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IX. J.
VOL. XXVII.
RALEIGH N. C, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1909.
No. 42
EDITORIAL BRIEFS
At leaBt the hookworm Is giving
some
lazy.
people an excuse ror being
The authorities should also pay
more attention to the care of ths
blind tigers.
Lady Cook will give $1,000,000 for
the woman suffrage cause. You Can't
lose the Cooks.
Democratic "Good Government" In
North Carolina doesn't seem to have
:i good following.
It seems Impossible for the Demo
crats to enforce prohibition even In
the State penitentiary.
Wonder what Mr. Bryan thinks of
the Glenn Presidential boomlet, re
cently started In Nebraska?
What has become of those "Cleve
land Clubs" the Democrats were go
ing to organize in North Carolina?
Unless there is a blind tiger In op
eration in the penitentiary, how do
the prisoners manage to get drunk?
The Greensboro doctors have raised
their rates. It will cost more to get
whiskey in Greensboro now than ever
before.
We do not believe that the Demo
cratic platform should be admitted
free of duty even if there is no mar
ket for it.
The State authorities have been
considering the anti-trust law for
some weeks but that is as far as
they have gotten.
The Greensboro physicians want to
know how a police court can deter
mine whether a man's stomach needs
whiskey or not.
The Democratic party may have
believed in local self-government and
tariff reform at one time, but what
do they believe in to-day?
Mr. Bryan asks his party to be con
sistent. Of course. If his party is
consistent It will have to nominate
Mr. Bryan again In 1912.
Savannah has asked President
Taft to sail in an airship. Some peo
ple in the South have been trying to
get the President up in the air for
some time.
Every one should obey the law,
and especially those who vote for a
certain law should not kick when
that law chances to interfere with
their business.
A Baltimore judge has ordered the
Board of Supervisors of Elections to
place a woman's name on the official
ticket. Looks as though that judge
favors woman suffrage.
A Maryland paper wants to know
why the mule should not be allowed
to vote. Well. In the first place, it
would be unjust discrimination In fa
vor of the Democratic party.
The Durham drug stores want 11-
eensa to sell whiskey upon prescrip
tion. Judging from the whiskey row
now going on in Greensboro, the
Durham druggists are inviting trou
ble.
The State Democrat says local self
government Is the essence of Democ
racy. That may have been true at
one time, but the politicians squeezed
the "essence" out of Democracy many
years ago.
A W. T. C. U. Convention in Ne
braska has started a boom for Glenn
for President In 1912. Surely Mr
Glenn Is not trying to work up a
Presidential boom as a side line to
his missionary work.
Senator Smith, of South Carolina,
wants missionaries sent among the
millionaires to do some reform work
They probably need it as bad as any
other class in the world. But how
will he make the millionaires stop
and listen to his emissaries.
The Ice Trust in New York City is
on trial this week for attempted re
straint of trade. It is charged that
the Ice Trust in Greensboro drove
an independent company to the wall.
Yet that Trust was permitted to con
tinue business at the same old stand
The Greensboro authorities work
ed in mysterious ways to secure evi
dence against the physicians in that
town whom they thought issued too
many whiskey prescriptions, and the
physicians retaliated by denouncing
the city fathers. And the end U not
yet.
FAYETTEVILLE'S "STEEL PLANT
Crooks Worked a New Game in That
TownPromised Laborers Work,
Bold Them Checks at 50 Cents
Each and Then Skipped.
Fayettevllle, N. C. Oct. 22. A
unique, bold, clever swindle has been
perpetrated In Fayettevllle; check
flashing and the ordinary confidence
games have been outclassed. Several
days ago two strangers called on a
prominent realty man, claiming to
represent the American Pressed Steel
Rail Company, Pittsburg, Pa., as Wil
liam Searing, chief engineer, and J.
P. Jones, superintendent of construc
tion. They were plausible, suave,
business-like, talking straight goods.
The steel company wished to erect a
plant They were to buy the site and
go at once to work on a concrete
steel building. The realty man show
ed them lands on the river front.
They liked them and preparations
for signing the deeds commenced,
but 20 feet must be dug down to
be sure of a solid foundation.
Advertisement was made for labor
ers, carpenters, and brick masons at
high figures, and many applied. Each
laborer bought a check with his name
and number, paying fifty cents for
same. Tools were bought, livery
bills Incurred, settlement to be made
Saturday. Seventy-five hands went
to work merrily for two days. So the
reporters got busy and flashed the
news.
This morning Searing and Jones
failed to appear. They had flown.
The workmen paid 50 cents each to
dig a big hole.
Henderson had been recently swin
dled, so the Fayettevllle authorities
telegraphed there for a description
of the swindlers.
The men left unpaid board bills at
the Spence house, a livery bill and all
debts contracted. There Is no pros
pect of a steel plant at present just
a hole in the ground and 75 darkies
who paid 50 cents each to dig it.
UNUSUAL CASE IN DURHAM
COURT.
Domestic Row Aired in Police Court
Woman Hurled Dinner Plate at
Juest Whiskey Figured in Case.
Durham, N. C. Oct. 25. Judge
Sykes had a record-breaking court,
this morning as a result of the circus,
twenty-six cases being docketed and
the drunks and disorderly forming
half of them.
An unusual domestic row came as
the result of a fight between Mrs.
lorence Morris and her brother-ln-
aw, John Ford, a genteel-looking
pair who were related by marriage.
ord wedding the sister of Mrs. Mor
ris. Liquor figured there, too. Ford
was here on a visit from Washington
and had spent a week with Mrs. Mor
ris. Yesterday morning he says she
started to whip her sixteen-year-old
daughter and he interfered, admit
ting that he had taken a drink to
keep his sister-in-law from drinking.
They disagree as to the aggressor,
but both admit that there was a
fight, Mrs. Morris slamming a plate
at her guest and missing him, struck
his little daughter on the head and
broke the plate into flinders. Ford
says he struck her twice then. Mrs.
Morris says he struck her twice and
she threw the plate.
Sex asserted itself. It was brought
out in the evidence that Ford was so
attentive to his pretty niece that Mrs.
Ford had warned her mother, and it
was this attention that riled him
when the masterfamllias began to
beat. Nevertheless, when trouble
came to each head or tne iamuy,
Mrs. Ford, the envious of first part,
sided with her husband, while the
beaten daughter testified squarely
against her protector. Judge Sykes
fined the guest of Mrs. Morris $25
and costs, but reserved judgment in
the Morris lady's case until he could
take the matter up more thoroughly.
When Mr. Ford was on the stand
he scored heavily upon Mrs. Morris
who cross-examined him. "You didn't
tell that you brought four quarts of
icker with you and a crate of beer.
did you?" the hostess queried rather
triumphantly.
"Naw, I forgot to mention to the
court that you are very fond of licker
and I brought this here to please
you."
MILLS TO CURTAIL OUTPUT.
Will Not Run Full Time for a Few
Weeks.
Greenville. S. C, Oct. 25. It was
announced here to-day that the cot
ton mills in Greenville, Anderson and
Greenwood Counties, finding it im
possible with the present price of raw
cotton to sell their products at a
profit, had decided to curtail produc
tion by closing down one day in each
week .effective Immediately, One)
million spindles and 25,000 looms
are represented in the mills included
in the agreement. These mills con
sume annually 300,000 bales of cot
ton.
Nine Mills Will Close.
Union, S. C, Oct. 25. Nine cot
ton mills in this county, represent
lng 300,000 spindles and 8,000 looms
employing 5,000 operatives and con
suming annually more than 60,000
bales of cotton, will close down, it
was announced to-day for one week
or more. The mill representatives
say that the present prices of cotton
goods are not keeping pace with the
advance of raw cotton, giving the
mills no margin or profit.
PRESIDENT'S TOUR
Making Trip From St Louis
Down Mississippi to
New Orleans.
MR. TAFFS PQSSUL1 STOLEN
Possum and Potatoes Disappeared
While Surrounded bj Detectives
and Policemen However, Another
One was Furnished for the Presi
dent's Dinner Given Grand Re
ception in Texas Spoke at Texas
State Fair, but was very Hoarse.
Dallas, Texas, Oct 23. President
Taft arrived here at 5:30 o'clock this
afternoon after a fast run by special
train from Houston, where he spent
three hours this morning. He was
taken immediately to the State Fair
grounds, where he made an open air
speech to a throng which filled the
big race track stand and spread far
out In every direction. Mr. Taft was
so hoarse that he could be heard only
a short distance. He spoke again
briefly tonight at a banquet tendered
to him at the Oriental Hotel and re
turned to his train preparatory to
leaving early tomorrow morning for
St. Louins. From St. Louis on Mon
day afternoon the President will be
gin a pilgrimage of a four days and
five nights down the Mississippi river
to New Orleans.
At Hempstead, Tex., the President
spoke to several hundred pupils of
the Prairie View Colored State Nor
mal School, and at College Station
addressed the students of the Agri
cultural and Mechanical College, who
were drawn up in uniform. An unfor
tunate incident of the President's
trip to Dallas was the bayoneting of
Deputy Clerk Louis Reichtenstein by
one of the militiamen on guard at
the Fair grounds. Reichenstein was
operated on tonight at St. Paul's San-
tarium and It was said he could not
lve. The stabbing occurred just be
fore the President's train arrived at
the fair grounds and it is presumed
that Reichenstein was trying to force
way through the crowd, although
t is said he was behind the wire
pable holding the crowd back when
the soldier used his bayonet.
The knife-like weapon went entire
ly through Relehtenstein's body in
the vicinity of the abdomen.
President Leaves Texas.
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 24. Presi
dent Taft left Texas this afternoon!
after spending nine days in that State
and Is speeding tonight toward St.
Louis, where he will arrive at 7:30
a. m. tomorrow. With ft formal
breakfast, a speech in the vast St
Louis auditorium, a luncheon and the
dedication of a government building
n East St. Louis before him. the
resident will have every moment of
his time occupied up to 5 o'clock to
morrow afternoon when, on the
steamer Oleander he will lead a pro
cession of boats containing Govern
ors, Senators, Representatives and
delegates down the Mississippi river
to New Orleans to attend the conven
tion of the lakes to gulf deep water
ways association.
President's 'Possum Stolen.
The President's train developed a
full-fledged mystery today. Railroad
detectives, special police and secret
service men to the contrary notwith
standing, somebody stole the Presi
dent's 'possum. It happened at Dal
las, where it seemed as though there
were at least a million policemen.
special officers and plain clothes men.
Deputy sheriffs and militiamen on
guard and the authorities there this
morning were inclined to charge it
up as another "black hand" outrage.
A fat, sleek, shiny-looking "possum
was put aboard the train yesterday
at Hempstead, Tex. He occupied one
half of an orange crate, while on the
other side was a "mess" of sweet po
tatoes intended to be served as a con
comitant of the feast The 'possum
and potatoes were safely stored away
in the Presidential baggage ear. With
memories of the 'possum dinner in
Atlanta last winter still fresh in his
mind, the President suggested this
morning that the Hempstead gift
should have the place of honor
among the viands for dinner on the
Mayflower" this evening.
Then came the astonishing news
that the 'possum had disappeared.
The man in charge of the baggage
car had set the crate on the platform
last night at Dallas, and despite the
fact that the train was surrounded by
bluecoats throughout the period of
darkness, the morning's light reveal
ed the fact that the "bird" had flown
taking the sweet potatoes with him.
Through some psychological phe
nomenon the President's desires and
the woeful loss at Dallas traveled
ahead of the train and when it ar
rived at Longview at noon today an
other 'possum, all dressed for cook
ing, was put aboard. Consequently
the 'possum dinner on the Mayflower
was not postponed.
Death of Senator Johnson
United States Senator M. N. John
Bon, of North Dakota died Thursday
night He was a Republican, hut as
the Governor is a Democrat he will
appoint a member of his party to
succeed Senator Johnson.
NASH COUNTY FARMERS ORGANIZE.
Union Was Perfected at Nashville
Saturday Tea Local Unions.
Spring Hope. N. C Oct 3S. The
Nash County Union of the Farmers'
Educational and Co-operative Union
of America was organized at Nash
ville Saturday. J. G. Green. State
organizer, Marshvllle, Union County,
was present and made a most excel
lent speeeh. He emphasized the fact
that the Union would have absolute
ly nothing to do with partisan pol
itics. J. O. Sledge, county organizer,
had already started ten local unions
in the county, and representatives of
these were present and organized the
County Union, electing the follow
ing officers:
W. F. May, Spring Hope, Presi
dent; C. P. Harper, Philadelphia.
Vice-President; 8. J. Ellen, Dortches,
Becretary and Treasurer; P. A. May,
Spring Hope. Chaplain; W. B. Hun
ter, Nashville, Doorkeeper; M. T.
Strickland, Nashville, Conductor, and
W. B. Bunting, A. P. Bobbltt, and
E. A. Hunter, members of the Execu
tive Committee.
Tne attendance Saturday was a
representative one. The next meet
ing will be at Nashville first Monday
in December. The farmers are tak
ing hold of the organization, and it
bids fair to do good in Nash Coun
ty. It stands for good schools, good
roads, and better farming, the battle
cry being, "Live at Home," and that
means better schools, better roads,
and better farming.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
The second annual meeting of the
North Carolina Drainage Association
meets in this city on November 10th
and 11th.
Raymond Ellis, son of Mayor pro
tern Ellis, of Wilmington, was fatal
ly crushed between cars near Chad
bourn Friday afternoon.
The remains of a negro infant was
found in a well at Centerville, Frank
lin County, Friday afternoon. Cer
tain parties are under suspicion, but
no arrests have been made.
The Granville County Confederate
monument will be unveiled at Ox
ford Saturday, October 30 th. Gov.
Kitchln will deliver the address on
the occasion.
Thomasville and Statesvllle were
visited by a severe orm Saturday.
Chimneys were blown down In
Thomasville, and poultry was killed
by hall at SUtesvllle.
Andrews, a small town on the
Murphy division of the Southern
Railway, was visited by a destructive
fire Sunday afternoon. Six build
ings were burned, entailing a loss of
$6,000.
James Word, a well-known printer
at High Point, met a tragic death
Friday afternoon. He was helping
to unload a heavy imposing stone
when it fell upon him, mashing the
body horribly.
Dr. Thomas J. Boykln, a native of
Sampson County, died in Chicago
Monday. Mr. Boykln was a surgeon
in the Confederate army during the
civil war. He lived in Baltimore for
a number of years after leaving this
State.
The North Carolina Synod of the
Presbyterian Church are holding
their annual meeting this week at
Red Springs. Rev. A. R. Shaw, of
Charlotte, the retiring moderator,
preached the opening sermon Tues
day night.
In Federal Court at New Bern
Saturday Albert I pock was sentenc
ed to serve two years in Atlanta pen
itentiary for aiding at a blockade
distillery. J. M. Harrison, a mer
chant of New Bern, was tried for re
tailing whiskey, and fined one hun
dred dollars and sentenced to Atlan
ta for It months. Both parties are
white.
REMOVE MRS. HATES REMAINS.
Will Be Laid to Rest in Capital of the
Confederacy.
Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct 25.
The ashes of Mrs. J. Addison Hayes,
"Daughter of the Confederacy," are
to-night on the way to Richmond,
Va., for final burial in Hollywood
Cemetery, beside the' body of Jeffer
son Davis. President of the Confed
erate States, and hie wife, father and
mother of Mrs. Hayes.
The urn containing the ashes is
accompanied by Mrs Hayes, Jeffer
son Hayes Davis, their son, whose
surname was changed "- by authority
of the Legislature to perpetuate the
Davis name and the other children.
Mrs. Hayes died July 18th and the
body was cremated in Denver. Ser
vices will be held in $t Paul's Cathe
dral in Richmond on Friday, when
public homage will he paid.
Signs of Good Time.
The directors of the Norfolk &
Western Railway have ordered 1.500
new freight ears in addition to the
600 cars now being built Every car
is in service, it is said, and the road
fears a shortage. If there was any
doubt about good times being here,
this ought to help dispel it Winston
Journal.
BILK IN CHINA
The Major Visited the Em
porer end Gave Him Some
Good Advice.
SUSPICIOUS OF FOREIGNERS
The Real Ruler of China Is a Matter
of Uncertainty When tbe Em
press Locked the Emperor Up
Chinese. G rowing Suspicious Ma
jor Bilklns Will Soon Visit the
Philippine Islands A Very Inter
esting Country.
(Correspondence of The Caucasian
Enterprise. )
Pekin, China. October 14. Erbout
the greatest experience I hev had in
China wuz my visit to the palace ov
the Emperor that rules over China;
that lz. the Chinese gentleman who
wears the title ov Emperor, fer China
lz just erbout az uncertain az to who
her real ruler lz az she lz about other
matters, an' ov course, that means
that they iz a great guessln' match
goin' on. fer they iz nothln' certain
In China except uncertainty. For a
number ov years the supposed boss
ov the Chinese ranch wuz a woman
who iz styled the Dowager Empress.
Considerin' that she iz a Chinese
woman she may be counted as smart
But somehow, no one seems ter be
certain, there lz an emperor mixed up
in the business. He lz a nephew ov
the Empress. But fer the fact that
he lz a near relative, there mite be
more peace in the royal household.
Hit required the full endorsement
ov the United States consulate before
I could get a date with the Emperor
fer hit seems that the Chinese hev
had sich a run ov bad luck, growln'
out ov the "Boxer" trouble several
years ergo, which cost her a vast sum
ov money before she could settle with
the various governments, that her
people air naturally growin' suspi
cious ov awl foreigners. But that lz;
after awl, a gude sign. The officials
an' the plain folks air gettin' more
sensible, more cautious, an' that iz
really the only gude sign you kin no
tis in China. In everything else, awl
most, they air two thousand years
behind.
When I rode up to the gates ov the
royal palace a guard met me. Seeln'
that I wuz an American he began to
speak my language, askln' pcrlitely,
if he could be ov service. I told him
my name an' displayed the letter
from the American Ambassador. He
reported my presence to another of
ficial an' then I wuz invited in, a ser
vant takin' charge ov Bob, leadln'
him off to the rear ov the palace an'
jabberin' to him in Chinese. Bob hez
listened to so much furrin talk since
we hev bin on this trip that he does
not mind hit. One would think that
a big, foolish country like China
would hev a very fine palace fer the
Emperor, but hit iz not Some ov the
homes in the various cities air finer,
though fine homes air rather scarce
here.
I wuz soon in the presence ov the
Emperor. He rose to hlz feet an
"kowtowed" or bowed low. I never
practiced the kowtow, but I gave him
one ov my beet Terrible Creek bows,
an' I guess hit satisfied him, fer the
waitin' servant at once placed a cu-rious-lookin'
chair behind me an' I
sat down. These visits to kings and
emperors awlways tire me, though 1
don't want to miss them.
The Emperor axed me how things
air movin on over in America. I
told him I had bin out ov the country
fer quite a while, but I guessed the
panic wux erbout over, an' things wuz
movin' erlong, as I notised in a news
paper, The London Times, that cot
ton an things wuz a very gude price
In the United State. "Your people
are fond of the new President, Mr.
Taft," sed the Emperor. "Oh, yes;
he iz O. K. I think," sez I, "He it
goin' erbout a gude deal an' shakin'
hands with the folks, an' that adds
ter hlz popularity. The ruler ov a
great country, whether he be a pres
ident, a king or an emperor, ought to
mix up with the folks an' try to find
out what they want an' what they
need. Hit makes the people feel bet
ter, satisfies them in many ways, an
that iz about awl the average man
needs, iz a satisfactory feelin', to feel
that he iz gettin a square deal." I
could notis that the emperor seemed
ter be a-thinkin an' I hope he will be
a better man.
"How long hev you been visitin in
China, an' what do you think ov my
country?" axed the emperor.
"Only a few weeks." sez I "You
hev a wonderful country in a- way.
Any country that will sustain life,
support four hundred millions or
peole, must hev producln qualities.
But I notis that many ov your people
live hard, harder than necessary. But
that may be their own fault in part
Too many or them depend upon
gamblin an sich az that Gamblers
air not producers ov anything hut
trouble. If you an' your assistant
law-makers would find some way to
put an end to gamblin' an' opium-
smokin' you'd hev one ov the great
est countries in the world in ten
years. You people air naturally
tough an' industrious. Most ov your
country hex a cool elimate an' lazi
ness does not elog the wheels ov
progress in a climate ov that kind.
(Continued on Page 3.)
MR. JUSTICE PECK1IAM DEAD.
Was an Associate Jutic of the l' ait
States Supreme Court.
Albany, N. Y.. Oct. 24. Rufus W.
Peckham, Associate Justice of th
United States Supreme Court, died at
S:16 o'clock to-night at Cool more,
his summer home at Altamont, Al
bany County. Justice Peckham had
been in 111 health for some time, but
his condition was not considered seri
ous until recently.
Justice Peckham was a Democrat.
and before taking a seat on the
bench, gave considerable attention to
politics in New York. He was born
In Albany. N. Y.. November 8. 1S3S,
and had been on the bench. State
and Federal, for twenty-six years.
He was the last of President Cleve
land's Democratic appointees to the
Federal Supreme Court, Chief Justice
Fuller White being the other two.
He took his seat in January. 1896.
"A Shame and a Scandal."
Charlotte Chrbnicle.)
The last Legislature passed a law
providing death by electrocution In
stead of hanging, for criminals con
demned to die. Last May a negro,
named Morrison, killed a woman in
Robeson County, was tried, convicted
and sentenced to be put to death on
September 10th. He was sent to tbe
State penitentiary at Raleigh to be
held in confinement pending the date
of his execution, but when the day
arrived the electrical apparatus was
not in readiness and he was respited
until October 15th. Again it was
found that the death chair was not
ready and the unhappy man was
respited until November 16th. If
ever anybody had a cause to sue the
State for mental anguish. It strikes
us that this negro has a good case.
In his own mind he has died twice
and Is to die a third time. The whole
case savors of the Inhuman. The
State need not have waited for the
nstallation of a regularly equipped
electrical death chamber apparatus.
Any ordinary electrician on a split
bottom chair, a prison stool or an
empty dry goods box and set the wire
to do the work properly. If Governor
Kitchin finds that things will not be
n shape by November 12th to satisfy
the law and put this prisoner out of
his misery, and will notify The
Chronicle, it will send an electrician
to Raleigh who will do the work and
make no fuss about it. This first ex
periment of the State in the way of
electrocution Is a shame and a
scandal.
Cotton Picking Machine.
That cotton picking machine which
was tested last Tuesday at Bennetts-
vllle, S. C, may mean as much to the
cotton grower as Fulton's steamboat
making Its way up the Hudson river
meant to the navigator. Can a ma
chine be made that will successfully
pick cotton? We are afraid to say
no. They said, and not many years
ago, that no machine would ever suc
cessfully set type, but the type-setting
machine has been In successful
operation for a number of years.
They will pick cotton by machinery,
too, and in a few years the
man in the cotton field with just
his fingers to do the picking will be
as far behind the times as Is the man
with a reaphook by the Bide of the
man driving tbe self-binder In the
grain field. A successful cotton plck-
ng machine is not as much of a
dream in this day of invention as
was the self-binding reaper to our
fathers as they wielded the reaphook.
-Monroe Enquirer.
Roanoke Man Shoots Thirteen-Yt
Old Wife and Ends His Own Life.
Roanoke, Va., Oct 25. Following
a quarrel In their home near the Nor
ton Coal Company's mines in Wise
County this afternoon, Chaa. Rhine
hart fatally shot his thirteen-year-old
wife and then killed himself.
When the glrl-wlfe started to bring
a bucket of water from a well she
was shot three times by Rhlnehart,
all the bullets taking effect in the
back and coming out just below the
breast. Rhlnehart then turned the
revolver on himself and blew out his
brains. It is said Mrs. Rhlnehart
cannot survive the night
Highwaymen Assault a Man for His
Money and Liquor.
Greensboro, N. C. Oct 22. One
of the boldest robberies ever perpe
trated here was committed last night
in a remote section of the city, when
two negroes. Jim George and Gwyn
Swinson, assaulted Eugene Davis
from behind and after knocking him
senseless with a rock, relieving him
of all his personal possessions, which
so happened to be a two-gallon jug
of whiskey and two dollars in money.
The highwaymen were arrested an
hour later by police officers at a no
torious negro dive, where they had
gone to enjoy the contents of the
jug. Both were given a preliminary
hearing in municipal court this
morning and sent to jail to await Su
perior court in default of f 100 bond
Boy Smothered to Death in Cotton
Goldsboro, Oct 22. A young son
of William Fields, living near here,
was smothered to death in a pile of
cottonseed. The boy had been play
ing with others in the seed during
the afternoon and was not missed
until sundown. A search was made
and his body was found buried in the
seed.
CHILDREN BURNED
Fire Little Girls Lose Their
Life at Lynchburg,
Virginia.
CHURCH ORPHANAGE LURKED
Twenty-Nlae CtUldrca Wer ta thm
IlaJldlng When th Fire Was IHs-rovered-Flaraes
Had Gained Great
Headway and Could Not II Eitta
guUhed Heroic Deeds la llesoi.
lag Children tne Little Girl Loc
Her Life la Trying to Sate Her
Bister.
Lynchburg, Va., October 2. Tbe
Shelton Cottage, the girls' home of
the Presbyterian Orphanage home of
the Virginia Synod, was destroyed by
fire this morning about 4 o'clock and
with It five little girls, members of
the nursery department of the Initl
tntion lost their live.
There were twenty-nine rhildren
and two adult women in the building
and It la regarded as a miracle that
more than half of them were not in
cinerated, for the entire baenient
and first floor were enveloped In
flames when discovered by Mrs.
Priest, the cook, who was sleeping In
the atructure.
When she discovered th blaze ah
aroused the entire number of occu
pants, and going to the third floor,
she brought twelve or fifteen girls to
the second floor and they were res
cued from the top of the porch, for
all means of escape through the
stairway was cut off and the building
was about ready to fall.
Mrs. Priest, after seeing tbe chil
dren in the main part of the building
out safely, was compelled to Jump,
and she suffered a dislocated shoul
der, the sprain of her back and a
painful wound on her scalp. She will
recover. Only one of the rescued
girls was Injured, and she sustained
a sprained ankle by jumping. Tbe
nursery was located on the second
floor of the wing of the building, and
the five children could have been res
cued had there been men near by.
One little girl who had been taken
out on the roof of the veranda, found
her young sister was lnalde the
building and she returned to get her.
Both of them perished.
The Insurance on the buildinc and
contents is 1 6,000. The building was
donated by Mrs. F. X. Barton, of
Danville, as a memorial to her
father.
WINSTON MAN SHOT AND ROB
BED. Was on Collecting Tour When As
saulted and Robbed Identifier
Assailant.
Winston-Salem, N. C. Octo. 25.
J. J. Reed, aged 58, who conducts a
grocery store in this city, while out
collecting In the northern part of
the city this morning was shot and
robbed of fifty dollars by two white
men unknown to Reed.
The wounded man was removed to
the hospital and Is not expected to
live through the night. Reed lay
an hour or more after be was shot
before he was found by a woman
who promptly reported to the police.
The wounded man was removed to
the hospital, and this afternoon he
identified Ernest Dymott as being
the man who shot him.
Officers are now looking for Dy-
Hfs pal. Dock Brewer, the two
C ed parties, who spent last night
l. section where Reed was a-
sat and robbed.
OON CRUSHED TO DEATH. .
Cotton Valued at Nearly Two Million
Dollars Exported From Wilming
ton Monday.
Wilmington. N. C. Oct. 25. Will
Hendricks, colored, 4 5 years old, ser
ving a two-year term on tbe county
road force for blind tigering, was
burled beneath many tons of rock at
the quarry near the city to-day and
Instantly killed.
The negro had gone under a ledge
of rock, of which he had been warn
ed, to smoke a cigarette,- and while
seated there the rock gave way and
it was half an hour before the body
could be recovered. The coroner
deemed an Inquest unnecessary.
The British steamer Thlstlemoor
cleared to-day with the record cot
ton cargo of the season. 15,900 bales.
valued at more than a million dol
lars, and consigned by Alexander
Sprunt tc Son. to Liverpool. In ad
dition the day's exports Included the
Catallna for Havre, France, with 8.-
600 bales, running tbe value of tbe
day's exports up to nearly two mil
lion dollars. Six steamers are now
receiving cargo at the compresses of
Alexander Sprunt Jb Son.
Must Place Woman's Name on Ticket
Baltimore, Md., Oct 22. Judge
Stockbrldge in the city court to-day
rendered a decision under which the
board of supervisors of elections will
be compelled to place. on the ticket
to be voted next month the name of
Mrs. Anna Smith Lang as a candi
date of the Socialist party for the
house of delegates of the Maryland
Legislature, the board having refus
ed to place her name on the ticket
because of her sex.
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