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L H IK ---'----- I I c ; 9 . VO XXII. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY. MAY J2. 1004. NO. I. f 4 I J PORT ARTHUR Japanese Gel the Best of the Fight On All Sides TflE LAST DESPERATE ATTACK Admiral Togo's Report of Tuesday's Operations The Blockading Flotilla Was Scattered by a Gale. Tokio, I'.y Cable. Vice Admiral To go's official recital of the latest en-; gagSftetit off Port "Arthur, whlch.was j received here Sunday, shows that the Japanese have blocked the entrance to the harbor. On Tuesday morning after the blockading flotilla had been scattered by a gale and the commander of the flotilla hail signalled in vain that the attempt be abandoned pending the moderation of the storni, the crews of the separate vessels, in no wise daunted by the weather which isolated them from their companions, proceed ed to the work on their own desperate initiative. They forced iheir way in the face of the-Russian fire, which was more deadly than ever before, as a result of the improved Russian de fensea. over the field of mines. Many of them exploded, yet five of the Japanese blockading ships were jam med into the channel and now prevent- egress from the harbor to all craft excepting small boats. .This at tack exceeded all its predecessors in desperation and the courage displayed by the volunteer crews is equal to that' shown in any event in the war history of the world. Although Vice Admiral Togo again avoided damage to a single one of his vessels, the attack proved to be ex pensive in lives. Commander Haya shi, who was in command of the ex pedition, observed the impossibility of keeping the flotilla intact, owing to the heavy seas, and signalled to abandon the attack. - These signals were repeated until 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning, but they failed to reach the vessels of the ex pedition, which were swept apart by the tempestuous sea and proceeded separatly to the mouth of the harbor. Driven From New Chwang. New Chwang, By Cable. There is every indication that the Russians have decided to evacuate New Chwang. Troops hav been leaving here all day long. Forta have been dismantled and all artillery has been placed on board trains. All the local transportation has been commanded by the Russian authorities. There is current here a native rumor that Japanese troops are in Fou Chou Bay (on the west side of the Liao Tung peninsula, and about sixty miles north of Port Arthur), but this report lacks confirmation. a pjb (e(Hrerda,tffs,cB.yedaeibhaijrve The fear is held here that if the Russians leave and the Japanese do not at once take possession of New Chwang, the brigands, who are now across the river near Yin Kow, will pillage the place. The foreign resi dents are prepared to resist the bri gands should they come oyer. The British consul has requested that a gunboat be sent to New Chwang. The Russians probably will destroy the gunboat Sivoutch before leaving. The vessel is at New Chwang. Japanese troops fired on what was probably the last train out. of Port Arthur as it passed near Port Adams. Serious Fire Raging. Williamsport, Pa., Special. A tele phonic message from Coudersport, Pot ter county, to The Gazette and Bulle tin, states that fire of unknown origin is raging in the Bartov Glass Works, manufacturers of decorated glass table ware, and that the plant is practically destroyed. The loss will be from $50, 000 to $75,000, but the insurance is not known. One hundred bands are thrown out of employment. Two Lynchings. Montgomery, Special Two lynchings have occurred in Alabama within the past 30 days, one for alleged criminal assault, and the other for an' alleged assassination of a white man by a negro. Acting Governor Cunningham Friday took decided action to have these lynchings investigated and the guilty punished. He addressed letters to Circuit Judges W. S. Anderson and T. Scott Sayre, calling their attention to thel yjachings andturging them to hold special terms of4 their respective courts to bring the lynchers to justice. He gave an interview in which he said: "I believe that prompt effort tg bring lynchers to justice will not only:make the law a terror to criminals,. but also to those who disregard it by substitut ing lynchings for courts of Justice." A Triple Hanging. Winchester, Tenn., Special.-rHenry Judge, Joe Delp and John Evans were hanged here for the murder of';Simon Bucher and his wife last Ausust. The three men exhibited the same indiffer ence and stolidity that marked , their conduct during the trials and. walked without assistance to the scaffold. Each of them made a. speech express ing preparedness. All said, tbt-their only, regret was that they were leav ing their wives and children. None of them made any reference to the deed for which" they paid the penalty. IS BLOCKED They ued artillery and small arms, and killed or wounded several Chi nese. It I reported here that Viceroy Alexleff wag slightly wounded prior to his departure from Port Arthur. He barely c-scaiwd from there before the Japanese closed the line of com munication. The Russian general staff have moved from Liao Yang to Mukden. Russians here will not talk of the sit uation, for fear that they will impart some information. They do not con sider that their forces here are suffi cient to told this section of the coun try. It is probable that the Russian troops will withdraw to Harbin. The Russian civilians at New Chwang are leaving hurriedly, and many natives are fleeing the city in fear that they will be subjected to mal treatment at the hands of the brigands. More Bad News for Russia. Two official dispatches calculated to increase the depression existing among all circles in Russia were given out Sunday night From the point of view of the progress of the campaign, the most Important is that regarding the capture by the Japanese without oppo sition of Feng Wang Cheng, on May th. The second gives details con cerning the killed, wounded and miss ing among the troops under the com mand of Lieutenant General Zassalitch, as the result of the fighting on the Yalu. the number of which totals 2,397 officers and men. Gen. Kuropatkin forwarded a mes sage from Lieutenant General Zas saiitch, who had been left in command of the column retiring from Feng Wang Cheng, which described the , movements of the enemy in connection with the occupation of the town. , The information caused no surprise to the officials who bad already been advised cf the decision that no at tempt would be made to hold Feng TVang Cheng, the superiority of the Japanese in all fighting arms ensuring a disaster similar to that a Kiu Lien, Cheng. Therefore, Gen. Zassalitch was given strict orders that there should be no fight of the rear guard. The Russians left while Gen. Kuroki was making his dispositions for a big battle. Mere Casualties. Tokio, By Cable. The casualties in the last attempt of the Japanese fleet to block Port Arthur, which took place on May S, are one officer, Commander Takyangi, commanding the steamer Yedo Maru, and six men killed, four men seriously and five officers and 11 men slightly wounded. Fourteen offi cers and 74 men are missing and eight officers and 36 men were rescued unin jured. All the officers of the blockad ing ships, including Commander Taka3'angi, who was killed, have been decorated and granted annuities by the Emperor. The Forty-Million Warrant. Washington, Special. The Treasury warrant for $40,000,000 to be delivered j to J. P. Morgan & Co., of New York, on was taken to that city by Secretary of the Treasury Shaw. It will be deliv ered by the Secretary to Borgan & Co. Thursday. The Secretary also took with him certain bonds which have been deposited with the government as security for public monies, which are to be returned to the banks surrender ing their deposits. Mr. J. H. Edwards, private secretary to Secretary Shaw, accompanied him to New York. By Wire and Cable. A subcommittee of the Republican National Committee met in Washing ton and made arrangements for the meeting of the convention in Chicago next month. It is thought the increase in the elec toral vote will have an important bear ing on the result of the Presidential election this year. It. is probable ex-Secretary of War Root will preside as temporary chair man of the Republican National Con vention. ' Attorney-General Knox makes an of ficial explanation of the connection of Morgan & Co. with the payment for the Panama canal property. The trial of James N. Tyner and Harrison J. Barrett on charges of con spiracy in connection with the Post-, office Department cases was continued. Judge Waddell appointed A. B. Dickinson and Benham Morris receiv ers of the Blackstone and Southern Railway! John B- Jackson, United States Min ister to Greece, Roumania and Servia, will soojj present his credentials to King Peter, at Belgrade. Ada Lee, colored, with a pistol Urea at Mary Robinson in a Newport News Euburbahd police court. The Lexington Presbytery is in ses sion at Elkins, W. Va. - Republicans are to nominate a full municipal ticket in Norfolk, with John L. Roper for Mayor. S. G. Ford, a carnival showman, was fined $100 in Norfolk for beating a small boy. A large Parker club was formed in Richmond. " . A hurricane killed 100 natives in Cochin China. NEWS THROUGHOUT TBE COIMIY Short tlems cf News Gathered From All Points. Through the South. Norfolk bakers are cn strike, and a bread famine is threatened. Norfolk L Western Railroad directors propsoe a 35.0O0,OQ0 bond issue. A wealthy Paterson N J. man at tacked the night watchman at the Chamberlain Hotel, Old Point. William Cuffee, a Norfolk negro, committed suicide by throwing himself In front of a moving engine. Judge John H. Reagan wrote a let ter to Hon. W. J. Bryan advising him to work for harmony in the Democratic party. Fred A. Beach, who is wanted in Chicago on a charge of embezzlement o? $12,000, surrendered himself to the chief of police at Fort Worth, Texas. He said that he was tired of dodging officer h. Richmond, Va., Special. Henry Woodward, the negro convicted in Feb ruary of the murder of Frank Tabor, a white man, at Pocahontas. Decem ber 26th, last, was hanged at Taxewell Friday. Wshington 'Happenings. Because of nrotests from manufac turers, the War Department will not immediately sell some of its rifles to j Cuba. President Roosevelt has directed the reappointment of D. D. Crum. collector of the port at Charleston, S. C. and Senator AllisGn gave notice that ac tion will be forced when Congress re convenes. Thomas V. Dawson, of Iowa, has been appointed Minister to Santo Domin go. The bill for the government of the Panama Canil zone was signed by the President. The big Chesapeake and Ohio grain elevators at Newport News are to close on May 15. Considerable feeling exists at the Navy Department amcng the partisans for and against the general staff plan. Gerir..n-Ame;icans from six States and the District of Columbia organized in Washington the National Roosevelt League, for the purpose of aiding in the election of President Roosevelt. In an authorized statement John Sharn WlllinmB dfr-larfs lio favors Jjdge A. B. Parker for the Presidential ncminatior. Ill UIC 11VIIII. i The iiuiaer California -rms launched e.t San Frani Jsco. , Stewart Edward White, the. novelist, 1 wa3 married to Miss Elizabeth B. Grant at Newport. Mr. Charles J. Bonaparte addressed the National MuniciDal Leaeue. Chi cago, cn "Partisanship in Municipal ! Politics." Swindlers In Chicago secured dia monds by telephonig to jewelers as if from residences of wealthy citizens. Police declare that Chicago swindlers secured a large amount of money by offering positions at the St. Louis World's Fair. R. C. Ogden was re-elected president of the Southern Educational Conference at Birmingham. Gen. D. B. Henderson, former Speak er of the United States House of Rep resentatives, said he intended to leav New York and go back to Iowa to live. It was stated by a friend of Hon. W. J. Bryan, in Kansas City, Mo., that Mr. Bryan wanted Judge A. B. Parker to take second place on the ticket in 1900. Foreign Affairs. Emperor William of Germany arrive? at Karlsruhe. It was reported that a Russian col umn was 20 miles, from and marching on Gensan. Rusisan torpedo boats of the Vladi vostock squadron sank a Japanese transport, the Kinshiu-Marn. of 4,000 tons, 187 being saved and 200 who re f ased to surrender were sent to the bottom with the ship. Colonel Duerr returned from South west Africa, and reported the Germans there in sad plight. King Edward and Queen Alexandra aided in the laying of a cornerstone In Dublin. Japan announced its agreement to The Hague convention. A general attack on the Russian posi tion along the Yalu river was begun ty the Japanese yesterday and the Rus sians retreated after being outflanked. Seriour fighting between the Arme nian insurgents and the Turkish troops has taken place in Asia Minor and 12 villages have been destroyed. Emperor L William opened the new railway bridg across the Rhine at Mainz. The annual banquet of the Royal Academy wTias held in London. Pan Antoin Dvorak, the composer, is dead. Miscellaneous Doings. . Providence. R. I., was visited by a $600,000 fire. Eighteen Assyrians in Pittsburg were arrested and charged with intimi dating fellow-countrymen, and extor tion in the name cf a secret society railed the "Flnwpr of Benevolence Judge Sherman, of Boston, has just given one of the briefest of charges to the jury in a damage suit against a streej railway. "Well, gentlemen," he said, "you have heard the evidence. If you believe the plaintiff's, story, he has a case; if you don't believe it ho has no case, is not entitled to recover, and 'you may return a verdict for the defendant." The jury returned a ver dict for the defendant company. . John Wallenburg, a farmer, killed his wife, her parents and sister, and being pursued by a posse took poison near Walliant, I. T. LABOR WORLD. Thtie tver iVr May day lrik" J;i New digiaud than uul. Ciga makers of Boston have started a operative cigar factory. The Italian laborers union with 312 charter number has been started in Boston. Jutfph I". Smith, a union dgsrruaker. ha rH'3 nominated for mayor of Kan City, M. The Wexteru Fliflt Gla Workers Union has joined the American Feder ation vt Isxbvr. The United Garment Workers Inter national Union ban increased In twelve years from M to The unon label has bteu dl-arded by thirty wholesale clothing manufac turer of Rochester, N. Y. KnslUh worklugmcu itt the engineer ing and allied trades are but moderate ly employed, at tin- present Unit. The wa retry of work In Belfast, ow ing to slackness lu the linen trade and shipbuilding Industrie lui caused con siderable distress among the working clause. Union upholster?;-. at Grand Rapid, Mich., have bceu vu strike since Sep temler. The object of the strike is to obtain a nine-hour day, with the same wage, $2.7o. The industrial agreement between the Nelson. New Zealand, Painters' Union and the employer provides for a minimum wage" of thirty-one cents an hour and a forty-four hour week. The latent iviK'lt of thr British, Amalgamated Society of Painters sdiows an aggregate expenditure of 11,WX, and only one-eighth - of thi:; amount Avas expended for strikes. It lias been calculated that the loss from iliues.- averages l!O,ox,000 weeks of work in a year, or two. and a half p(-r cent, of the work done by the wImj! imputation between fifteen and sixty-five year.' of age. NEWSY CLEANINGS. Speaker Cannon was reported a dis pleased with his growing boom for the Oi-oiid place on the ticket. The I'.oard of Church Extension of 1hc Methtnlist Church South 1ms act apart JfKW.lOO for building work this year. A Grand Jury tit Abbeville. N. C, failed to indict two men charged with s"llin?r an illegal petrified man for 300.. Tha Nebraska .Supreme Court has ruled that breweries cannot take out I saloon licenses except in the'r own mime. Naval men in Washington contended ! that Senator Hale was wrong in lii i assertion that big battle shins were a failure. ; Mr. Kruger, former President of the Transvaal, is reported to be suffering from. -bruin trouble- and to bt Ctll'omQ- ly weak. Dr. Morion, of the lt Gran date Hospital, New York City, discovered a new x-ray law tending to aid surgi cal diagnosis. The Swedish National Arts Associa tion of Illinois has asked for an au thoritative decision as to who designed the first monitor. Ex-President Cleveland in a lecture to. Princeton students declared he did not transcend iiis duty or authority by ordering out Federal troops dur ing the Debs riots in Chicago.' Deputy Excise Commissioner II. W. Mitchell for the Brooklyn district re lorts the receipts for liquor tax cer tificates for the coining 140,(130, ?12:j,000 in excess of thoso for last year. Alexander McKenzie, a professional beggar of New York City, has invented a device for the protection of the third rail. The Iuterborough Company has offered a prize of $100,000 for a suc cessful idea. PROMINENT PEOPLE. King Christian of Denmark has Just celebrated his eighty-sixth birthday. It is announced that President Plaza of Ecuador will come to the United States soon Senator Quay at seventy years of age is full of vigor, and he often takes a six-mile walk. The Pope has at last selected a cosy apartment in the Vatican as his espe cial quarters. Marquis Ito, the Japanese statesman, is an indefatigable reader of European and American literature. Sir William H. ("Bull Run") Russell, dean of war coi-respt -dents, has just entered his eighty -fifth year. Councillor Emile Maurice Marx Is twenty-seven years old and the young est mayor Brighton, England, ever had." Robert M. McElroy. a professor of history at Princeton, is writing his tory of Kentucky-from" the colonial days to the Civil War. The Rev. Edward Fawcett was re cently consecrated the third bishop of Qulncy, 111., in St. Bartholomew Church, Chicago, by Dr. Tuttle Bishop of Missouri. v The Rev. Dr. Daniel Henshaw. eighty-two years old. celebrated at Provi dence, Ii. I., the fiftieth anniversary of his rectorship of All Saints' Protestant Episcopal Church. Senator Beveridg?. of Indiana, was beaten in his examination1 for a" cadet ship at West Point by oae-nftb of one per cent., his defective oral reading having turned the scales by this frac tion against him. A delegation of New Yorkers pre sented to Mayor McClellajj the other day a - ihotographic reprjoductlon of the Democratic electoral tfcket for the State of New York of he year In which bis father. General-ilcCleilan, ran for President. Hail Twelve Inches Deep. Welsh, La., Special.- A hail storm here Thursday afternoon lasted thirty minutes and was so thick that drifts 12 inches deep were formed against many buildings. All the glass In a passenger train was broken, about 0 per cent, of the windows of residences and business houses here" were shat tered, and there was heavy damage to goods. There were six inches of witter In the street." No . news has come from the country, but it is fear ed that there, has been a very bear loss -to rice farmres. NEWS Of TBE NOtTfl STATE Items f I Mere t to People Fin Murphy to MM. - A Convict Shot. Charlotte, Special. Jim vU, a iuidd!eed ugro who wi srvtng a Fentenc for a deaJly affray, was hot through the back and fatally mounded on Friday by William (Wen, a guard, at the camp preside over by CapL Little. The convict pretended Ulnc at dinner on Friday, and pulled on hi ehoc& as if to rest hi feet. Shortly afterward, he made a dash for liberty, acd, unheedfu! of the cries to stop, was brought to the ground by a bul let ftnra the Winchester rlfie of Guard Wm. Owens. Afterwards ho wa brought to the county jail, where he died Saturday morning. A oroner"s jury brought In a verdict attaching no blame whatsoever to Mr. Owtn. and it was clearly Fhown that the man was outdistancing his pursuers and could have been stopped in no other way. A Wreck Narrowly Averted. Ashevllle, Special. Three angle bars placed on the track at Gorman's bridge five miles west of Ashevllle, came near wrecking the fast west bound passenger train No. 35, at 2 o'clock Saturday. The obstructions were distributed along the track and the engine passed over the first. En gineer Parroit shut off Rteam and re versed bis engine at the first obstruc tion. When the second was reached the train had slackened Its speed, and the engine rode the obstacles for some distance. It came to a stop just in time to prevent its striking a third obstruction. The escap from a disas trous wreck Is due to the fact that the engineer had his train under excellent control. The point where the obstruc tions were placed is an unusually dan gerous place. Charlotte Man Killed. Ashevllle, Special. A fatal accident occurred at the works of the Balfour Quarry Company, across the rlvtr from Riverside Park, and about two miles from the city, at noon today", when a premature explosion of dyna mite occurred, killing J. M. Allison, an employe, instantly. Mr. Allison, who earaa hero some tirno ft to from Charlotte, was engaged in tamping dy namite in a hole preparatory to set' ting off a blast. In some manner the cap at. the bottom of the hole ex ploded and the flying stone struck th unfortunate man dlrecily under the chin, tearing his head from his shoul ders and terribly mutilating his chest. A distressing Incident connected with the accident was the witnessing by the son of the father's death. The son, was only a short distance from his father when the explosion occurred. North State Notes. The Secretary of State Monday char tered the Darlington Security Compa ny, capitalized at $6,000; the Acme Manufacturing Company of Marion, a drug concern, capitalized at $5,000; and to the Farmers' Oil mill of Laurens county, capitalized at $12,000. A record breaking run was made in an automobile from Columhia to New berry Sunday. Early that morning Miss McClintosh at the College for Women received word that a relative at New berry was quite ill. As there was no train at that hour, Miss McClintoah. in company with Messrs. C. B. Miller, and J. E. Richard, made the trip of forty eight miles in exactly four hours. The run is considered remarkable consider ing the hilly country. John P. Kerr, of the board of pen! tentiary directors, says the board has bought as an investment $58,500 of penitentiary bonds, 4 per cent., pay ing for these $61.42". Some of these are bonds, issued for the purchase of the farm, while others are bonds is sued to pay the penitentiary debt. Land rum had a destructive fire Tues day night. The store of Hampton Bros, was burned. It is not known how the f:re originated, but it caught from the interior. The general opinion is that the store was robbed and then set on fire and the flames were not discovered until the building was too far gon for anything to be saved. The building was owned by Mrs. Paul-Bomar of Marion, Ala. Hampton Bros, had Insurance on their stock, though not enough to cover the loss. , Mr. James Meehan. a Columbia boy cow with the Alderman Lumber con cern at Aocolu, prevented safe crackers from getting in their work at that place Friday night and seevring several thousand dollars. Two men secured work with the company about two weeks ago, as boiler makers. -They vorked steadily for about a week and then commenced making inquiries about the amount of money kept in the safe. They secured the assistance of one of the negro employes, but another negro who was approached, while pre tending to enter into the scheme. -save it away to Meehan and the other white tuen. Friday night, after the money bad been deposited in the safe, a' guard was r ut out. and when the two white men and the negro caxe up with their safe tracking tools, they were halted Monday afternoon at Manaing. Clarendon county, under - the court bouse portico, and while, court was in session. Magistrate S. M. Youmahs shoS 'and instantly killed Lawyer John R. Keels. YoUEians fired five shots, all taking effect, and immediately gave himself up to the sheriff. The Quarrel was over a business transaction bat details of the tragedy are lacking, the man slayer refusing to make any state ment, and bystand?rs were too excited to talk rationally at the time. TAR HEEL TOPICS IN PARAGRAPHS A icll frox Itorgaatoa to tfce Charlotte Obrvr My: There ! gret artivitx in the lice of iiho4 eosHructltin Ja the Vihua' Crk val ley in Caldell county. Ta Carolina k North western Railway Company, whkh recently acquired the Caldvell k Northern, a narrow guae line extend ing Lorn Lenoir to Oolletttvil!, a di tme of 16 mlW. U converting it into a standard gauge, and is building aa additional IS rail- up Wilton' ttrek gorge to Carey 1 tw tv. m. hh ter Lumber Cooiiwriy, which own the r.il road from Cranberry to Pinola. in Mitchell county, ha p'trcha! th standing timber on a 42.000-acre trac: on Wllaou's crerk from the Perocar tftn Lumber Company, and U building a standard guage roa i from Pinola tot connect with the Carolina it North western on Wilfcon Crek Valley. In the meantime the Eat Teune6N k Western North Carolina Railroad, ex tending from Ciauberry. N. C to John son City, Tennessee, has beeome a standard gauge ro.d IxHween Johnson j m m .... , ... . .... , ... t City and Ellzabethton. so that, should this road complete the broadening of . Its gauge up Doe river gorge to Can- lorry, and the Ritter people make iheir toad standard between Cranberry and 1 . . ... . . , ' Pinola. there would bo a through l.ne from Chester. S. C, to Johnson City, j Ttnn.. all staniaid width. Ruroons hav bten current that miui uh plan , on foot, hut railroad people fail tucon I firm them, and say that there are phys ical difficulties that are practically un turmountable, notably In the celebrat ed Doe river gorge. Another railroad tumor la to the effec-t that the Viiglnla j t'outhweFtern. owning a road exteusion irotn nutter, imn.. inrougn nr.Mui hJU unTr,l Big Stone Gap, Va.. and thr .iU & j - wpprlrU,c t extern, wno line runs from Johnson indent nd City. Tenn.. to Fpnu-e I'Ine. in Mit hll n"nu'- n " ,.. . , . ..... Baron Spek von Hamburg, the r- rounty, aie trying to pool their iiwuei with a view of making a couuection be- i oU-,ad, will He part Tb tween Elizabethan and Johnson City. " ' "IJ.t ,nd extending the road r.eroas th Blue j ' T" -i.'.ltr of the o-rman fcn.pr. Ridge to a connection with the South- j it. who U tvei to end a IMtrr ..... Clnl Mr Un linth Of ! vi it v iv; ' - - these systcaif own largt bodies of -oal which they win1: to traniport to tide water and to the great cotton mill fen tres of the Carolina. A Fatal Fight. Wllkesburo. N. C, Special. A faia! affray occurred on tha Blue Ridge, neat (he wnke. and Alleghany lin Wednesday. Three ycung men namei Keys were chasing with dogs om sheep belonging to Ferd. Johnson, whe went out to them with his shot gun. Ar altercation ensued In which Johnor shot at one of the Keys, who ran. An other of them caught his gun aa h was trying to shoot again and in tht struggle one of the Keys was cut witt a knife by Johnson and died. John hoe was Furiously cut by Keys, his stom ach being partially laid op'n. lit may die. New Industry Near Asheviile. Abbeville, Special. Asheviile is sown to have a new manufacturing Industry to Ik known as the French Broad Gianlte Brick Company, with an au thorized capital of $50,000. A charter has been granted the corporation by the Secretary of State, and at a meet ing of the Incorporator Tuesday even ing an organization was effected and the following officers elected: Presi dent and treasurer. Francis S. Coxe; vice president. F. W. W. Graham; secretary. Duff Merrick. Eighth District Convention. Wilkesboo. N. C, Special. The Dem ocratic executive committee of th eighth congressional district met In the court house at this place for the purpose of appointing the time and place for the district Democratic con vention. Every county was repre sented by the member or by proxy. Thursday. August 4tb. was selected at the time and Wllkesboro the place, for the convention. North State NoUs. - The increase of the acreage In cotton et the penitentiary farm near Weldom h to be very great, from 1.200 to 1300 acres. There is certainly a large in crease in acreage In this section. Very little cotton has ccme up, and that hich has appeared 6hows the poor stand. Much has not germinated. When it starts all will practically come up together, and this, a little later on. will Increase the labor problem, as there will be quite a rush to secure labor, al ready so very scarce. . A charter is granted to The Argof Publishing Company, at Ltimberttf, capital stock $10,000. O. J. Peterson be ing the principal stockholder, to pub lish books 2nd do-general prlct'ns. State Botanist Geatral McCarthy ba letters from the Great Chemical Man ufacturing Company, desiring the bark el the cotton plant. Prices hare been raised, and it la now 20 cent per pound. Mr. McCarthy says that farm ers are simply throwing away money by their failure to utilize the bark. By j.ulllng cp the cotton plants and get- . r? u. Hrtr ttir fan diaDOse of the-latter at a high figure, and then, by buralng the plant in heaps, they rA nf a rreat many insects which do damage to the crops, so that in ev- crv, way the operation is very proui arie. . A WIRELESS SYSTEM Grttis&f, .V C, &ji Cat tttriei (hi a Settee PLAN ISO.NE OF GREAT SI&1PUCUY it WiSi b Putty Tctt4 at itata Narmai CtHfae U t W derfv!iy Simple. v T CrrrutUtio. N. C. fiprciaL A Gree&aboro cua, itt the iftvaa of Itvf, William Itammel. !ftlrmlr of aeirsc at the ?t'e Normal a ad ta4atrtal Cuile. h ieeel4 a mtm4tHMf simple aad prarttcai . ua. trgr pay rtetu. It It a il tuple Uatl afHtf oca deilte, ubich fca bt tete4 a the Joh& Hopkica !lopltt at Halt?" more, and founj to perfect !o every letpect in finding and m,lring MDf. The irt!e tyMent Ul b la tailed at the Norma! College, aaa ee iagr from ooe buildis to another will 1m fuhed back and forth throuicb wall, door and e.l other hlndtatw. to teat the Mrrnstu tnl efficiency f the vtm It ha bn tried already and proted nutreeiful. but Prof. l!ao- uil intend to elaborate b letl by U1 im , . "" VTLT' V ,K.m tclegr-phy The td.nU them- ',n thi womWrfut Intently , a ere Ming prof. Ilatnmel In nut ci " tml Site for the Kaiter't, Gift. ' WhliiM"ii Sp-Hal. li ha bB lrmanmty dw hb-d that tb replica of tin' itu of Kidrb.k the fireat. uhit-h the Kaiiwr ha given to tha AurrUan p ople, U to I pUced In a pminut ioitU.n in the ground of th war -oUiu mtuonly known hentoforc the Vahlngtu tr- to IUe ITtrUWH lO lC n-aI tlx- yrsliiig. making the Under vt the ftatue ati a glfi to tiu peopl of th United States. Hitea have ben v 1kUm! Ii the college ground fr alx Military Uonfm of the world, and Uii of Frfderlrk the Orat h the MrH to b provided for. - ' " i Applications for Fsnsiens. Washington Special. Although Mm recent order constituting tha age lim it cf 62 years as evidenct of physical disabmillty in granting pensions has been in effect barely three weeks, the Pension Office, has already been swumped with application under I. Cp to Saturday the number of appli cations filed had reached a total of 11,000. and they are ntlll rolling In at the rate of several thousand a day. Oue reapon for the haste In filing ap plications Is that although the pay m nt of th i'nt-oiH way not begin for M'vera! months, they actually data from thw time of filing, and the at crwd peuiions will e paid in a lump when the certificate 1 lued. Tha minimum pension under the order Is $6 a month, which cover the 2 year limit, and range up to $12. according to above that limit. Henry Wiednor In Jail. " CincinnaU. Special. Henry Wtedner. president of the German National bank, of Newport. Ky.. la In Jail for safe kteplng. He lott his fortune througb the speculation of Cahler Frank Brown, who h been In Honduras jne wrecking the bonk. President Wiedne- ha b-n acting ooeerly for Violent. Business Portion Destroyed by Flee.4 Paris. Tex.. Special. The business portion of Depart, twenty miles south eat of Paris, near the line of Red River county.' tss destroyed Thurs day. Th fire started In J. W. Regis ter's store and consomed eighteen baUdlng. all the buslnesi portion ex cept the Deport Bar gain Store and the First National Bank. Tn tele phone cemmunication was cut off, and no further particular are obtainable. The loswill approximate $50,000. Batter Education. HnAcial-Tne better edu- .i t n..rA mfnlfitera has been oe- vas. i.aa va "- . clared imperative by Bishop James A. Handy, of Bammore. wno. avuar- i V.o lfi-fn MethodlSt CpiSCOpal Conference, said: "Ignorant ministry cannot preach to an equcaieu and unle the minister toaay aF ya rt tf Vmr of colored boys who are swarmlns from school, they win soon be cat of Job. Tunnel Burned. Columbus. Ga ." Special. The Pine Mountain Tunns-l on the Southern tiailway between here and Atlanta ,ws burned today.. All the wood wot k was consumed and through trains naa to be stopped. Traffic over that part of the read wiH not b resumed before next week. . Flood Wamlng. Wasblngton SpecialJ Special warn ings have been Issued for 4angerona floods in the TrinTty river In Texas t air point south of Riverside. The crest of the flood will teach liberty May tb or 7th. v K
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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