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c k A v VOL. XXVII. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY. JULY 28, 1909. No. 29 EDITORIAL BRIEFS It is time for some of the papers to again tender the nomination to Mr. Bryan. It seems that Ashevllle enacts laws to suit Itself, even to the extent of repealing a State law. Some, of them may have gotten in on the Democratic platform, but they wore certainly treading on very thin ice. Some or them think they would not mind paying the income tax if some person would give them the income. For Home reason the News and Ob server has let up on Its attack on Senator Simmons. Surely the Obser ver hasn't a case of cold feet. Senator Culberson says that the Democratic members have been har monious on the tariff. Yes, harmoni ous with the ultra-protectionist. Maybe they think Taft will be the tariff goat, says the Baltimore Sun. Even if he should be, they will at least And him very hard to ride. The Fayettevllle Index asks: "What's the use of platforms any way?" Well, there doesn't seem to be any use for Democratic platforms. Ex-President Roosevelt says he is not seeking the New York mayorality nomination. But the voters of New York seem to be seeking Col. Roose velt. The trust-busters in this State must have cotton in their ears and wearing blind-folds since they can't see or hear the need for effective work. The Democrats didn't do anything with the tariff when they were in power, and it would be very foolish for them to make It an issue in the next campaign. Murder and insanity are on the In crease in North Carolina, but since they can't charge it up to Fusion rule, the Democratic party is saying nothing about it. The Georgia Legislature has cre ated fifty more colonels. Georgia now has more colonels than corn. It may go hard but they will have to subsist on "near beer." One of the Superior Court judges says that murder has increased in North Carolina. That is true, and who is to blame? Wonder if Mr. Aycock could answer? Senator Tillman says that he trem bles for the future of the nation. Don't be alarmed, Senator, for there is really no danger in the report that Bryan may be elected next time. A bill has been introduced in the Georgia Legislature making it a fel ony for ladies to ride astride. The Georgia legislators are treading on uncertain ground when they attempt to abridge womau's rights. In June, 1908, only 32,000 immi grants landed in America, but last month over 85,000 arrived. Some of the political newspapers think they see hard times ahead In America, but it evidently doesn't look that way to the foreigners. Potatoes are accused of causing ty phoid fever on the battleship Geor gia. Experts say that corn bread causes pellagra, and flour is out of reach and the man who thinks he must eat will have to look up some other -substitutes. Congress is no longer in doubt as to where President Taft stands on the tariff question. Mr. Aldrich has been kind enough to say that Mr Taft will be allowed to fix the sched ules on articles upon which the Con ference Committee cannot agree. Winston Journal wants Mr. C. B Watson nominated for Governor next time. If the Democrats nominate Mr. Watson, where will Mr. Craig come in. Not that he deserves any thing, but you know he Is alway expecting his party to call him. A former Wilson County man who was tried in Sampson County last week on a charge of murder, tried get on with the plea of "impulsive insanity." However, the Jury was not very impulsive and the defendant was found guilty of murder in the second degree. "Impulsive insanity is a new one on us. WRIGHT FLIES OVER AN HOUR. Flight at Fort Myer, Near Washing ton Wright Brothers Hold the World's Record President Taft Witnesses the Flight. Washington, July 27. Orville Wright established a new world's record with his aeroplane carrying one passenger, the time being one hour, twelve minutes and forty sec onds. Before his achievement of to-day the best that Orville Wrright has been able to accomplish with an addition al passenger aboard, was nine min utes, six and one-third seconds. This was during a trial flight at Fort Myer, September 12, 1908, when he circled the field for a distance of 5.88 miles with Major George O. Squiers, acting chief signal officer of the army, as his passenger. During the same week he made a flight of a fraction over six minutes, with Lieut. Frank P. Lahm, his passenger of to-day, as his companion. It wa3 in attempting to better these two experimental flights that he met with the accident, on Septem ber 17, 1908, which resulted in the death of Lieut. Thomas E. Elfridge, of the Signal Corps, and in serious injury to himself. On this occasion the machine, af ter two circuits of the Fort Myer drill ground, was dashed to earth from a height of seventy-five feet by the breaking of one of the propeller blades. The unfortunate young army officer died less than three hours af ter the accident, but Wright quickly recovered and left for France, where his brother, Wilbur, had been gaining fame and renown as the greatest of all aviators. In his flight at Ienmans and Pau, Wilbur Wright again and again dem onstrated the ability of the Wright aeroplane to sustain the weight of two men in flight. A dozen more or less prominent aviation enthusiasts have gone up with him and until the flight of to-day, it was with him that the world's record for a two-man flight rested. This was made at Lemans last year, when with Professor Painleve, of the French institute, Wilbur WTright remained aloft for an hour, nine minutes and thirty-one seconds. Previous to this effort Wilbur Wright had to his credit a flight of one hour and seven minutes, also made at Le man, with Major Fordyce, of the French Army, as his passenger. The machine used in to-day's test flight consists of two planes, one five feet above the other and measuring thirty-six feet from tip to tip. The seat for the operator is placed in the center of the lower plane, to the left of the motor. The passenger sits on the other side of the motor. The motor itself is a product of the Wright brothers, and is a four-cylin der, thirty horse-power, water cooled gasoline engine. The weight of the machine, includ ing both operator and passenger, is a trifle under 1,200 pounds. President Taft and other distin guished visitors were present to-day to watch the flight by Orville Wright. He congratulated the Wright broth ers on their wonderful achievement. The brothers will make another test for speed in a few days and will then probably close a deal with Uncle Sam for some of the machines. A "Red Light" Tragedy at Rocky Mount. Rocky Mount, July 27. With a pistol wound in his stomach, Mr. John Boseman lies in the Wilson Sanitorium, at the point of death, while the inmate of a house in the red light district is in a serious con dition and another woman, who was the proprietor of the house, is held under a five hundred dollar bond for her appearance at the trial on Friday morning, charged with having fired the shot. The trouble happened last night when -Mr. Boseman, who was partly under the influence of whis key, went to the house of Alice Sta ples in the red light district, near South Rocky Mount, and while there proceeded to make trouble and he was ordered out of the house. The young man left the house, but waited in the yard and when Mattie Bryson, an inmate of a house a short distance away, left the home of the Staples woman, where she had been visiting, she was attacked by Mr, Boseman who, in addition to beating her up severely, cut her several times about the face and head with a pock et knife. The woman's screams call ed the other inmates of the house outside, and when the Staples woman appeared on the scene the man start ed towards her with the open knife and she fired one time at him, strik ing him in the stomach and felling him. One other inmate of the house was the only witness to the affair. A Proliibition Detective Arrested on the Charge of Retailing. Asheville, N. C, July 27. H. B. Adams, one of the detectives who came here some time ago and enter ed into contract with the Good Gov ernment League, to aid, along with Hubbard and Brldgers, in cleaning up the town, was to-day placed un der arrest by the sheriff on the charge of skipping a $600 bond, giv en in the cases of alleged retailing in Greensboro. Deputy Sheriff W. J. Weathley, of Greensboro, arrived here this morning and took custody of Adams until this afternoon when the $600 bond .was made by mem bers of the Good Government League. TARIFF UNSETTLED The Conference Committee Will Probably Make a Report To-day. OIL GOES ON FREE LIST Rported That Conference Commit tee Have Agreed That Hides and Oil Shall Go on the Free List Chairman Payne, of the House Committee, Wins a Partial Vic tory Senate Wins Victory on Duty on Lumber Secretary Nagle Will Address Virginia Republican State Convention. Special to The Caucasian. Washington, D. C, July 27. The Conference Committee appointed by Speaker of the House and of the Sen ate to adjust the differences in the Senate and House bills have not made their report. The Senate and the House will meet again Thursday to receive their report, providing the committee have agreed on all the schedules by that time. While noth ing has been given out authoritively, from the best information that can be obtained, it appears that the House Committee has won its fight for free hides and oil and increased rates on gloves and hosiery, and has surrendered to the Senate on lumber, print paper, coal and iron ore. For almost a week the question of put ting hides on the free list or im posing a small duty upon them has been before the Conference Commit tee. Not even a small duty was ac ceptable to Representative Payne, Chairman of the House Committee, whose position, it was claimed, was strengthened by the support of Presi dent Taft, and that the Senate Com mittee was forced to yield despite the fact that the "stand pat" Senators from the cattle raising States enter ed a strong protest. While the Sen ate managed to have Its rate on lum ber retained, the rates represent a -", Auction from the Dingley rates and . 3 nearly as low as the House rates which began with one dollar on rough lumber. The placing of oil on the free list was prfactically agreed to several days ago. There are other schedules yet to be agreed upon be fore the committee can make its re port. Virginia Republican Convention. Secretary Nagle, of the Depart ment of Commerce, will . leave to morrow for Newport News, Va., to address the Republican, ;taJte. Con vention, which will be in session there Wednesday and Thursday. This is the first Republican Conven tion to be held since Mr. Taft was inaugurated President, and the speech of Secretary Nagle is looked forward to with a great deal of in- erest as it is believed his speech will give the President's views on many matters in which the Republican party is interested. President Taft has accepted an in vitation to attend the convention of the Atlantic Deep Waterways' Asso ciation to be held at Norfolk, Va., November 17th to 20th. The Presi dent will address the Association on the 19 th. This Convention was orig inally set for October, but the date was charged to November to suit the President's convenience. Democratic "Consistency." Senator Culberson has given out a statement attempting to show the Democratic members have been con sistent on the tariff. No one has taken the Senator's statement very seriously, and if he would send it to some Northern "funny paper," it would probably, be appreciated more by them thanH'i$by the public. As a matter of fact;' very few of the Democratic members have stood by their platform pledges. Practically every member has favored a protec tive tariff on one or more articles, and while others have stood right by the ultra-protectionist and have help ed to put high rates in the tariff bill that could not have been placed there without their aid. TRIAL OF ASHEVILLE BANK CASES. Major W. E. Breece and Joseph E. Dickerson Again on Trial for Em bezzlement. -Asheville, N. C, July 26. The old First National Bank of Asheville cases involving the indictment of W. E. Breese, Joseph E. Dickerson and W. H. Penland for consulracy to de fraud the bank and embezzlement of its funds are again on trial, the trial being begun in United States District Court this morning with Judge W. T. Newman, of Atlanta, who was sent here especially to try these cases, pre siding. Just twelve years ago this month it was that the bank failed and since that time Major Breese has faced a jury four times and Mr. Dickerson once. This is the first time Mr. Pen land is being placed on trial and the question arose whether he was on trial or a government witness. In selecting :: the jury, reference was made to Mr. Penlandr and as if he was on trial. The matter still seems uncertain whether he "will be placed on trial or used as a government wit ness. , VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN" CONVENTION'. State Convention Opened Yesterday at Newport NewsSecretary Xagel Will Address Convention .Repub licans in Good Fighting Trim. Newport News, Va., July 24. The first Republican State Convention to be held during tb Taft administra tion will open here next Wednesday. While the Republicans entertain lit tle hope of electing a Governor or other State officers next fall, they are entering this campaign with more spirit of fight than they have shown for years and expect to run the Democrats a close race. That the President has not over looked the fact that this gathering of more than 1,000 Republicans will afford the first reflection of the Taft sentiment as shown by a State party gathering since his induction into of fice a little less than five months ago, is Indicated by the fact that one of his Cabinet officers Is to be among the speakers. Secretary Nagel, of the Department of Commerce, will address the Convention on the first of the two days' session. What be says may safely be regarded as having the endorsement of his chief. A. P. Gillespie, of Tazewell, in all probability, will be nominated to head the State ticket. Mr. Gillespie is a prominent lawyer and cattle rais er. The Republicans think he would make a strong race. Since the educational qualification for voters, provided by the new Vir ginia Constitutions, went into effect, the negro has been eliminated prac tically from the situation and he can no longer be regarded as an issue. As the liquor question will be a live one during the coming campaign, the platform declaration of the Re publicans regarding it, is awaited with interest. While neither of the two Democratic candidates for the nomination to be decided at a pri mary election to be held on August 5th are advocating State-wide prohi bition, yet both are giving the voters to understand that if the Legislature enacts such a law they will sign it. A POLITICAL RIOT IX MEXICO. Two Americans Killed and American Property DestroyedMany Natives Wounded. Mexico City, July 26. Over 200 arrests have been made, a score or more or less seriously injured, in cluding two Americans and two are reported dead as a result of political riots in the city of Guadalajara yes terday afternoon and last night. A mob broke up a meeting which was being addressed by orators who spoke in behalf of the election of President Diaz and Vice President Corral. The rioters shouted, "Down with Diaz," "We wan Reis." During the night they stormed the Hotel Garcia, where the Diaz orators had stopped. Every window in the structure was smashed and the bar, office and barber shop looted. The police charged the crowd again and again, but were repulsed. State troops were called out and a number of volleys fired into the air without effect. Members of the mob erected a barricade and shots were exchang ed between them and the soldiers. Six mounted gendarmes and two foot policemen were wounded. A 4-year- old boy a member of the lower class, is said to have been killed. Considerable American property was destroyed and two Americans wounded. The Americans have ask ed the American consulate for pro tection. MISS DELLINGER ASSAULTED. Henry Reynolds Charged With a Heinous Crime Crime Committed Near Cherryville. Charlotte, N. C, July 26. A tele phone message from Cherryville, in the northern section of the county to-night tells of a serious crime com mitted late Saturday afternoon two miles from that town in a secluded spot when, it is reported, a white man named Henry Reynolds attacked and criminally assaulted a Miss Del linger, aged about twenty, daughter of W. P. Dellinger, a well-to-do farmer. Reynolds was last seen at Crouse, a small town nearby, yesterday. His whereabouts is not known. MANY PERSONS HAVE CHARBON. Deadly and Loathsome Disease Which Has Killed Thousands of Valuable Animals, Has Attacked Human Beings in Louisiana. Lake Charles, La., July 25. Char bon, a deadly and loathsome disease which affects cattle and which has killed thousands of valuable animals in Louisiana, has attacked human be ings now and many men are under treatment In Leesburg, the county seat of Cameron Parish, eight hu mans havebeen stricken. Up to date, no deaths have resulted. Charbon has afflicted cattle for centuries, but has seldom visited this country. It was known to the an cients In Egypt often scouraged the Asiatic and Oriental countries. It is caused by a germ, which enters the animal's skin through an abrasion. It multiplies and causes an inflam mation which turns into a tumorous or cancerous growth which termi nates in blood poisoning. BILKINS IN SYRIA The Major Visit One of the Oldest Cities on TAKES A TRIP TO DAMASCUS One of the Important Small Coun tries Some of the Old, Old Cities of Earth The Major Inspect the Home of Ananias--Pergonals About Other Old Citizens The Famous "Cedars of Lebanon" A Great Spring The Temple of Jupiter- When Glass Was Invented The "Scarab" A River Saves the Day Damascus and Surroundings. Beyrout, Syria, July 18. 1909. Correspondence of The Caucasian Enterprise. I hev spent some days takin' in the sites an the old plunder in Syria. An' like most ov the old countries in this part ov the world, Syria Is worth while. Syria iz located at the east end ov the Mediterranean Sea an iz really one ov the important small countries in the cluster ov small countries in this part ov the moral vineyard. Beyrout iz a city ov some import ance in Syria. Baalbek iz one ov the oldest cities on earth, so old that no history can be obtained. Damascus which hez awlways bin a noted city in history, iz still to the front, this city to-day bein' noted fer the num ber ov historical places. You see a house (built ov stone) which iz sed to have been the home ov Ananias, who iz spoken ov in the Bible az havin' bin somethin ov a liar. You awlso see the window through which St. Paul wuz let down from the wall, and a house sed ter hev bin owned by Naaman, the Leper. This build in iz now a home fer lepers. You awlso see the ancient wall which sur rounds the city. A large and very fine mosque occupies ground former ly occupied by a great heathen tem ple, and later the site ov the church ov St. John the Baptist, which wuz built by Arcadius, the son ov Theo dosius. Near Baalbek you see the famous Cedars ov Lebanon. They air beau tiful trees, awlmost az "old az the hills," an some ov them air sixteen feet in diameter. The road from Baalbek to Beyrout climbs over the mountains of Lebanon, some ov these mountain peeks bein' six thousand feet high an' they air covered ".with perpetual snow. I thought me an' Bob would freeze before we could git acrost, but we didn't. I am told that the tower ov Babel wuz built at Baalbek but some people claim that hit wuz built at another point. But I don't know that it matters much fer hit wuz still unfinished when the flood cum. At Baalbek is a wonderful spring ov pure water which iz so strong that hit supplies enough water fer the population ov a large city. The presence ov this spring iz purty strong evidence, if more wuz needed, that this iz the original site ov the ancient city, fer there is hardly an other similar spring In awl the world. The Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek iz one ov the sites of the Old World, though only part ov hit iz now stand In. This temple wuz built on a made hill built up on a plain. Hit iz an immense buildin' solidly con structed. Before hit wuz built great caves wuz dug in the ground and lined with stone fer a foundation. Great stone foundations wuz then built and the temple itself wuz built on them, the temple proper bein' started fifty feet above the surface ov the ground. A stone staircase one hundred and fifty feet wide led up to the main entrance an' then you pass through an open court 200 feet square, before you reach the temple buildin'. The buildin' itself, iz 310 feet long and 160 wide. The outer walls air supported by 54 Corinthian columns, each column 70 feet high and seven feet In diameter. No mor tar was used in buildin' this temple, and yet the great blocks ov stone fit together az closely az possible for seams between great blocks to be made, though the walls her stood fer twenty centuries an more. The blocks ov stone used in the buildin' vary in size an thickness, accordin' to location. The smallest air 33 feet long, 14 feet high and 10 feet thick. The largest blocks air 64 feet long, 14 feet high and 12 feet thick. It is estimated that the largest blocks ov stone weigh about one thousand tons each. The immense blocks ov granite used in building the pyramids in Egypt wuz brought 500 miles. The giant stones at Baalbek wuz quarried only a mile from the temple. But the question arises again and again, "How did they handle such stones two thousand years ergo with out the aid ov hoistin machinery?" At the ancient quarry a still lies that. for some reason, wuz not used. Hit is 72 feet long and 15 feet high. In fact the quarryin ov this stone wuz not completed; that is, hit wuz not cut from the ledge ov granite, though the sides wuz cut smooth an square, Probably they found that the stone would not be needed to complete the temple. A smaller and finer temple, (Continued on Page 3.) PREDICTS A NEW RELIGION. Mr. Chari W. K2J, Pnwkkt of Harvard. Thinks We Will Have New Rrtljcton Iiarl Only om the Laws of Nature. Cambridge, Mass.. July 21. Charles W. Eliot. President Emerit us, of Harvard, la an address before the Harvard Summer School of The ology, to-day prophesied the advent of a new religion. "It will not be bound by dogma or creed." he said. "Its workings will be simple, but its field of action lim itless. Its discipline will be tratniag in the development of co-operative good will. It will attack all forms of evil. There will be no supernatural element, it will place no reliance on anything but the laws of nature. Pre vention will be the watchword and a skilled surgeon one of its members. "The new religion." he said, "will not be based upon authority, the fu ture generation is to be led, not driven. In the new religion there will be no personification of natural objects, no deification of remarkable human beings. "The new religion will not teach that character can be changed quick ly. It will not deal chiefly with sor row and death, but with Joy and life. "God will be so imminent that no intermediary will be needed. Its priests will strive to Improve social and industrial conditions. The new religion will not attempt to reconcile people to present ills by the promise of future compensation." WHITE WOMAN BEAT TO DEATH. Body Discovered Near Her Home In Guilford Robbery the Motive of the Murder. Sunday's Greensboro News gives the following account of a very bru tal murder which occurred near that city. "The dead body of Lydia Newman, an aged spinster of the Burnett Chap el section in Sumner Township, was found dead within 300 yards of her home early this morning. Her skull had been crushed with a bludgeon, a dogwood stick, freshly cut. She had previously been choked, probably to stifle her cries. After completing the deed, the murderer dragged the body to a clump of pine trees, hiding it in the brush. "The discevery was made by a Mrs. Rayles, whose husband was a tenant of the old lady. Going over this morning to visit the old woman she discovered the house ransacked and torn up and looking around for her, saw evidence of a struggle in the yard. Following the tracks she came upon the body in the thicket, badly swollen and decomposed. Calling her husband they at once sent in the alarm. -Mir-LrZ4 "Miss Newman was reported to Be worth considerable property and it was commonly reported that she had large sums of money in the house. Only a year ago her residence was burned to hide the theft of $1,000. Despite the fact that she has a large circle of relatives in this county, she preferred to live alone. "The authorities are busy investi gating the matter and have hopes of running the murderer to earth. BLERIOT FLIES THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. Made the Distance of Twenty-one Miles in Less Than Half an Hour The French Aeroplanes Acclaim ed a Hero. Dover, July 25. This sleepy sea port town experienced the keenest thrill known In a generation when. at sunrise this morning, a white winged, bird-like machine with loud ly humming motor swept out from the haze obscuring the sea toward the distant French coast and, circling twice above the high chalky cliffs, alighted on English soil. A calm Frenchman, Louis Blerlot, a portly and red mustached man of 37, de scended from the saddle, limping on a bandaged foot, which had been burned on his previous overland flight. , Immediately two compatriots, who had been waving a big tricolor flag as a signal for the landing place, fell upon him enthusiastically, embrac ing him, shouting and pounding him on the back. They, with a few sol diers and others who happened by chance to be on the scene, were the only persons to witness the finish of the remarkable feat of an aeroplane crossing the English channel. Blerlot left Les Baraques, three miles from Calais, about 4.30 a.m. on one of the, smallest monoplanes ever used. . He crossed the channel in a little less than half an hour, twice as swiftly as the fastest mall boat. His speed averaged more than 45 miles an hour, sometimes approx imately 60 miles. He kept about 250 Xeet above sea-level and for 10 minutes, while about mid-channel was out of sight of both coasts and the French torpedo destroyer, which followed him with his wife and friends aboard. Cot His Wife's Throat. Winston-Salem, N. C, July 26. With jealousy assigned as the cause. Joe Roberson, colored, cut his wife's throat early this morning at their home and her life is at present in grave danger. - Joe was caught in Martinsville, Va., and . was brought back to-night. A TERRIFIC STORM Whole To wnt Devastated and Property Lost Amounts to Thousands of Dollars. AT LEAST TWENTY UVES LOST Wei Indian I!rriraa Al the Gulf Iwtrojtsl Many Ftmotti Plantation Hon, and the Prop erty Lou Will Amount to Hvrral Million of DolUr 4alvr(tt Hnt Wall Saved That City TrrrtM ! a tatlon at DuluOi, Mlnnrwrfa. Houston. Texas, July 22. The West Indian hurrlcano which swept from one end of the Texas Gulf tout to the other yesterday claimed a toll of twelve human Urea, fatally injur ed four and seriously wounded six teen, according to the details of the storm which began to arrive here late to-day and to-night. Whole towns were devastated and the wreck and ruin to property will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Old Colonial Home lN-troy"d. New Orleans. July 23. Conspicu ous among the reports of property damage wrought by the West Indian hurricane, along the Gulf coast of Ixmlsiana and Texas, are the stories of many famous old plantation homes having been destroyed. In some In stances at points a hundred or more miles in the interior. Foremost among these is the old home of the late Governor Hogg, of Texas, near Columbia, at the mouth of the Brazos river. The news of the destruction of the old mansion and the devastation of its broad acres. serves as a reminder to many promi nent southerners of the happy days they have spent beneath the hospit able roof of Texas' popular chief ex ecutive. His once elegant home Is but a mass of scattered wreckage to night, a condition which marks many plantations in the same section. In the light of the undisputable property destruction amounting to several millions of dollars, the fact that there was not greater loss of life is regarded as inexplicable. Every hour brings reports of nar row escapes. Fer sons who uaa planned fishing parties or outings. for the day in exposed places, took heed when the government's warn ing arrived, Wednesday morning and remained in places of compara tive safety. At the Baptist Young People's en campment on the gulf coast, where several thousand people were assem bled, conditions bordering on a panic prevailed. Many of the pious folk were at prayer meetings when the wind struck them with such force that, in one instance, it is reported to have carired parson, pulpit and all down into the midst of bis flock. The rain began to soak the wor shippers and all sought refuge in places of shelter. Duluth, Minn., July 22. Follow ing the terrific rains of Tuesday, last night's cloud-burst caused a scene of devastation in Duluth. The loss. It Is computed, will reach f 1,500,000. Twenty or more houses were washed away along small creeks In the city suburbs and several narrow escapes from drowning are reported. FIXE CROPS IX CUMBERLAND. One Farmer Expects His Cotton to Yield Two Bags to the Acre and Corn One Hundred Bushels to tike Acre. Fayettevllle Observer.) Mr. J. A. Guy has just returned from Stedman. where he went, like many others are doing, to look at the wonderful corn and cotton crops Mr. Jeff D. Sessoms is raising. Mr. Guy says that Mr. Sessoms will average 100 bushels of corn to the acre and two bales of cotton to the acre. He is trying Intense farming and is certainly making a great success at It. The corn Is planted In fire foot rows, eight inches in the drill and the stalks average four ears apiece. The corn is now ready for pulling. The" cotton is planted five feet apart, two and a half feet In the drill. and is now waist high. Whipped Wife and Made Her Plow. Springhope. N. C, July 2$. Re corder S. F. Austin, at Nashville, to day sentenced Ornle Whitfield, a white man living near Middlesex, to a term of two years on the roads for whipping and abandoning his wife. It was Inevldence that Whitfield had not only whipped his wife, plead guilty to the charge and had been fined two dollars in a magistrate's court, but had 'gone to church with his children, while his wife remained home to plow. This Is the man's third wife and he contended that she did so sorry that he had to chastise her. Snake Had Thirteen Rattles. Atkinson Cor. Pender Chronicle. Mr. James 8. Parsons killed a very large rattlesnake last Monday morn ing. The snake measured six feet, seven and a half inches long, and carried thirteen rattles and one but ton. . ' 5 ' f S
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