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THE ONLY AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA r OTTE NEWS More people read The News in Charlotte than any other TWO papers combined. We give Automobile Tickets for every 50 cents paid on subscription. VOL. XXXII NO. 4993. rRLOTTE, N. C.s FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1904. PRICE: 3 CENTS. RUSSIA DECLARES HAS HOT BOUGHT THOSE WARSHIPS Says the Report That She Has Purchased Either the Chilean or Argentine Boats, is Untrue. Admits That She Once Tried to Make Purchase. ARE 240 MILES BEHIND. Another Team Quits the Hopeless Grind on the Track. New York, Dec. 9. Another team, I the Sulkins-Rockowitz combination, j withdrew from the six-day bicycle race today, leaving only ten teams. They simply got tired of the hope less grind, being nearly 100 miles be hind the leaders. The leading teams are 240 miles be hind the record established by Miller and Walter in 1S99. 9 M HECESS i WAS CONCURRED I IN B THE HOUSE In Disabling the Fleet at Port Arthur, the Japanese Have Ac complished the Main Object of Their Desperate Assault Against the Fortress. St. Petersburg, Dec, 9. The Asso ciated Press is officially authorized to make the following statement: The report spread abroad that Rus sia has purchased either Chilean or Argetlne warships, are unture. An ef fort was made to secure them for the purpose of reinforcing Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's squadron before it sailed but there were so many difficul ties in the way, the project was aband oned. Having failed ourselves we are equally confident the ships will not fall into the hands of the Japanese.' The Associated Press is also author ized to state that even if every ship of The Port Arthur squadron is des troyed, it will have no effect on Ro jestvensky's plans, which have never contemplated any assistance from the Port Arthur squadron. Will Starve the Garrison. Tokio. Dec. 9. In disabling the Rus- j sian fleet at Port Arthur, precluding any posibility cf its being able to re inforce the Russian Second Pacific Squadron, the Japanese have accom I ished the main object of their des p rati- assaults against the fortress which they have been making for the past three months. There is now a strong probability that instead of assaulting, the Japan ese will rely on starving out the garrison until it is finally captured. Officers Dead and Wounded. Tokio. Dee. 9. The imperial head quarters has published a list of 36 offi cers killed and 58 wounded, presumably at Pert Arthur. Legation in London Apprised. London, Dec. 9. A dispatch to the Japanese legation from Tokio says: The Naval staff at Port Arthur re ports that Thursday evening the Pal lada was set on fire and keeled to the port, with stern sunk. "Eleven shots hit the gunboat Giliak. The Bryan took fire and is still ablaze t'ais afternoon. The transport Amur was hit four teentime? and sunk. Many shots great ly damaged the warehouses and other buildings near Peiyu Mountain and the arsenal." ENGLISH SPINNING MILLS. Make Poor Record But Is Better Than Lact Year. London, December 9. Eighty-seven cotton spinning mills, employing capi tal amounting to over $15,000,000, on ly made a profit of $150,000 for the year ending November 30. The same mills last year lost $220, 000. Tattersal's Manchester cotton circu lar, which gives these results, says thtj present profitable state of the spinning industry will not be fully felt this year. When Congress Adjourns, De cember, 21st, it Will be Until January the 4th., 1905. House Agrees to the Senate Resolu tion Today. GOVERNMENT CONTRACT. Causes This Firm to Make an Assign ment. Philadelphia. Pa., Dec. 9. The Nea- fie and Levy Ship Building Company, one of the oldest concerns of the kind in the country, made an assignment to- day to John W. Grantne. The com ; pany recently completed the cruiser "Denver" for the government, and is 1 now constructing the protected cruiser j "St. Louis." The latter is about 60 per cent completed. It is understood the financial loss on the work for the '. government caused the embarrassment 1 of the company. SEAMEN'S UNION. Will Ask Congress to Abolish a Cer tain Law. San Ftancisco, Dec. 9. The Interna tional Seamen's Union of America has adopted a resolution urging Congress to abolish the law providing for the imprisonment of seamen who desert in foreign ports. The present law does not punish sea men who desert their ships in ports of the United States. ILLINOIS LABOR LAW. No Boys Under 16 Years Can Work in Mines. Chimem rpp 9 Resinning Mondav. j Illinois child labor law wall be enforced in all the coal mines of the state. No boys under 16 will be permitted to work in the mines. It is estimated that the enforcement o fthe statue will j take 2,500 boys from employment un derground. MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT. YOUNG CHILD BURNED. i Douglas Says General Miles Will Be At Head of His Staff. Boston, Mass., Dec. 9 Governor elpot Wil'iam L. Douglas, today, an? ; nounced that General Nelson A. Miles, ; would be at the head of his staff. While (the Governor did not specify what posi tion Gen. Miles would fill, it is under stood it will be Adjutant General or ! possibly Inspector General. ELEVEN FISHERMEN Little Cleone Hannon Has Narrow Es cape Standing Before Grate. The one year old daughter of Mr. and Mr?. W. J. Haancn, who live on North Davidson street, was seriously burned this morning while standing before a grate and the mother also painfully burned her hands In putting out me flames which would otherwise have re sulted in the death of the child. At 8 o'clock Mrs. Hannon stepped out of the sitting room and during her absence from the room the little girl, Cleone. came in and it is supposed be gan playing about the fire. The first that, the mother of the child knew of the danger which threat ened the life of her child was when she heard the loud screams of the lit tle one and rushing into the room she found the child writhing in agony and the flames enveloping her body from head to foot. Mrs. Hannon, without taking any thought for herself attempted to put out the flames using her bare hands. finally succeeded in extinguishing the blazing dress and clothing of the young child, but not until she was herself painfully burned. Three physicians were hastily called in and the burns of the child, which were worst about the side of the face, were carefully dressed and remedies administered. The .child will recover, l!'t it was a close, call which she had this morning. DR. O'DONOGHUE'S WILL. DROWNED IN THE SEA The Sub Committee Reports to Full Committee Today, in the Matter of the Charges Against JudgeSwayne, of Florida. A Strong Case Against the Judge. Washington, Dec. 9. The House to day adopted the concurrent resolution providing that when the House and Senate adjourned on Wednesday, Dec. 21, it will be until January 4th, 19C5. The House in the committee of the whole, further considered the legis lative, executive, and judicial appropri ation bill. Mr. Hepburn's amendment, cutting off the appropriation for the civil service commission, was lost by a viva voco vote. Report on Swayne Case. The sub-committe of the House Judi ' ciary Committee which has been taking ! testimony in the case of Judge Swayne i of Florida, today reported to the full I committee the evidence heard since the adjournment of congress." ! Representative Palmer of Penusyl ! vania, chairman of the sub-committee was directed to submit to the House a ! report for the full committee embrac ing the following: 'The committee on the judiciary re spectfully report to the House the testi mony taken in the case of Charles Swayne. since the congress adjourned, with the conclusion that, in their opin ion, the said testimony strengthens the case against the said Charles Swayne." which he exnects to submit tomorrow will say the testimony shows that Judge SVayne, while the Jacksonville, Tampa, and Key West railway was in the hands of a receiver, appointed by him. accepted the free use of a private car belonging to the company, stocked with provisions out cf the ninds of the company, and with company's conduc tor, and cook, went from Guyencourt to Jacksonville; also Judge Swayne ac cepted the use of the same car to carry himself and a party of friends from Florida to California, and back, and he accepted the transportation for the car and its occupants over other roads. Mr. Palmer's report will further say fhp tesrimonv shows that Judge Swayne charged $10 a day as expenses, actually incurred, for every day he was away from home, while it will be added that the testimony of the witnesses show his expenses to have been less than that amount. Mr. Palmer will incorporate in his report the testimony given by Judge Swayne in his own behalf. GOOD ROADS BILL WILL DIE. While Going to the Assistance of Wrecked Steamer, the Fishing Boat Was Struck by Heavy Sea and All on Board Went Down to a Watery Grave. London. Dec. 9. Eleven fishermen were drowned today in an attempt to assist the Norweigian Steamer An glia. from Hamburg for Sunderland, which was wrecked on the rock near Newbiggin. Northumberland. In response to , a distress signal, a dozen fishermen went cut in a fishing boat which was struck by a heavy sea and swamped. The lifeboats, subsequently, picked up one survivor. The Anglias' crew are safe. Senator Latimer Has Given Up All Hooe. Washington, Dec. 9. Senator Lati mer has given up hope of the passage of his good roads bill at the present session of Congress. It has been announced that economy is to be the slogan of the session, and in every quarter where an effort has been made to obtain support for the measure, the question of legislative extravagance has been raised. The bill will die at. the end of this session. CAPTAIN HOBSON EXPLAINS. HS Tells the Truth About That In diana School Teacher. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 9. Capta'n Richmond Pearson Hobson, was here today en route to South Georgia, where he goes to deliver a series of lectures. Referring to the school teacher inci dent Captain. Hobson gave the follow ing statement, wmich consists of the closing remarks of a lecture he deliv ered in Ashtabula, Ohio, on last Fri day: "I beg your indulgence for a moment to say a necessary word of personal reference. "About two weeks ago complaint was made to your committee that caused them to consider the Question of having my engagement cancelled on account of reports that during the political cam paign, especially at Columbia City, In diana, I had uttered incendiary words against the President. "The reports were based upon my words in portraying the invariable end ing of a vaulting ambition which tram ples upon others, as it appears to the best people of the south, President Roosevelt has trampled upon their hap piness, portraying how this invariably ends by a dowfall. "The same reports alleged that a lady school teacher, eoming up to me after the lecture, said she despised me for such words. "As a matter of fact the school j teacher did not use such words and did I not refer to this part of my speech, as i I know, but to the part where I criti ' cized the President's lawlessness, citing , the making of executive appointments against the advice ana consent oi tue senate, as required by the constitution; thA infringement of the domain of the other co-ordinate branches of the gov ernment, and the writings, which justi fy lynching horse thieves and advanc ing the theory that in crises the con stitution should be overturned and the statutes disregarded. "The teacher asked if I did not think speaking of this lawlessness might have an incendiary effect, and I pointed out that the effect was just the con trarv that mv strongest appeal was for the sacred observance of law and order; that my very strictures of the President were for the lawlessness he was causing, particularly in the south. "In my own state, where several lynchings have occurred recently, I have thrown myself into the breach and, at a great political risk, publicly demanded the retirement of a Demo cratic candidate for congress because he had uttered incendiary words, and rolled ii!mn all the honest citizens to stem the rising tide of lawlessness. "The whole mis-statement was the result of an adroit political move to try to break the effect of my stand for the constitution, and the most mcreurijie part is that the President should act upon a sensational incident incorrectly reported in the heat of the campaign and, by sending his pnotograpu uu acknowlegement to the school teacher give his stamp and seal, credence ana dignity to reports that are abi.clt'.: :y the ormosite of the truth. "In" a letter to the President, on No vember 9, I made known the fact of my steadfast stand for law and order and my invariable appeal to the people of mv state not to tolerate lawless acts or incendiary words. Yet, before your committee, and before other commit tees and before the people of your city, and 'before the people at large, I am still left in this false position, where I was placed largely by tne action u the President. i'My father was a judge, my grand father was a judge, and I have been brought up to look upon the law as sacred, and the first oatn i evei was to protect the constitution of the United States. The inviolable observ ance of law is a part of my religion and it was in devotion to law and order that I took my stand against the President, himself, as against the Alabama candidate." IN ft LONELY CELL MRS.CHADW1CKIS NOW PROSTRATED RECORDER'S BIG COURT. She and Nan Patterson, Who is Charged With Murder, Obcupy Cells on the Same Tier in the Tombs Prison. Cannot Raise Bail Bond. Extra Precaution is Taken For Fear the Woman May Try to End Her Life. She Ate Lamb Chop With a Spoon This Morn ing. New York, Dec. 9. In a lonely cell in the tombs prison, isolated even from the other unfortunates, Mrs. Chadwick waited today while her coun sel scoured the city in an effort to raise $15,000 bail. She was in a highly nervous state during the night and was awake un til nearly 4 o'clock, when she slept a little. Mrs. Chadwick has decided to make use of the nrison restaurant, and she has left word that only her counsel will be admitted. Fearing Mrs. Chadwick might do her self harm, Marshal Henkel had a wo man attendant specially detailed to watch her all night. Warden Flynn inforced the rule, ap plied only in exceptional cases, of not allowing either a knite or fork, conse quently the lamb chop which she or dered, had to be cut and eaten with a spoon. Mrs. Chadwick has been allowed the use' of the corridor, in front of her cell, between 8 and 4 o'clock. Nan Patterson is confined in the same tier with Mrs. Chadwick. The expected arrest at Cleveland of Receiver Lyon of the Citizens Nation al Bank, of Oberlin, it is said will be followed by additional complaints against Mrs. Chadwick, charging for gery. Mrs. Chadwick said she desired to waive exam'nation, preferring to go direct to Cleveland to meet the charges against her. A Varied Docket With Plenty of Ma terir.l to Work on. The recorder this afternoon found a heavy docket awaiting his attention, as a result of the strenuous efforts of the police in running in and captur ing a large crowd of law breakers, many of whom spent the day in ceils at police neadquarters repenting tor their evil deeds. Lee Mc Amori, white, will answer a charge of assaulting Leman Cheshire. Primus Williams, for indulging in ais orderly conduct, unbecoming a law abiding citizen, will stand before tne court to receive the just recompense for his deeds. Will Houston, one of the walking barrooms, found by the police last night, willbe tried for carrying a pis tol. Hazel Horner, the white woman ar rested by Officer Terrence of Salisbury and brought to the city yesterday af ternoon by the same officer, will be tried for driving a hoie to death last summer, together with Mollie Wilson, who was arrested last night. J. F. Bass, a white man, who gave Officer Avers a livelv chase up the Southern main line last night, will be tried on a charge of jumping on and off a moving train. The man was, it appears, trying to beat his way, and when put off ran around on the other side of the train, just as No. 40 was pulling out last night for the North. Officer Ayers, who was on the scene worked a nice game by which he captured Bass at the intersection of the Southern and Seaboard near the Orient Mills. Offi cer Ayers, when he saw the man swing No. 40. also got aboard the train and when it stopped at the crossing he walked around to the other side and quickly called on Bass to come out from under the cars, which ne am without further trouble, and was car ried to police headquarters and locked up awaiting trial this afternoon. James Mobley, colored, who gave Officer Summerrow a lively bout on East Trade street last, compelling the officer to use force before he could get the man quiet, will answer a charge of being drunk and creating a bit of un necessary excitement by resisting the officer. SOUTHERN PANTS COMPANY CHARTER RECORDED TODAY As Amended, it Was Recorded at the Office of Secretary of State, This Morning. Capital In creased to $100,000. Period Extended From 30 to $0 Years. WORRYING ROOSEVELT. CHARGES INSINCERETY. A CHARITABLE THIEF. JACOBS SENTENCED. Property Left to Catholic Church and Charitable Institutions. The will of the late Dr. Dennis O.Donoghue will be probated this af ternoon by Bishop Haid, of Belmont, and Father Francis, the latter the pas tor (if thp rlpcpasprl The News learns that Dr. O'Dono ghue has, by his will, transferred his entire estate to' the Catholic church and to the charitable institutions con nected with the church. Before going to press this afternoon P News reported called on Bishop Haid and asked to be shown the will. He declined, saying the instrument would not he made public until it was prop erty probated in the clerk's office. This he said would be done some time this afternoon. It is generally understood that the eased left property valued at about $80,000. This amount is represented in real estate, stocks and bonds and other gild edge securities. Goes Up On Charge of Perjury in Can field Case. New York. Dec. 9. Joseph Jacobs, detective, attached to District Attorney Jerome's office, who ! gained notoriety by sensational meth ods in obtaining evidence against gam biers was sentenced today to serve one year in the State prison for perjury in I connection with the Canfield gambling C3.S6. Jacobs was in a pitable condition when he appeared in court. He was scarcely able to stand when the sen tence was pronounced.' FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES. One Hundred Miners Escape From Burning Mine. Peoria, Dec. 9. The Sholl mine at South Botanville, one mile south of this city was on fire in the main entry, at the foot of the shaft today. There were 100 at work in the mine but all made their escape. The mine is still burning and the loss will be heavy. The origin of the fire is unknown. Edward Clark Has Played a Varied Role For Years. Chicago, Dec. 9. Acting by day as superintendent in the printing depart ment of a local manufacturing company and at night the part of a charitable highwayman, is said, to have been the career of Edward B. Clark, now under According to his confession he has played the varied role for years. Incidentally, Clark declared he had travelled all over the world. On one oc casion, while making a trip to China, he struck down and killed three of a crowd of sailors who had mutinied. Herbert Boyer, also a printer, was tnlrpn into C.1I stodv as an accomplice. In all his robberies Clark is said to have been a charitable thief, returning part of the stolen property to his victim. PROGRESS IN PATTERSON CASE. Police Officer Junior Described the ocune in the Cab. New York, Dec. 9. Rapid progress was made today in the Nan Patterson t ri a 1 in the examination of witnesses whose testimony had to do with the usual routine, which always marks the early stages of a trial. Police William J. Junior described the scene in the cab after the fatal shot was fired, the hurried drive to the hospital and the subsequent arrest of Miss Patterson. -NORTH CAROLINA MAN. Granted Patent on Cotton Bailing Ma chine. Knoxville, Dec. 9. Papers granting a patent to William L. Spoon of Bur lington. N. C, for cylindrical cotton baling machine were received in Knox ,riua "toriav The patent is a sweep ing one based on an application ante- dating all patents oi tne suw, very cylindrical manufacturer is an infringer, beginning with December 5, the date of the patent. The patentee made an application tor tne cu"'1" cal baling process in October, lisas. His claims were not urged until about three years ago. It has developed that the Planters' Compress company of Boston, which has invested several millions of dollars in patents of the kind, issued since that time, has the same sort' of process. A fight has been waged in the patent ottice at wasning ton for over three years, and the pat ent office has sustained the claims- of Spoon, yet the Planters' Compress company is still appealing. Cyrus Kher, attorney acting ioi Spoon, has now secured a patent hav ing sixty-eight claims and covering every feature of similar processes. It is claimed by those interested in the Spoon patent that it has many points of superiority over any proeess thus far devised. Pasto- Rus-ell Severely Rebukes Hy poct'acy. St. Louis, Dec. 9. The Reverend Francis Russell, pastor of the West Presbyterian church, one of the fash ionable congregations of that denomi nation in St. Louis, gave the members of the St. Louis Ministers' Association plenty of food for thought during his j discussion on "The Relation of the Church to the Industrial Situation," at the meeting yesterday morning. Dr. Russell said that the churches of l.odav are naradins under one cloak on Sunday and under another during the six other days of the week. He also questioned the sincerity of such 'men as John D. Rockefeller, who, he said, profess to be exemplary Christians but whose deeds belie their supposed sen timents. He said: "Is there any doubt that men today question the integrity of the church or that women are skeptical of virtue? They are asking: 'Give us a reason for your existence; tell us what you do with the gold you have locked up in your treasury. You are waxing fat while we, the people, are being op pressed and are starving.' "Unless the church shows more piety of sentiment in these days, she cannot win. She must take a clean position, and until she does, her influence is weakened. "Trinitv church stands today as a grand monument at the head of Wall street in New York, supposedly for everything that is good and noblest, where vice and crime is denounced on every Sabbath morning, yet Trinity has its wealth invested in houses of ill fame, saloons and gaming joints. "We are too prone to look at the material side of affairs. We must root out the evil in the churches. The churches cannot afford to become allied with men who profess Christianity, but who in reality are far from being Christians. "John D. Rockefeller has long passed as a Christian, yet it has been proved that he has signed petitions lor saioons and the exposure of the gigantic cor- noration cf which he is tne neaa, m m opinion, is sufficient proof that he is not sincere and the sooner tne cnurcu rids herself of such men the better she will he for it. The nosition of these men is antagonistic to the real interests of the church, and it sne is not aivorc ed from their influence, she cannot prosper." Governor Douglas Has Put President in a Hole. Washington, Dec. 9. Army officers are chuckling over the way the Presi dent has been "put in a hole" by the announcement of Gov.-Elect Douglas, of Massachusstts, that immediately after his inauguration he will appoint Lieut.-Gen. Miles his Adjutant-General and request that he be detailed for ser vice with the Massachusetts militia, un der the Dick law. Though the question will not demand a formal decision until the applicat'.on has been filed, it already is giving Mr. Roosevelt some anxiety. He would like to sn?ib Gen. Miles again, butthis time he cannot do it without also (snubbing Gov. Douglas and the people of Massa chusetts. And he has been told -y some of his closest friends that, the people of Gen. Miles's native State will resent any such action. Cotton Receipts. -The cotton receipts at the local platform today amounted to 57 bales at 7 1-2 cents, or the same day last year 122 bales were received at 12 cents. MR. LICHEN$EE!N FOUND DEAD IN RED Prominent Merchant, of Monroe, Died Suddenly in His Room. The Bursting of a bTood Vessel Said to Have Caused the End of His Life. Mr. C. W. Tillett has gone to New York on business connected with the Randieman Cotton Mills at Randleman. N. C. The Case Postponed. Winchester, Ky.; Dec. 9. On ac count of the illness of Judge James Hargis, one of the defendants in the Marcum $100,000 damage suit, the cae has been postponed until Monday (Special The News.J Monroe, Dec. 9. Mr. M. Lichen stein, of the firm of Lichenstein and Flow, of Monroe, was found dead in his room this morning about 6.30 O'clock. He had apparently been dead only a short while. The body was yet warm when found, and the position indicated that Mr. Lichenstein had either attempted to get out of bed, or had turned over to vomit. There were no signs of suffer ing. His death has cast a gloom over the entire city, as he was one of Monroe's leading business men. and everybody held him in very high esteem. The deceased was about 45 years old and unmarried. The cause of his death as learned was the bursting of a blood vessel. He had no relatives here, and it is not known what disposition will be made of the body until his brother arrives tonight. Experiment Farm to be Operated by the Agricultural Department. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller, Entertain Mr. W. W. Fuller and Wife, of of New York City. (Special The News. Raleigh, Dec. 9. A charter was is sued for the Rocky Mount Guano Co., of Rocky Mount, with a capital of $100, 000 authorized, and 815,000 subscribed. The principal incorporators are H. B. Brewer, E. H. Ricks, E. L. Daughtridge. The company has authority to engage in the manufacture of furniture in ad dition to fertilizer. The amendment for the charter of the Southern Pants Co., of Charlotte, was recorded this morning, increasing the capital from $50,000 to $100,000 and extending the period of incorporaticn from 30 to 60 years. The State Board of Agriculture today appointed William Dunn of New Bern. A. T. McColIum of Red Springs of the board and State Chemist Kilgore and State Hortieulturalist Hume a commit tee to confer with representatives o? the East Carolina Fruit and Truck' Growers Association for the location of an experiment farm for the straw berry and truck section, the farm to be purchased and operated by the Agri cultural Department. With this end in view the experiment farm conducted for some years near Red Snrinss will be discontinued. The board also ordered that a test farm be purchased in Transylvania county for experiments in apple growing and other western fruits. The cost. $2,000. The farmers in that section subscribed one-fourth of the amount. The board contemplates the estab lishment of still another farm in the near future for the special purpose of experimenting in the breeding of the best cattle. It is expected that this will be located in WaSre country and will be run in connection with, the A. &. M. College. The board is in session at the college disposing of business in connection with their positions aa trustees of the college. Prof. E- McK. Goodwin of the Deaf and Dumb Institute at Moregantan who is here, says there is now over 250 stu dents registered. The family if Geo. King who lives at 522 North West street, were in a state of great excite ment yesterday and last night over the fact that King left home for a hunt. Tuesday and nothing had been heard from him since. However news has come from Pine Level, this county, that he is there and will return home at once. Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Fuller entertained last night at their handsome residence on Hillsboro street in honor of Mr. Fuller's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Fuller, of New York, M. Fuller being the well known general counsel for t,he American Tobacco Company. There were a great number of guests and the affair was one of the most brilliant of the season. And was one of quite a round of functions that are being given in honor of the distinguished visitors during their stay here. An Hahnrfltc bazaar onens in this city on the 13th inst for the benefit of the building fund if the church of the Good Shepherd. It is estimated that it will yield robably $1,000. The money is needed for the resumption of work on the building which it is expected will be completed in the early summer of 1905. It has been in progress of erction for five years, is a splendid granite structure and will be one of the finest church edifices in this section. The cor ner stone was shipped from the Holy Land, having been selected there by the rector, Dr. I. McK. Pittinger. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. Mr. Hussey With dureau. Mr. Nicholas Hussey, formerly with the Southern Weighing and Inspection Bureau, but more recently with the Southern Cotton Oil Company, has again entered the service of the Weigh ing Bureau and will begin his work to morrow. Mr. Hussey has had considerable ex perience in this work and will be wel comed back to his new labors. Lynchburg Milling Plant Sold. Lynchburg, Va., Dec, 9. The old established milling properties of S. C. Hurt- & Son have been sold to the Dan Valley Mills, of Danville, of which James I. Hill is secretary and treasurer. The purchase price was $100,000. Next spring, it is saici, tne pianc vnn intn the hands of a company of Dan ville and Lynchburg capitalists, who will materially enlarge it. Horse Feed $300 a Ton. Seattle. Dec. 9 A despatch from Valdez says that the first arrivals by the winter route have come with dog been sixteen days otit nom r aii uauM. uuinvu 1- are plentiful, but prices are high. Pep per is selling for $3 a pound, and horse feed $300 a ton. Items From Wingate. (Special TYi" News ) , Wingate, N. C, Dec. 9 Miss Aw drey Bivens spent Saturady and Sun day with Miss Mayme McColIum of East Monroe township. Mice Mititie Williams of Rock Hill is spending the week with Miss Pat tie McColIum. Mr. James Little and Miss Belk were mnrnVd Sunday. We extend best wishes to he young couple. The farmers in this section are hold ing cotton for a higher price and we know a brtain young man now who invested in a few bales while the price was nine and one-half. So now he is wearing an unusually long face over the matter. Farmers are seeding more this year than usual, which is more to be com- j mended than ridiculed. Free Gas For a Year. Fall River. Mass., Dec. 9 John H. Hadfield, real estate dealer snd expert accountant, has been arrested upon complaint of the Fall River Gas Works Company. It is charged that Hadfield a year ago ran a pipe from back of the meter to his other connections in his house and fed a cook stove, two gas stoves, two radiators and a small gas engine in the cellar. A small flow of gas through the meter prevented arous ing susuicion, and the diversion of gas might have gone on indefinitely had in formation not been given to the company. a : i in Evsmin Books IVfCCla ueti.ue.. jr -" of County Officials. The semi-annual meeting of the finance committee of the county will be; held early in the month of Janu ary, and soon after the opening of the new year. The committee will be in session for several weeks and according to the ufual custom they will make a thor ough inspection of the books of the county officers, including the records of the treasurer, register of deeds, clerk and ether officials. The finance committee is appointed to audit carefully the books of tho county officers two times each year and report to the county commissioners when their work is completed. The task is always a long and tedious one requiring several weeks of pains taking and absolutely correct figuring to ascertain that the now large finan ces of the county are properly entered in the books and records. Cash Value of Your "Job." 3r,Hii(fieiri Mnss.. Dec. 9. Fifty dol lars is the cash value of a $15-a-week situation, as appraised by the Superior Court, which today gave a juagmeuc. for this amount to Charles L. Graves, who sued Edwin Bennett, a neigbor, for causing the plaintiff's employer to discharge him. Fourth Class Postmasters. Washington, Dec 9 The following fourth-class postmasters were appoint ed today: Geoigia: Corsica, Alfred L. Moore. North Carolina: Bear Poplar, Thom as H. Knox; Canto, Oscar K. Sims; Lawndale, Herman Grigg.
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