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State Netfs. , MILLS CLOSK IX GAKTO.V COUNTY.! ,1 General Netfs. uxxx. mn rrjon nr. govoivmkst sats wo cnor. The post-ofSce at Tbbmasville baj been advanced from the third to the second class. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad will erect a new brick passenger sta tion at Wilson. Tfiirtjr Spinning Mills Have Cloi for, at Let a lantli ThoosAodii of j tlmphfjm Thrown, fui of Work, j Suasion. Va., has adopted the? Gaitonla. N. C, July 1. Thirty or commission form of government, more spinning mill in Gaston County ; ) will be closed down for the next ten Eleven persona were drowned sear days, or two weeks, and as a cons Boston Sanday while la bathing. quence many thousands of mill oper- j Thm Wm 123 Deaths Ihse to flirt- North CanUft tvmtmnl rf Agrf. site Heat Reported la Oa tay. Washington, a a. Inly 3. With j Vttxj of the Ooeatry. . n J l reports of lot decrees of temttraiarv I Waaalcgies, ik . josy front fonr widely separated cities. to-HPStissate of the crop of Itll tadi- The rural delivery carriers of North Carolina held their annual meeting in Winston-Salem Tuesday. The committee which baa been Investigating the bribery charges against Senator Lorimer has adjourn ed until the 13th. Eight 1 1 res were lost In the col- gether with a score sore cities broil ing in temperature of 100 degrees and ever there is so hop of relief discovered. Heat is taking heavy toll of death, the suffering Is increased by the drouth hkh Is practically csbrok en exeept in the southeastern and Gulf ctr that it will be the largest la the history of the country, approximat ing, according to the present Cgarws, 14.I2S.OOC bale of 50 o pounds each, exceeding by almost a million bales the re-cord crop of 1504. Dr. .V. A. Murray, actiag chief of the rrj?p reporting board of t&e De Sutes, where the temperatures partaest of Agriculture, today mad At lapse oi one oi me mam nuiiaing is moderate At is vf.r n. th f!lwinr statement subsequent of. the new $400,000 waterworks at ; reau here the mercury reached the to the issuance of the cotton crop re Buffalo. N. Y., Friday. ! mark at 2 o'clock; two hoars later J port: says wrltf is -oa three barrets , clover started ? pist a more crop of ctovrr. i : rcctly cm the m? fana of sosse f t mine, and as the cot raiie bean " h one cow and a hor bat he made -and put oa abotst u e to th t ? three or four yr six year suy u worth of man-art. n he cut a feravy fc , cows and two hor. els of cats, cn!trr tat or for his o; -,, sell. He paid : ... A 200. . S - a w it 4' it;. 1 5! I, The agricultur; t-. atlves will be idle for that period. This number represents 75 per cent or more of the spinning mills and even larger percentage of spindles in this county. Those mills which nie their own yarn In manufacturing The people of Charlotte Tuesday clolh wJn not cog down thouga u voted for fSU.000 bond itsuo for Ja a fact lhat a (ew ot lhe millg in. permonent improvemenU. eluded in this number are affected by T.( . t, , 4 , v . tne snortage or power caused by low? the thermometer at the street level "The report shows the condition The first I resbyterian Church of water on the Catawba and a conse- Secretary of the Navy Stimson sails .bowed a temperature of 107. Two! of the crop to be higher than on any r0?0,0!"?' em eiat a. c,O8t.0f about fluent shortage in electric power to-day for the Canal Zone to intpect fatalities occurred here toar and corresponding date in the last ten 94i.uuu( was aeaicaiea sunaay. i available. the work an the Panama Canal and The unfavorable condition of the surrounding conditions. A special term of Buncombe court , yara market Is given as the real . convened at Asheville Monday with cause for this shut-down. One of the Commander Alfred A. Pratt. Unit forty liquor cases on the docket; j best posted manufacturers in this sec- 2 States Navydied at the Mare Isl- tion stated to-day that he would not! and Hospital yesterday Just three Mr. George Gurley, of Princeton, j be surprised if the larger part of the days after retirement. Johnston County, was killed some spinning mills in Gaston and this lm- nnvfi o zrr riv o cT v- L'a nr llirhtnlncr . . . . - . - a . . i -v' "J - i ..fene,. meaiate section snouid find it neces-: voncora, .ew nampsnire, ngnt mi 102 was the highest in Its history. sary to remain iaie ior a montn or i"e atari oi cngiana s summer Albany. X. Y Prsnn r-a! ri.t- ; resorts, was the hottest place on the-bus, Ohio, and Parkersburg W Va map yesterday morning. bad the same. 4 .,, . ! So far 123 deaths as a result of the Hoke Smith was inaugurated Gov- j heat to-day are reported. They are jernor of Georgia Friday. He is also; as follows: Boston, 3; Chicago, 4S ;a candidate for the United States, Louisville. 2: Newark. Nr J x-'vv I which contest will come off in a fwi York 20 WashimH v. . lylL). i: Linrinnatl A P Itshnrir R' In PnffAn rrnvth la In Anm .HflfMik. Ml t. K4.w. . . ... ! Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsvl-? September, so that anr estimate at hiwitr a4ioei4tbi.t,v I)Ah TJ..MAM 9 JM (. ? " " xiu nuuB ui ougiws aujourn-i vania. 20: Baltimore 4- TnAn n ! this tim mut t.von .ik - ' 'f ff w . i w f ( ' " W w V 4 " V V UJ eu iasiai.uraay 10 meei again yes-- 5. allowance. teraay, so the politicians could go home to make Fourth of July; speeches. occurred here to-day and corresponding date nineteen persons who were overcome, years, A month ago the general con by the heat are being treated at the diton was SS per cent above the ten- hospitals, while others are beinc civ- year average. To-day it is 10.3 per, .ortfc Carolina diJ en private attention. cent above the ten-year average. mention it. so tz Ioulsvllie. Ky.. SL Joseph, Mo., "The' acreage of cotton this year i North Carolina pn4u Davenport. Ia., Yuma Arir., are the is about 35,000,000. All owing for j Ir acre than any oih four cities in which the 104 mark the average amount of abandonment! lotte Observer. t4 was reached. The Boston record of about 1.000.000 acres the indlca State druggists will meet at More- more head City in their thirty-second an- nual convention July 12. 13, and 14.; A Uoknis Promoter. The Durham Tobacco Storage Com-! Fayetteville. N. C, July 3. Sev pany has let the contract for the re-'eraI weeka ao W. E. Housel. from building of the big warhouse which ;Xew York came here and opened of was blown down last Mav. ficea for the North Carolina Orchards , company. Alter a little wnile Mr. ; Vernon McGlamery, of Stanton. i Housel left town' Presumably to go; i a 1 . a s mm 1 uons are vumi approx.raaieiy it.uuu.-rfm,. nirtf- 1 000 acres of cation will be harvested. ' HU,Ufc UW6 wu IfrZll, "The condition indicates a probable TwJ ?.wln yield of 202, S pounds per acre, which raL miu la s " . . on 34,000,000 acres would mean 6. 895,000,000 pounds, or about 14, 425.000 bales. "This calculation allows for aver- Wilkes County, was kicked by a horse a few days ago and received Injuries causing his death. after his wife who was. at his New York home. Days elapsed and he has not returned. The sationery of the company names Mr. John O. El- E. C. McConnell, a policeman 0f lington of the Fourtn National Bank Asheville, was shot and dangerously ! of this city as treasurer. To wounded Monday by John Huff whom day Mr Ellington made the follow he had in custody. The negro made) lng statement to The Observer-corre-his escape. j spondent: No such company ever existed ex- "the largest previous production Dr. John W. Abercrombie, Presi dent of the University of Alabama, has been removed by the trustees of the University. Xo reasons were giv- M A 1 !.-...... i en inr rnp rpmnvai toward liumgardner, assistant cp 4" lUB,llMU imagiuaiiou 01 w. electrician for the Thornton Light and Power Company of Hickory was electrocuted Tuesday night repairing a street lamp. At Wilmington Saturday afternoon Jim urown, a negro, killed John! E. Housel. simDlv and Durelv a nro moter. No money has tver been sub scribed .to the enterprise here be cause Housel never put up any him self. I have never qualified as treas urer for that reason." The report here is that a deal has The price of corn in Kansas and Illinois has advanced materially dur ing the past few days. On account of the hot dry weather the dealers fear a short crop this year. Country Experiences Another Ilot jof cotton in this country was in 1904 uay ao itellef In Sight. ; wnen It aggregated 13,679,954 bales Washington, n r tw 4a ifiof 500 pounds each." to protest upon behalf of "Youne! Tn coition of the cotton crop America" against the wave of "safety and sanity" making for greater phy June 25th was 88.2 per cent of a nor mal, compared with S7..S per cent on sical comfort, which has character-) May 25, 1911 : 80'7 P cent on June ized the celebration of the National birthday, the elements to-day held in 25, 1910. 74.6 per cent In 1909 and SO per cent, the average condition on Lanee, another negro, by slashing his! been made whereby the land that thei throat. Brown placed In jail. was arrested and Children under sixteen years of age are not allowed to roam over the streets of Asheville after 9 o'clock at night, unless they are accompanied by their parents or guardians. company proposed to develop has been included in a deal by which Congressman Kent, a wealthy Cali fornian, acquires 40,000 acres. Mr. Housel has left these parts and it is not known where he is. Mr. J. S. Pierce, of Henderson, fell j dead Saturday at the Poythress coal yard, wherehe was employed. Mr. Pierce appeared to . be in perfect health that morning. v He was about forty-five years of age, and leaves a wife and several children. Severe Storm in Surry Company Struck by Lightning. Elkin, N. C, July 3. An electrical storm of terrific violence swept over this section this afternoon, striking several persons and doing much dam age to property. .Telephone informa tion from Roaring Gap states that lit tle Miss De-witt Chatham, daughter . I of Mr. H. G. Chatham, of Elkinwas The headless body of Ayron Wal- j struck. She was unconscious for an ker, a young negro residing near Em-j hour, but is fortunately not seriously ma. Buncombe County, was found injured. The same bolt severely Saturday night by a crew of one of j shocked Mrs. Chatham ' and Miss the trains between the railroad bridge j Louise Roth.. and the Murphy junction. The body in Yadkin" County, two miles away, was still warm. 1 Robert Meyers was struck by light- . ' i ning and is reported to be in a criti- Mrs. W . H. Corbett and Miss Alfred j cal condition Edwards, of Pitt County, were killed j Lightning' struck the Baptist uy a biroKe ot ngntning last Thurs- j church and tore up the roof and also day afternoon while working, in a ! the barnf Mr. Roth, near town, de field. A son of Mrs. Corbett, who j stroying the barn. A freakish bolt was at work near by, was rendered ; struck the gun of a guard doing util unconscious by the same bolt. s ity woA on the railroad, ran down the barrel and burned the man's arm of the year. Of the 84 observation stations of the Weather Bureau in this country, 22 recorded official max- From this on all the railroad must5 imum temperatures of 100 degrees or report to the Inter-State Commerce1 more' while a considerable majority Commission by telegraph, "any collis-i showed over 90 degrees, ion, derailment", or other accident," ' The greatest heat area was in the resulting in the death of one or more! MiddIe and Central Western States. ; lhe south was relatively cool, and i except that most of the territory Five Dersons were' killed and t.wnialon& the borders of the north-most the greater portion of the country ini June 25tn durinS the past ten years the grip of the most acute heat wave! ""u"s " e department or Agri culture's estimate announced at noon to-day. persons. injured in .a grade crossing accident at Ozone Park, near New York City, Sunday. The victims were in a horse drawn vehicle which was struck by a Long Island train. Mrs. Maud McCrary, of Los An geles, Cal., killed her three small children and then hanged herself Friday while visiting friends at Lock- ney, Texas. The excessive heat had unbalanced her mind. of the great lakes were also cool, it would almost have seemed as if the points ot the compass had reversed themselves for "the day. The Pacific Coast was also a notable exception, that part of the country enjoying pleasant weather. The greatest heat recorded was Aviator Flies From Boston to Atlan tic City In Five Hours. Atlantic City, N. J., July i. thrill was given thousands of holi day visitors here this afternoon when N. Atwood, the aviator, after fighting neayr winds throughout his first flight from New York, terminated the third leg of his proposed journey irom Boston to Washington by land ing in his biplane on the beach front. During the flight Atwood made three landings for gasoline. Once near Ashbury Park, the second at Tuckerton, N. J., and the third at TT 104 degrees in the weather observa-! " U 7 iT, ' At' tories which in numerous Instances!8" "at 3udgis ,from the meant a temperature of almost 110 f Saso,line hf had used he degrees at street level. Eight cities, Ha lVinr.iT T -II 1 1 . , Albany, Boston, Charles must have traveled at least 250 mile3. five City. Desk: lutu t t:: .. Moines. Kansas P.ftv Oman mbiance along tne coast u iuiBiaua a luameu woman sj .x ' r J ' is about 115 milps property is subject to her husband's ! Clty and Indianapolis. had a maxi-l mum or 1U4 degrees. J debts. Only a few days ago an auto mobile belonging to a married woman in that State was sold to satisfy a claim against her husband. Fatalities resulting from the heat were numerous, especially in thei The lifeless body of Isaiah Miller, colored, was found on the railroad track at Asheville Saturday night. The barn and stables of S. E. Coch- j ran, of Mecklenburg County, werei aesiroyea oy Are Saturday. A horse severely, doing no serious injury. Reports of damage to property and live stock are coming in from all over the county. The storm was accom panied by a heavy downpour of rain, which washed out streets and roads, Robt. II. Goode and his wife, who lived near Petersburg, Va., lost their minds a few days ago at the same time and were arrested while trying to tie their children to the railroad track. Statesville Landmark. and a mule were also consumed in j but proved a blessing in disguise to the flames. . the farmers. . . . . j Detailed reports state that Mrs. Following injuries sustained by be- Chatham, her daughter and Miss ing run over by his own train at Nor- Roth were .sitting by an open win wood Thursday afternoon. Rudolph dow, when the bolt entered, center Melton, Southern Railway fireman, of ing upon Miss Chatham, rendering fapencer died at a sanitarium in Sal-j all senseless. There was no damage isbury that night. Both . legs were to the hotel, cut off by the wheels of a cir under i - whioh hf foil n-Vn"l- mni,;nn. f ling. He leaves a young wife and two small children. Family Poisoned by Food From Galvanized Bucket. I Thomasvllle, N. C, July 1. Mr. The hot wave had a bad effect on! Alfred S. Miller and family, living a a large portion of Charlotte's popula- few-miles south of town, were pois tion Saturday. During a base-ball! oned by food which had been put in game the umpire, named Nugent, ! to a galvanized bucket and hung in made a decision that displeased many the well over-night. The food had the West Continued drought in Kansas togeth er with the stifling heat which has recently prevailed, has worked great- Capt. Eugene F. Ware, a Kansas I er damaSe to all of the grain crops, poet and lawyer, known also as "Iron-i the oats crop DeinS ported as vir quill," seventy years old, died Satur- j tually ruined. Hay crops, likewise, day night of heart disease at Cascade, are almost a total loss, while the a mountain retreat in Colorado. He j fruit crop wil1 not average more than was Federal Pension Commissioner half its usual yield. Moving Soldiers From Texas. Washington T r t , . i i - . large cities and the gayety of the General Leonard Wood announced at Nation s natal day was decidedly sob- the White House, after a coXence ered by the rigors of the atmos-1 wlth President Taft. that he had been In 'the great farmin sectin f ! rd!r thl ""drawal ttt . . ! Wl luUi e;iiiienis irom tne maneuver crops sunerea damage. i riHric,- e " under President Roosevelt. Hundreds of deaths are reported from the cities and the number of Congressman "Private" John Al-1 !?atPr0Stit,0M WiU rtm Wel1 Into 1 r if: : i s i , . luuuodUUB. u, ui luississiypi, nas Drougnt suit against three newsnaners in his State for libel. They charged that the ! Jwenty-Six Deaths From Heat in New Congressman broke into a building! York Yesterday, and stole a jug of whiskey somej New York, July 4. The cumula years ago. I tive effects of three days of the hot- v j test weather this city has experienced A Michigan girl has written the ; Ju years manifested itself to-day in a Postmaster-General at Washington ! list of twenty-six deaths attributed to of the crowd, and but for the protec tion of policemen the. umpire would have been mobbed. Several wanted him strung up and lynched. The um pire had to be hustled out of town to save his life. Guilford Lumber Company's Plant Destroyed by Fire. Greensboro, N. C, July 3. The Guilford Lumber -Company's plant was partially destroyed by fire to night, entailing a loss of between $30,000 and $40,000 In burned ma chine shop and machinery finished work and rough lumber. There is but small Insurance. . been prepared for a wheat-threshing force the day before (Tuesday) and on Wednesday for breakfast the fam ily ate of it heartily and soon had to call a physician. By heroic efforts the physician saved the family. - Over 300 Dropped From the Federal Pay-Boll. Washington, D. C, July l. r Three hundred and fifty-nine men -and wo men were separated f rom.the Govern ment pay-rolls yesterday afternoon. This number of clerks were dropped from the rolls of the Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce and Labor and from the Treasury De-1 partment. Dismissals in the- Census Bureau will continue from month to month until June 30, 1912;, when the force will be reduced to the normal size. Southern Commercial Congress Will Have Permanent Exhibit of South ern Products. Washington, D. C, July . The Southern Commercial Congress an nounces the opening in Washington, October .1st, of a permanent exhibit of Southern products, manufactures and resources. A floor space of 5, 500 square feet in one large room will .be used in the new Southern building. It will be made one of the points of interest to be, seen by all visitors in Washington. for a reward because she was born on the Fourth of July. Of course it was very patriotic in the girl to be born on that day but the Govern ment gives no reward. W. S. Williams, an employe of the mint at San Francisco, was wheeling a truck in the vaults of the mint when sacks containing $9,000,000 in gold toppled over on him and burled him, injuring him so that he may not recover. Statesville Landmark. the heat. Prostrations were counted by the score and fourteen drownings were reported. drvision at San Antonio. Texas cavalry will be moved at this time. and General Wood said he would se lect the organizations to return to their posts at once. WORK BROUGHT EXHAUSTION. Adel, Ga. "For three years," writes Mrs. C. J. Rentz, "I suffered with female troubles. When I would lie down. I could hardly breathe. I could not do any work without being exhausted. I took Cardui according to directions, and now I can do all my work, and do not suffer at n Cardui has brought health and happi- iicas lu mousanas or weak women. It-acts on the cause of women's backaches, headaches, nervousness, dragging sensations, weakness and imsery. u relieves. It cures. it JiltM, OWM to her t t tT txth ht rrjw4i:y emJ j u ; . IT Fhfel ; her Aaiv w. i. . - u ik . -i.T Tnl. -A . . . trotL tMbloOk1. lamer. th! mrt y T Noifolk Southern RafroS ROUTE OF nir. WIGHT KXPUKSK. Travel via Raleigh (Union Sutloi) and Norfolk Southern !Uilm4 ' to and IYotn All Ioinu u Eastern Nortli Carolina. SCHEDULE IX EFFECT JI XE 1L N. B. The following chiu! tj. ures published as information oali. and are not guaranteed. Trains Leave Raleigh 9:15 p. m. Daily 'Night Ei- press." Pullman Sleeping Car for Norfolk. 6:15 a, m. Dally for WiUo. Washington and Norfolk. Droif Parlor Car service between IUIe'.ri and Norfolk. 6:15 a. m. Dally, except Suciir. for New. Bern via Cbocowinity. Pr ior Car service. 3:00 p. m. Daily, except Suaiar. for Washington. Trains Arrive Raleigh 7:20 a. m. Dally 11:3ft a o. daily except Sunday and 8:15 p. a. daily. Trains Leave Goldsboro 5 p. m. Dally "Night D- press" Pullman Sleeping Car for Norfolk via New Bern. 7:15 a. m. Daily for Beaufort and Norfolk, Parlor Car b;Uees Washington and Norfolk. 3:20 p. m. Daily for New Bera. Oriental and Beaufort. Parlor Car Service. 4 A . 4 l xv. lit For further information and reser vation of Pullman Sleeping Car space, apply to D. V. CONN, General Agent. Raleigh. N. C. W. R. HUDSON. W. W. CROXTOX, General Supt, Gen. Pass. Agt. Norfolk, Virginia. Try Federal Treasury Shows a Good Sur plus. . Washington, D. C, July 2. Of ficial figures subject to revision, indi cate that the Federal Treasury to day for the fiscal year 1911r which closed Friday, will show an ordinary surplus of $45,681,620 and an excess of $31,305,923 over all disburse- ATTENTION,! Boys Girls Farm Topics Th t-corai , ,k v nent8. including Panama Canal and ESrE1 "LL ?.!na.Y ?" OTblle debt transactions. .vi.. -"j'"i uc cai were lar greater than the official estimates and will pass the $700,000,000 mark. The unexpected increase is due to the Every tiller of the soil should see to it that every particle of home products is utilized to the best advan tage and the residue returned to the soil. To Raise Young Turkeys. sunmittea to the Secretary of Navy at Washington its proposed building program - for the navy for the fiscal year of 1913 in which It recommends the construction of four first-class battleships, sixteen or eigh teen destroyers, a repair ship, a hospital-ship and a number of colliers, gunboats and transports. The pro gram contemplates the expenditure of $100,000,000. DEATH IN ROARING FIRE may not result from the work of fire bugs, but often severe burns are caused that make a quick need for Bucklen's 'Arnica Salve, the quickest, surest cure for burns, wounds, bruis es, boils, sores. It subdues inflamma tion..! It kills pain. - It soothes and heals. Drives off skin eruption, ul cers or piles. Only 25 cents at all druggists. Pope Versus Devil. A poultry raiser in elvlne- hi perience in raising young turkeys says: i 13 Very essentlal to keep them j off the grass in the morning while the dew is on. After tw a fact the $27,500,000 was paid in onjd to range feed them a little earh' the corporation tax, about $8,000,000 more than, officials expected at this time. Democrats Having a Hot Time in Alabama. Ruston, La., July 4. What gives district Attorney Jerome was, shaf- cal campaign experienced in Loulsi fing Archibishop Farley the other day (ana in a decade, with the gubernator- o . 7 manner., f lal seats the principal plums at stake, Suppose, he asked at last; "that j opened here to-day. Special trains the Pope and the devil were to liti- brought morp tian 2 onn gate a cause, vhich do you suppose t all parts of the State and in tfie midst of the speech-making an old-time would win? "The devil," said the Archbishop, with a malicious twinkle im his eye. "He would have all the lawyers on his side." ' eveninsr tn hn.... i 7. , , & mem nome. Always have a piie of air-slaked lime and I grit where they can get it and see how eagerly they will go after it on f. 0 . uie quui leathers of the wing and along the back. I nse m, good fresh Insect powder to dust them when they are a week old and once a week afterthat until S2 weeks old. if th f,,- I tn liro r. not due tin; r"Daoiy sed by some- riZT rv"ae.eaten- and for this;i """a" leaspoonf ul Fourth of July barbecure was served. There are six candidates in the race for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate. ' , of salts The Renefit of Wood Ashes. I-nad gravel? - -'ighth of an acre on a s, which era.,, very small and thin at that. 7 9 You can get a FOC TAIN PEN, guaranteed for one year, absolotd free by sending ni tvo new yearly rubscriberi to The Caucasian. 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