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1 VOL. VI. KENANSVILLE, DUPLnCOUNTYN. 'VASm'feAdli: -'...B-.'T. : NO. 34. N.Y. CAPITOL WRiCKEDlY FIRE THE DESTROYED CAPITOL Library, and? Recording Room In x $26,000,000 " Building.' ' Goos,- Clothing , v Shoes, Groceries,tBtc. Dry Hardware, Blaze Causes S7,000,000 Dam rVi l age ta Buiidini.: " i - T ,u - , HT TUB? ' Lf - -- ; ATS THE Ot;rl;R-l58li - -? DEALER IN 1 , ; . mm NEW SPRING SILKS' All Colors, f All Shades. WOOLEN GOODS, y"" . SERGES. MELROSE. v MOHAIR. V01L. BATTISTE. v -SUITINGS. REPS, Etc. See my Display of RIBBONS. NEW GOODS JUST ARRIVED. CLOTHING. HATS. CAPS. OXFORDS. SHOES. , TRUNKS. s SUIT CASES. PARASOLS.- HARDWARE. HARNESS. GROCERIES, Etc Agents for NEW SPRING WASH FABRICS. EMBROIDERIES. -I2AWN. -FLAXONS. DIMITIES. . BATTISTE. . NAINSOOK. - - , LINEN. - - LINEN. . CHAMBRYS. , . ' GINGHAM, Etc. See my Display of BUTTERICK PATTERNS. VAL. LACES. He spfed it! He buyed It! He tried it! What? American Wire. . Respectfully, Magnolia, JV. C Job Work Bone! We solicit Ibe support of Merchants, Business Men and all others. We are now prepared to print all kinds of1 Job Work at regular prices. Our Printers are up-to-date and are unsurpassed in the State. .... .r . . - J.-. . fci'n f" I " ni ,iniiiii 'il.i'" ' y 1, , I ) r"-"! - i l.i ii mil ' ml 1. kllilsip Iff ONE MAN LOST HIS LIFE Combustion Starting From Fused Elec r trie Wire Sweeps Through Structure and Ruins Many Departments Was Hard to Subdue. The granite -walls otlna NeW-Tork. capltol ' building in Albany, majestic and white twenty-four hours ago, and holding .the machinery of the state goyernment, are blackened from tBe flames that ' have been kissing them for eight hours. The . entire weBtern section of : the capltol is almost completely destroyed, at a loss of at least $7,000,000, and half of the state departments ar,e crip pled and homeless.. K " 'r-;" , Electricians say the fire was started J oy aiusea eiecmc pusn outran oe comlng electrified. ''---J?y ' - . Franklin B. Ware; the state archl. tect, placed the loss officially at 5', 000,000, but nobody would be surprised, if it ultimately went a iewmilQoM more. ' - - Samuel J. Abbott, aged seventy seven years, a Civil War veteran, who was employed as a night watchman in the state library. Is supposed to have perished in the flames..' His body has not been fond. ' 1 Capitol H 'J. te a dismal spoL-A bat- made in the county jail yard In pottsl"111011 or national guarasmen are ao- Murderer Makes Light of Gallows. A remarkable display of nerve was vllle,-Ja., by Joseph Chiistock, who was hanged for the murder of Mrs. Ann Richards. Declining the assistance of a priest and deputy sheriff, he walked smil ingly from his .cell to the foot of the gallows and ran lightly up the steps. It was a public hanging, and before him stood 1500 persons, to whom he waved his hand. i r Then he reached up, grasped the -noose and placed it around his neck, put his arms by his aide to be strap ped," and cheerfully said, "Goodby, alL" The" nervy man' then Jield his head in position for the blacft cap, and in another moment the trap was sprung. Before going to the gallows, Chris tock confessed to murdering the wo man, told of many robberies, and burg laries and said -he deserved to bq hanged. Woman Suffrage In WIscondNi. V. Women suffrage in Wisconsin is as sured for all offices excepting presi dent. The . senate -without debate passed the measure giving women the bal lot, the only condition being a refer endum, which submits the proposition to the. voters of the state for final de cision. This will prevent the women voting for governor at the next state election In 1912, for-Jthe referendum will be held then.- Following the 'passing of the bill, Senator James, the' sponsor for the measure, whose daughter managed the campaign for the suffragists, passed around cigars, the gift of his daughter, who also arranged to give every sena tor who doesn't smoke a pound box of candy. Send us your orders for Stationery and get Good Service and Pipmpt Attention. . r- Letter Heads,. Note Heads, Statements, Envelopes, etc., gotten upin good Style and. Quality. Eastern Carolina News KBXAJffSVIIvLE, Stf. C. When ordering give PLAO instructions. SO Per I have used less than one bottle of Cd," writes Mrs. Gertrude Ward, of Rushville, Neb., "and am feeling fifty per cent better than when I began taking it "Before taking Cardui, I had suffered with female: trouble, for eightyears. My greatest-trouble was irregu-5 larity. I also suffered with severe pains, every month, but now I am greatly; improved and will recommend Car dui to all my suffering friends.'' . '. -l'-.y;---' Take The Wbrais Tonic The rare medicinal herbs' of Cardd . Imported by the manufacturers direct from Europe and are not to oe found in any other medicine. r ' . . ,. - These ingredients are what give Cardui Its, superiority, ; as a female medicine and tonic, over any oJ" For over 50 years Cardui Jias been the favoritevom.; an's medicine: The ladiesilike to take, so gentle, so- safe, so: reliable in its -results, and they have faith in its cnrativeitonic powerscause-f the thousands of other ladies it Jias oeipcu. vy. ttanoort MedldiK 'Hotse. Wrttt in- Lufie Advisorr. CeatI w sptdal InttmctioM. and 64-oage book; . Teas. VoatOt" seat free." Sings to Spare Mother. Fatally 'injured, but singing at the top of his voice to prevent his aged mother front being shocked by his terrible condition, John Grady, of Nan ticoke. Pa., was taken to his home to die. While repairing some wires a cur; rent of- 4000 , volts was accidentally turned Into the wires! Grady had both arms burned off near the felbow and one leg burned to the bone. As he was being carried Into his home he sang "Top p' the Mornin'," a favorite song of his aged mother, and called to her cheerily that he had been slightly burnei He died a few hours later. "v To Open More Postal Banks. Postmaster General Hitchcock has designatedi forty-five additional post offices as postal savings depositories in as- many states and territories, mostly at industrial pent ers. Among the, offices designated were: Havre de Grace, Md.; Burlington, N. J.; Berwick, Pa.f and Alexandria, Va. V Boston Sewer "Runs Red. . The Hanqver street sewer . in Bos ton Tuesday ran red for an hour. No blood was shedr however. The scarlet flow came, from 1500 gallons of to mato' ketchup, emptied from twenty nine large barrels Into a manhole. The ketchup was seized by United States deputy marshals and condemned as unfit for food. . " - Peary Now a Rear Admiral. Commaader Robert .E. Peary was commissioned a clvU engineer, - with the rank of rear . admiral, in accord-, ance with the act of -congress passed at the last sesssion. The: appointment Is to date from April 6 1909, the day rhe reached the North Pole. . ig" sentry duty around the whole building with a vigilance that would, befit a captured fort". This was the place where the legislators and the crowds had lingered until 1 o'clock in the morning for a possible outcome of the senatorshlp caucus. The whole legislature is farther out of the capl tol than politicians could ever put it, and both houses will be doing business for some d.".ys In the municipal cham bers of Albany's city hall, a block be low the capltol. - As a result of one of the most dis astrous fires that ever ate up stato property, the (26,000,000 capitol, which took years to build, furnished such ready fuel for the flames that the fire burned eight hours before It was. un der control. With its origin some where in the rear of the assembly ju diciary committee's room and assem bly library on the third floor, the fire spread with alarmlngj-rapidity, wiping completely out of existence the entire state eduction department, witht tta state library ?of world-wide rfameXaad of a value that cannot be estimated In dollars, and destroyed the state of fices with an ease which "baffled the firemen and gave Albany one of the worst frights it ever goL Granite pillars were no barriers for the flames. They got a start In the assembly judiciary committee rooms and claimed the state; library, with Its hundreds of thousands of books and pretty JKden partitions of carved oak in one gulp. They swept pver the entire third floor of the capitol at the western end, while the big plate glass windows crumbled and fell with crashes , that tumbled the residents within "ten blocks of the capitol out of bed, and then went merrily skyward 200 feet Withln-a half Hour after the fire started for fifty miles about was transformed into daylight. The heav ens were illuminated with the kind of reflection Albany never -saw before. The capitol building on the top of the hill, plain to the naked eye foe1' at least fifty miles, was now the great beacon light, giving a display which was as spectacular, as it was threat Morse Must Stay, Behind Bars.' From sources close to the president It was teamed that the pardon appeals' of the bankers, Charles W. Morse, of New York, and John R. Walsh, of Chi cago, undoubtedly will be denied. It is stated that the attorney gen eral's recommendation in both cases Is adverse and that the president will follow its findings. Various reports as to the recommen- dations of the attorney general have been current, and two weeks ago it was rumored that Morse was to be pardoned. ; - T This report was without foundation, for even friends of the banker had not expected Anything better than a com mutation. ' .. It is- said that the president win even deny a commutation. Reports that. Mr. Morse is In a critical condition in the Atlanta peni tentiary are without foundation, ac cording to an unofficial statement by the department of justice. - - Neyer before: in tKOistorv of Wallace, or Dunlin Countv. has suftli a larft jand; select stock of Goods in everything to wear been placed on the market as -jroiiwill find at I this Store. - " . - , - , ; - ; iTB TEST WAY IS THE BEST WAY, the right way to prepare for a. Clothes 'purchase is to compare Values that's what wef do, that's' what you - shpuld do 1 - V Pinyjpur faith to this- store and our goods, and we will see "to it that you will -have nocause to regret it. . . . ; e confidence of v. We want pleased and satisfied customers, therefore we sell only such goods as we know to be worthyjjj HlJh GJflSS Trade. rftOnlA U'hn rpnliA Oia vnlno rf trfrir(rrAa ."v.i. .T-, ' - 1 & " v""-". X. ' ' . - To get a betterunderstanding of how well they fit, wear, nd - retain their shape, you will have to - buy them, when yon; hay done" this yon are. among the best and most satisfied dressers. V ' i A nice looking new Hat looks as fresh as a rose, you get roses from a rose bush, but you must come to our store to get nice JEFFERSON and STETSON. HATS. r :i .. , ' - ; Also we have a full line , of Novelties, v Notions, etc. iB" j ssssa T T Shoes Three Large Stocks .of Shoes. PETERS' and GODMAN'S for Women and Children, ROADSTERS for Men. Low cut Shoes, Oxfords, Pumps, Sailor Ties, ' and Btrap Sandals are becoming rnore popular every season, and the well dressed man, woman or boy is as particular about E their Footwear as they are about their Hats or Suits. ; They demand the Latest Style, the Correct Style, and we claim that we ateK.a position to famish yoorthe Correct Style at the Lowest Price. We are not going to wait until the last of the season to , x give you low prices but we are going to put the price down at the beginning of the season. - - ; 4WE ARE. HEADQUARTERS FOR DRY GOODS, and are prepared to fill your wants both in Quality-and Price. This store is packed with alljthe new and up-to-date wearable goods from. 5 cents to $ 1.50 per yard, .it will pay you to inspect our line before buying.; v -Jr - ' ' ' f REMEMBER in your SpHng cleaning, we have complete Jine of Curtains and Hpuse Furnishing Goods. r ooo r ies I Groceries ! -v .sfAPiB and FANCY GROCERIES always toe found at our Store, 'alsa the very OFCOUNTRY PRODlJCE - 1 Farmers willjdo well to bring us their Chickens and Eggs, and everything good to eafwe pay the highest Cash Price. ':- " A bird in the hand, is worth two in the bush' that's why we treat our customers so well that we always keep the m Alr y, 6j as isfbt.yoa to come and see for yourself. V 'Respectfully, wm WML MEGANTOIIE : C0B!IIPAiaYi eld within the next few days, pos sibly in San Antonio, although It may be held in Mexico," he said. "I do not know yet who will be the representa tlves of the Mexican government." Francisco Madero, Sr., Alfonso Ma dero and Gustavo Madero will be the representatives of the revolutionary party at this conference, it was said at the revolutionary junta. This is a part of the program of conciliation that .Francisco Madero outlined as the basis of the reconcilia tion between the -revolutionists and the federal government: DEADLOCK IS BROKEN Justice O'Gorman Is Elected by United Democratic Factions: Wife Murderer Gets 30 Years. William H. Strong was convicted of murder in the second degree by the verdict of the jury, after one hour's deUberation, and was - sentenced by j received 112 votes; Mr. Depew received 80 votes. Necessary to a choice, 97. The Hon. James A. O'Gorman, a supreme court justice for New York county, is the new Democratic United States senator from New York in place of Chauncey M. Depew, whose term expired March 4. Senator O'Gorman : Aviator Falls 2000 Feet. to Death; ; M. Cei, an aviator, was killed while he v?as ,' attempting, a flight ? over the Seine at puteaux, near Paris. ,. At a height of 2000 feet he lost control and the machla crashed down. The avia tor died a few hours Jater. .' - Great" Cement Demand. f ; ; Two years, ago there was an over production of ; lOO jjer cent, staring ce ment k manufacturers In the face, - as the 'estimated capacity of the plants at. that time was 100,000,000 barrels per year and tle consumption only 50,000,000, Present conditions Indicate a consummation of 75,000,000 barrels this year. This Increased "7 demand, ! coupled with the fact that large East ern manufacturers for two years have sold large quantities South and West at 'unprofitable: "figures, has caused tie adTtActv Madero Predicts Peace In Mexico. Francis I. "Madero, Sr, father of the prdvlsiohal president "Of Mexico, has arrived " in " San -AntonloTexas, with his son, Gustavo, straight from New York, and he has announced that by arrangements which had. been concluded between himself ami Jose Yves Limanto'ur in Newar orkdefinlte measures of peace between the insur rectosand. the Diaz government in Mexico were in process of being for; mulated. He even allowed himself to prophesy that within thirty days thee would be peace over JJie entlreterri tory of Mexiyo and without the inter vention of American troous. He also said that President Diaz would re sign within a few months." 1 . "There; will be a peace conference J Reform Mayor Kills Himself. Mayor Shafer Signel, of Hacketts town, N. committed suicide by hanging himself -from a beam in his blacksmith shop. : Sigler. -first cut Jiis, throat with a penlaiife, and when, .this method was unsuccessful he hanged himself. His wife-found the body. Mr. Sigler,' so far as known, had no -fisancial troubles. Hey was elected mayor last November and tried, to in troduce a reform policy, but was un BuccessfuL, '-.His friends believe this was responsible for his act . SOLVES A GOOD MYSTER , "i want to thank you from the bot tom of my heart," wrote C. B. Rader, of Louisburg, W. Va., "for the wonder-i ful double benefit I got from Electric j Bitters, in curing me of both a severe! case of stomach trouble -nnd of rheu- matism, from which 1 had been an air most helpless sufferer, for ten years. It suited my, case as though made just for. me.". For dyspepsia, indigestion, jaundice and to rid the system of kid ney poisons that cause "rheumatism Electric Bitters hasvno eo.naL yTry themy Every bottle is guaranteed to satisfy. ' OnlyJBOc. at all druggists. - : Justice Thomas WV " Trench ord ..at Mays rending. N. J-to a term ol thirty years In the state prison at hard labor. The old farmer, who waa seventy years of age his last birthday, took his sentence calmly and was led away to a solitary cell, where he was placed under guard to prevent any attempt at suicide, though he assured, the offi cers they need not .worry about him, as he expected to get a new trial. Counsel said an appeal would be taken and a motion made for a new trial. . ' The nomination and election of Sen ator O'Gorman was brought about by the power of Charles F. Murphy and Francis Lynde Stetson. Senator 0Gor- Peach Crop t.bsa . Was JHeavy. . ; A loss of 18,000,000 was sustained by the peach growing industry , in, the United States east of the Rocky moun tains last season from brown rot, scab and curculio, a small beetle, according to . a department of agriculture but letln. "yMi&:- -J..j'-';;.-.,fy ; s .. It Is estimated that with 113,750,000 bearing trees last- season's, crop ag gregated from $12,000,000 to $16,"000. .000. The bulletin ahots to brown rot upwards of $3,000,000 damage yearly; peach . scab, $1,000,000, and plum cur culio, $3,750,000.1 - " - - OLD SOLDIER TORTUREDr "For years-1 sunerea. unspeakable torture from Indigestion; constipation and liver trouble," wrote A. IC Smith, a .war veteran at Erie Pa. "but Dr. King's Tew Life Pflls fixed me aU right. They're- simply : great.' J"ry them for any stomach, liver or kidney trouble. Only 25ci at. all druggists. Don't forget that getting to heaven is a good deal more: than backing UQ from the other-place. yr-- v7 7 NEW SENATOR AND HIS WIFE. man could not have been nominated or elected without the -. insurgent vote, which was largely controlled by Stefc son, orT could he have been nominated or elected without the vote which was largely controlled by Charles F. Mur phy. Two weeks ago Stetson made It known to his personal friends that Jus tice O'Gorman would be perfectly sat isfactory to him and - his friends aa the compromise- candidate f of United States senator. Mr. Murphy on Tries-, day first took up the consideration of Mr. O'Gorman's name. After Mr. Mur phy deserted William F.Sheehan Be discussed. the availability of Daniel F. Cohalan, but ,Mr. Stetson and his friends made it known that inasmuch as they would not accept Mr. Sheehan neither would t&ey accept Mr. Coha lan.' , ' . v . , , a , , ' Comon- sense isn't half as' common as it sounds. "- fj; - 'c, v DU VEENS FINED $20,000. New York Importers Defrauded Gov ernment Out of Duty.-' Louis Duveen and his brother, Joseph S. Duveen, both members of the firm of Duveen Bros., art import ers, of New York, both surrendered be fore Judge Martin in the criminal branchy f the United States circuit court and pleaded guilty to indictments charging them, with defrauding the government out of duties on importa tions. Upon the plea of guilty, .United States District Attorney Wise asked that the maximum fine be imposed on the two men, and Judge Martin fined them $10,000 each. This Is the maximum fine. Both men paid? . I Silver coin, including all mi- Benjamin S. Duveen and Henry J. K nor coin currency Duveen, also members or tne nrm and National . bank notes and REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF jointly indicted, are at present out on balL -- y ,'"'"' " "": TO ARREST GEORGE B. COX. The Bank of Warsaw, at Warsaw, In the State ot-North Caro lina, at the close of business March 7 1911. . y Resources. Loans and discounts ...$68,854.15 Overdrafts . 487.74 Banking Houses, Furniture and Fixtures. ...... ...... 2,500:00 . Demand loans ........... ; 12,845.25 Due from Banks and Bank- . ers 6,304-09 Gold coin .- 477.60 Ohio Political Boss Missing After Third Perjury Indictment. The sudden disappearance of George B. Cox after a third perjury Indict ment was returned against him has caused Prosecutor Hunt to ask the governor of Indiana to arrest the miss ingRepublican boss. 1 v Many rumors are current as, to the whereabouts of Cox, and the prevail ing opinion is that he has sought tem porary seclusion at the Laughery club, about twenty-five miles from Cincin nati, this outing place of Cox and his lieutenants and their most trusted fol lowers being on an island in the Ohio river. Communication is difficult with thfs Island;- and there is no direct connec tion by telegraph. LAUNCH NEW DREADNOUGHT. American Girl Christen Latest British ':- y ' Man-of-war. y An American woman, Lady. Louis Hareourt, wife of the colonial secre tary, and who before her marriage was Miss" Mary Ethel Burns, christened the Buperdreadnought Monarch, which was successfully ; launched at Elswlck. Thousands cheered as the fifth of this type of British .battleships took the water. '-' .The Monarch is the largest battle5' ship ever built on the Tyne .and In augurated a departure in ship construc tion, being launched wih her boilers, funnels, bridges and other equipment already installed. - y , DEATH IN ROARING FlttE - T may not result from the work of . fire bugs, but often severe burns are caus ed that make a quick need forJBuck len's Arnica Salve, the Quickest, surest cure for burns, wounds, bruises, bolls; sores. ' It subdues inflammation". It kills pain.' KU soothes and ' heals. Drives, off ,s?in eruptions,! ulcers ; or plies. Only 25c' atall druggists. ' Always do your best but never your best friends.' - ; - Other U. S. notes. 930.45 1,985.00 ' Total .$83,384.18 Liabilities. - Capital stock paid In. . . Surplus fund. . . . . . . . . Undivided profits, less cur rent expenses and taxes paid , .rr. . .v. Dividends unpaid ... . ..... Bills payable ...... .1 .... . Deposits subject to check. . Demand certificates of de posit Due to Banks and Bankers Cashier's Checks outstand ing ....... Accrued interest due deposi tors 7.' $10,000.00 10,000.00 1,968.99 KU00 10,000.00 ' 28,468.57 - 21.500.91 691.28 344.4.3- 400.00' Total $83,38418 Carolina, : County of State df , North Duplin, as: I, H. F. Peirce, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly, swear - that the - above statement is true ' tothe best of my knowledge and belief. ' y - - HF. PEIRCE, Cashier. Correct Attest: y S. E. HINES. ' t rt . - "H. L. STEVENS, ",'. lu P. BEST, V . .. 4- Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 10th day of March, 1911. v. ' J. H. FONVTELLE, -' " Notary Public, ' My commission expires April 1, 191L m&.;TKscoc5Gs:2i AWDCncrLa::c3i AUTKTAKD IU5 TR01TUS GUAf?ArD SATSFACTOftX 7
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