uuder 18 years old. The State Department of Agricul ture estimates' the North Carolina to- hax-cn croD at 125.000.000 pounds. George E. Sultan has been ap nointsd deDutv collector of customs at Newbern at $1,500 a year, vice C, C. Clark, deceased. Congressman H. L. Godwin and Mr, Iredell Meares, his Republican op ponent, have arranged for a joint can vass of the sixth district -to Degin October 24, at Lillington. (tl y I iw tol HUH tHHM7!mSrn,. -AN fdeftl rrhrlDtlan TT , T, . , Large gymnasium. ParkJlkacamnim. n..!!??1.1 'bail. Write for our catalog beforelecttog TtoecoUe XoTyo5JR2" HENRY JEROME STOCKARD. jCm- Pwi? iuTiSIT If all piano buyers were as critical as thev should be there would bo fewer sales of inferior instruments. It is at least an exercise of good judgment to investi gate the reputation of an instrument and the standing of its maker as well as to test it thoroughly for tone and con struction. We have low priced, medium priced, and high priced pianos. Each class is kept distinct from the others and every instiument is marked at its actual value. We invite comparison of these instruments with others offered at similar prices. DARNELL & THOMAS. Every thi 14 Known in Music. RALEIGH, N. C. Just gotten in a nice line of Ladies' Ready Made Skirts, and Suits, Children's Ready Made Dresses, Hats, and Suits for Little Boys; and a quantity of Fall Dress Goods and Ginghams. Come and see and you will buy. THE CASH NOVELTY STORE CLARKTON, N? C. 'BASE 'BALL GOODS Anything you need when you play Base Ball. We have a full line of Spalding's Gloves, Mitts, Bats, Body Protectors, Masks and Balls which we sell at catalogue prices. Write for prices on Uniforms for your team. R. C. DeROSSET, WILMINGTON. N. C. WHITE OAK ACADEMY. A Preparatory School of high grade for. both sexes. Fits sfu lents for college, business, teach ing, and the actual dutioa of lifo. Competent and experienced corps of teachers, healthful locality, moral atmosphere, reasonabln terms. Ample boarding accommodations, and low rates for board. For catalogue or any further information, address W. W. WOODHOUSE, Principal, WHITE OAK, - - - North Carolina. PANTS 75 Gts. AND UP, FRUIT JARS. ALSO, FULL LINE OF GROCERIES. COME AND SEE. CLARKTON lid Silver ' Wkere it Wears A dainty pattern, "Lafayette." One of the beautiful designs of for years makers of artistic and durable silverware. A full guarantee on every piece, bearing the trade-mark Spoons and Forks for clubs, hotels and private use. 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